2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship

The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2013 season was the 19th British Formula Renault Championship organized by the British Automobile Racing Club and the second season as the premier Formula Renault 2.0 championship in the United Kingdom. The season began at Donington Park on 14 April and ended on 29 September at Silverstone Circuit. The series will form part of the BARC club racing meetings and expand from fourteen to sixteen rounds at six events all held in England, with four triple header events.

The series has undergone rebranding after the BARC Championship became the prominent Formula Renault Championship in the United Kingdom. The series took the name Protyre Formula Renault Championship, dropping the BARC tag after its growth into one of the leading national single seater championships in Great Britain.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

2013 Entry List
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Mtech Lite^[2]	2	Alex Gill^[3]	6
	7	Joe Ghanem^[2]	1–5
	13	Shahan Sarkissian^[2]	All
	37	Matias Galetto^[2]	1–5
	88	Edward Brand^[2]	1–5
Scorpio Motorsport^[4]	3	Henrique Baptista^[4]	2–6
	5	Ivan Taranov^[4]	1–3, 6
	9	Piers Hickin^[3]	6
Jamun Racing Services^[2]	4	Diego Menchaca^[2]	1–3, 5
Jamun Racing Services^[2]	77	Pietro Fittipaldi^[2]	All
Fortec Motorsports^[5]	6	Weiron Tan^[5]	All
	8	Hongwei Cao^[5]	All
	11	Shaun Thong^[5]	All
	50	Sam MacLeod^[5]	All
Core Motorsport	9	Piers Hickin	2–4
Core Motorsport	22	Ashley Crossey^[3]	6
Hillspeed^[6]	10	Matthew Rao^[6]	All
Hillspeed^[6]	25	Jake Cook^[6]	All
MGR Motorsport^[7]	14	Tom Oliphant^[7]	1–5
	15	Matteo Ferrer^[7]	All
	16	Chris Middlehurst^[7]	All
	17	Jorge Cevallos^[7]	All
Fortec Competition^[8]	21	Leo Yee^[8]	5–6
Cliff Dempsey Racing	23	Jesse Antilla^[8]	4–5
SWB Motorsport	27	Atte Lehtonen^[8]	2, 4–6

Race calendar

The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings and expanded to sixteen rounds at six events, with four triple header events. A championship calendar was released on 14 December 2012, with the final round once again in support of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship.^[1] All rounds will held in England.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	14 April	Sam MacLeod	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
1	R2	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	14 April	Sam MacLeod	Ivan Taranov	Jorge Cevallos	MGR Motorsport
2	R3	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (200 Circuit, Norfolk)	11 May	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
	R4		12 May	Weiron Tan	Chris Middlehurst	Sam MacLeod	Fortec Motorsports
	R5		12 May	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	1 June	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
	R7		2 June	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
	R8		2 June	Chris Middlehurst	Weiron Tan	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
4	R9	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	6 July	Hongwei Cao	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Fortec Motorsports
	R10		7 July	Weiron Tan	Sam MacLeod	Weiron Tan	Fortec Motorsports
	R11		7 July	Hongwei Cao	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Fortec Motorsports
5	R12	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	10 August	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Fortec Motorsports
	R13		11 August	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Fortec Motorsports
	R14		11 August	Weiron Tan	Matteo Ferrer	Hongwei Cao	Fortec Motorsports
6	R15	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	28 September	Ivan Taranov	Jake Cook	Ivan Taranov	Scorpio Motorsport
6	R16	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	29 September	Shaun Thong	Shaun Thong	Ivan Taranov	Scorpio Motorsport

