2013 Eurocup Mégane Trophy

The 2013 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the ninth and final season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault.

Driver lineup edit

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
  Oregon Team 1   Marguerite Laffite[1] All
  Michela Cerruti[2] 3
2   Enrico Bettera[3] G 2, 4, 6–7
  Roman Golikov[2] G 3
  Mihai Marinescu[4] J 5
3   Kevin Gilardoni[1] J All
4   Mirko Bortolotti[1] J All
5   Vladimir Lunkin[1] J All
6   Kelvin Snoeks[1] All
  Team Lompech Sport 9   Jean-Charles Miginiac[1] G All
18   Steven Palette[1] J All
  Gravity Charouz 11   Toni Forné[1] G All
14   Erik Janiš[1] 1, 3–7
J 2
15   Jakub Knoll[1] J All
  McGregor by Equipe Verschuur 19   Jeroen Schothorst[1] G All
21   Mike Verschuur[1] All
  Las Moras by Equipe Verschuur 20   Max Braams[1] J All
22   Pieter Schothorst[2] J 3
  Luc Braams[5] G 7
  AFK Motorsport 23   Oliver Freymuth[1] G 1–2, 4–7
26   Denis Gibaud[6] G 6
  Algarve Pro Racing Team 24   Richard Kressner[7] G 2, 6–7
  Equipe Verschuur 25   Jelle Beelen[4] J 5–7
Icon Class
J Junior Driver
G Gentleman Driver

Race calendar and results edit

The calendar for the 2013 season was announced on 20 October 2012, the day before the end of the 2012 season.[8] All seven rounds will form meetings of the 2013 World Series by Renault season.

Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz   Spain 27 April   Mirko Bortolotti   Erik Janiš   Mirko Bortolotti   Oregon Team
R2 28 April   Mirko Bortolotti   Kevin Gilardoni   Mirko Bortolotti   Oregon Team
2 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps   Belgium 1 June   Mirko Bortolotti   Steven Palette   Mike Verschuur   McGregor by Equipe Verschuur
R2 2 June   Kevin Gilardoni   Mirko Bortolotti   Mirko Bortolotti   Oregon Team
3 R1 Moscow Raceway   Russia 22 June   Mirko Bortolotti   Mike Verschuur   Mirko Bortolotti   Oregon Team
R2 23 June   Mirko Bortolotti   Mirko Bortolotti   Mike Verschuur   McGregor by Equipe Verschuur
4 R1 Red Bull Ring   Austria 20 July   Mirko Bortolotti   Mirko Bortolotti   Mirko Bortolotti   Oregon Team
R2 21 July   Mirko Bortolotti   Mirko Bortolotti   Mirko Bortolotti   Oregon Team
5 R1 Hungaroring, Mogyoród   Hungary 14 September   Mirko Bortolotti   Kelvin Snoeks   Mirko Bortolotti   Oregon Team
R2 15 September   Mirko Bortolotti   Mike Verschuur   Mike Verschuur   McGregor by Equipe Verschuur
6 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet   France 28 September   Mirko Bortolotti   Mike Verschuur   Mike Verschuur   McGregor by Equipe Verschuur
R2 29 September Race cancelled[N 1]
7 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló   Spain 19 October   Mirko Bortolotti   Mirko Bortolotti   Mirko Bortolotti   Oregon Team
R2 20 October   Mirko Bortolotti   Mike Verschuur   Stefano Comini   Team Lompech Sport
R3   Mirko Bortolotti   Mirko Bortolotti   Mike Verschuur   McGregor by Equipe Verschuur

Championship standings edit

  • Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos Driver ALC
 
SPA
 
MSC
 
RBR
 
HUN
 
LEC
 
CAT
 
Points
1   Mirko Bortolotti 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 C 1 DSQ 3 275
2   Mike Verschuur Ret 5 1 2 7 1 3 2 10 1 1 C 2 2 1 237
3   Kevin Gilardoni 2 2 14† 7 4 Ret 5 4 3 3 3 C 4 4 2 169
4   Kelvin Snoeks Ret 3 2 6 3 3 Ret Ret 2 2 5 C 5 Ret 13† 129
5   Erik Janiš 3 6 3 DSQ 5 4 4 3 5 Ret 4 C Ret Ret 4 121
6   Max Braams 4 4 6 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 6 7 6 C 6 3 5 119
7   Jeroen Schothorst 5 11 7 5 10 6 8 Ret 9 8 9 C 7 7 11 72
8   Steven Palette Ret Ret 5 Ret 6 5 2 11 4 6 16 C 68
9   Vladimir Lunkin 11 7 Ret 4 9 Ret 6 Ret 7 11 15 C 9 Ret 7 48
10   Toni Forné 8 8 13 12 Ret 9 7 12 11 13 8 C 8 5 Ret 41
11   Jean-Charles Miginiac 6 13 11 9 Ret 7 12 8 15 Ret 12 C 11 8 8 35
12   Marguerite Laffite 7 10 Ret 8 8 9 6 12 9 10 C Ret 10 33
13   Pieter Schothorst 2 Ret 18
14   Enrico Bettera 8 10 10 7 14 C 14 9 12 18
15   Oliver Freymuth 9 9 9 Ret Ret 10 16 14 13 C 10 11 9 17
16   Jakub Knoll 10 12 10 11 11 11 11 9 13 12 11 C DNS DNS DNS 6
17   Michela Cerruti 8 4
18   Roman Golikov Ret 10 1
  Richard Kressner 12 13 Ret C 12 Ret Ret 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
  Stefano Comini 3 1 0
  Mihai Marinescu 8 5 0
  Jelle Beelen 14 10 7 C 13 6 6 0
  Luc Braams Ret 10 0
  Jacques Laffite 15 0
  Denis Gibaud DNS C 0
Pos Driver ALC
 
SPA
 
MSC
 
RBR
 
HUN
 
LEC
 
CAT
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ The second race at Le Castellet was cancelled due to rain.[9] The race was rescheduled to the final meeting at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "COLLECTIVE TEST 1" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b c "MOSCOW RACEWAY MEGANE TROPHY EUROCUP COLLECTIVE TEST 1" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Enrico BETTERA". Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  4. ^ a b "HUNGARORING MEGANE TROPHY EUROCUP COLLECTIVE TEST 1" (PDF).
  5. ^ "COLLECTIVE TEST 1" (PDF).
  6. ^ "PAUL RICARD MEGANE TROPHY EUROCUP COLLECTIVE TEST 1" (PDF).
  7. ^ "COLLECTIVE TEST 1" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Seven meetings and a whole lot more in 2013". Renault Sport. World Series by Renault. 20 October 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Stormy weather keeps title suspense alive". Eurocup Mégane Trophy. World Series by Renault. 29 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Three for the price of two". Eurocup Mégane Trophy. World Series by Renault. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013.

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