Championship standings

A driver's best 15 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos	Driver	DON		SNE			THR			CRO			ROC			SIL		Points
1	Chris Middlehurst	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	7	2	2	3	2	Ret	Ret	408
2	Weiron Tan	3	Ret	7	Ret	5	13	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	3	12	331
3	Jorge Cevallos	11	1	6	6	4	3	Ret	7	6	3	4	6	7	3	5	4	307
4	Hongwei Cao	7	6	11	13	Ret	2	8	5	2	4	15	3	4	1	4	3	296
5	Jake Cook	12	4	2	3	2	Ret	3	3	4	5	6	4	6	Ret	2	Ret	292
6	Sam MacLeod	2	13	18	1	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	2	169
7	Joe Ghanem	4	5	5	7	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	9	Ret	3	Ret	14	4			166
8	Pietro Fittipaldi	Ret	9	17	5	Ret	6	12	Ret	7	Ret	16	7	12	6	6	6	163
9	Henrique Baptista			Ret	4	8	4	6	6	11	6	5	15	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	158
10	Shahan Sarkissian	9	11	12	12	Ret	11	10	10	10	Ret	13	12	15	9	8	8	146
11	Matias Galetto	6	Ret	3	Ret	9	5	Ret	4	Ret	11	8	5	Ret	Ret			141
12	Ivan Taranov	Ret	3	4	14	DSQ	Ret	5	DSQ							1	1	140
13	Tom Oliphant	Ret	10	8	8	Ret	12	11	9	12	Ret	7	9	9	7			135
14	Matteo Ferrer	5	7	9	16	6	DNS	DNS	DNS	15	9	10	Ret	Ret	5	10	Ret	133
15	Matt Rao	8	8	14	17	3	9	7	DNS	8	Ret	Ret	10	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	128
16	Shaun Thong	Ret	DNS	13	9	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	14	Ret	11	5	Ret	14	5	117
17	Ed Brand	10	12	10	Ret	7	10	Ret	DNS	13	7	9	13	Ret	Ret			100
18	Diego Menchaca	Ret	DNS	16	10	11	7	Ret	8				Ret	13	8			78
19	Piers Hickin			15	11	DSQ	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12				7	11	74
20	Atte Lehtonen			19	15	Ret				16	13	14	14	16	10	12	10	71
21	Leo Yee												8	8	Ret	11	Ret	38
22	Jesse Anttila									14	10	11	DNS	DNS	DNS			28
23	Ashley Crossey															9	7	28
24	Alex Gill															13	9	20
Pos	Driver	DON		SNE			THR			CRO			ROC			SIL		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup

The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup was the 16th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the second all BARC championship only winter series. The series was held at Rockingham Motor Speedway on 16 and 17 November. The meeting took place with a two-day format with one qualifying and two races held each day, creating a four race championship.^[9]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver
MGR Motorsport	2	Alex Gill^[10]
Fortec Motorsports	7	Martin Kodric^[10]
	8	Hongwei Cao^[10]
	9	Yosuke Yamazaki^[10]
	14	Ben Barnicoat^[10]
Jamun Racing Services	77	Pietro Fittipaldi^[10]

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 2 September 2013, with all rounds held at Rockingham Motor Speedway in England.^[9]

Circuit	Date	Race	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	16 November	R1	Ben Barnicoat	Ben Barnicoat	Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsports
		R2	Ben Barnicoat	Ben Barnicoat	Hongwei Cao	Fortec Motorsports
		R3	Ben Barnicoat	Martin Kodric	Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsports

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	ROC			Points
1	Ben Barnicoat	1	2	1	96
2	Hongwei Cao	3	1	4	79
3	Martin Kodric	4	4	2	74
4	Alex Gill	2	3	5	73
5	Yosuke Yamazaki	5	6	6	56
6	Pietro Fittipaldi	NC	5	3	45
Pos	Driver	ROC			Points

References

^ ^a ^b "Protyre Formula Renault expands to 16 rounds for 2013". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Exciting eighteen car grid confirmed for Protyre Formula Renault season opener". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results 2013 Rounds 15&16 Silverstone". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Former Protyre FR Champions Scorpio confirm initial two-car squad". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Fortec reveals four car line-up for Protyre Formula Renault". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Famous Cook name returns to Formula Renault with Hillspeed". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Middlehurst, Oliphant & Ferrer sign for MGR Motorsport". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results 2013 Rounds 12,13&14 Rockingham". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Protyre Formula Renault 'Autumn Cup' Announced". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Results 2013 Autumn Cup Rockingham". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

External links

The official website of the Protyre Formula Renault Championship

[Protyre_championship-1] "Protyre Formula Renault expands to 16 rounds for 2013". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[MTECH_Lite-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Exciting eighteen car grid confirmed for Protyre Formula Renault season opener". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[R6-3] "Results 2013 Rounds 15&16 Silverstone". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

[Scorpio_Motorsport-4] "Former Protyre FR Champions Scorpio confirm initial two-car squad". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Fortec-5] "Fortec reveals four car line-up for Protyre Formula Renault". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Hillspeed-6] "Famous Cook name returns to Formula Renault with Hillspeed". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

[MGR-7] "Middlehurst, Oliphant & Ferrer sign for MGR Motorsport". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[R5-8] "Results 2013 Rounds 12,13&14 Rockingham". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

[autumn-9] "Protyre Formula Renault 'Autumn Cup' Announced". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

[Autumn-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Results 2013 Autumn Cup Rockingham". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

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