The 72nd Grand Prix Automobile de Pau (Pau Grand Prix) was held around as held around the streets of the city of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south-western France, on 19 May 2013.

Race details
Date 20 May 2013
Official name 72nd Pau Grand Prix
Location Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau
Course Temporary street circuit
2.760 km (1.715 mi)
Distance Qualifying Race
20 laps, 55.200 km (34.300 mi)
Main Race
20 laps, 55.200 km (34.300 mi)
Weather Qualifying Race:
Main Race:
Qualifying Race
Pole
Driver United Kingdom Matt Parry Fortec Motorsports
Time 1:25.062
Fastest Lap
Driver Italy Luca Ghiotto Prema Powerteam
Time 1:16.934 (on lap 19)
Podium
First United Kingdom Matt Parry Fortec Motorsports
Second United Kingdom Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsports
Third United Kingdom Oliver Rowland Manor MP Motorsport
Main Race
Pole
Driver United Kingdom Matt Parry Fortec Motorsports
Fastest Lap
Driver France Pierre Gasly Tech 1 Racing
Time 1:14.087 (on lap 17)
Podium
First Italy Luca Ghiotto Prema Powerteam
Second Russia Egor Orudzhev Tech 1 Racing
Third United Kingdom Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsports

Luca Ghiotto won the race, starting from sixth position.

Entry list edit

All drivers used the Tatuus-Renault machine running the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 that season.

Team No. Driver name Main series
  Fortec Motorsports 1   Jake Dennis Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
2   Matt Parry Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
3   Alfonso Celis Jr.
  Tech 1 Racing 5   Egor Orudzhev Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
6   Matthieu Vaxivière Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
7   Pierre Gasly Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
  Manor MP Motorsport 8   Oliver Rowland
  Prema Powerteam 10   Luca Ghiotto Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
11   Bruno Bonifacio
  AV Formula 14   Tristan Papavoine none
  Formula Motorsport 15   Nicolas Pironneau
16   Marc Cattaneo V de V Challenge Monoplace

Race Results edit

Qualifying edit

Pos No. Driver name Team Time Gap Grid
1 2   Matt Parry Fortec Motorsports 1:25.062 1
2 11   Bruno Bonifacio Prema Powerteam 1:25.097 +0.035 2
3 1   Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsports 1:25.337 +0.275 3
4 10   Luca Ghiotto Prema Powerteam 1:25.385 +0.323 4
5 8   Oliver Rowland Manor MP Motorsport 1:25.468 +0.406 5
6 6   Matthieu Vaxivière Tech 1 Racing 1:25.8281 +0.766 6
7 7   Pierre Gasly Tech 1 Racing 1:25.969 +0.907 7
8 5   Egor Orudzhev Tech 1 Racing 1:25.984 +0.922 8
9 3   Alfonso Celis Jr. Fortec Motorsports 1:26.392 +1.330 9
10 14   Tristan Papavoine AV Formula 1:27.523 +2.461 10
11 15   Nicolas Pironneau Formula Motorsport 1:28.485 +3.423 11
12 16   Marc Cattaneo Formula Motorsport 1:31.7461 +6.684 12
Source: [1]

Notes:

  • ^1Matthieu Vaxivière and Marc Cattaneo's best laps time were deleted.

Qualification Race edit

Pos No. Driver name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2   Matt Parry Fortec Motorsports 20 26:45.714 1
2 1   Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsports 20 +7.476 3
3 8   Oliver Rowland Manor MP Motorsport 20 +7.827 5
4 6   Matthieu Vaxivière Tech 1 Racing 20 +8.140 6
5 11   Bruno Bonifacio Prema Powerteam 20 +9.069 2
6 10   Luca Ghiotto Prema Powerteam 20 +10.230 4
7 7   Pierre Gasly Tech 1 Racing 20 +12.244 7
8 5   Egor Orudzhev Tech 1 Racing 20 +20.714 8
9 3   Alfonso Celis Jr. Fortec Motorsports 20 +28.436 9
10 14   Tristan Papavoine AV Formula 19 +1 lap 10
11 16   Marc Cattaneo Formula Motorsport 18 +2 laps 12
12 15   Nicolas Pironneau Formula Motorsport 18 +2 laps 11
Fastest lap: Luca Ghiotto, 1:16.934, 129.1 km/h (80.2 mph) on lap 19[2]
Source:[2]

Race edit

Pos No. Driver name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 10   Luca Ghiotto Prema Powerteam 20 44:18.805 6
2 5   Egor Orudzhev Tech 1 Racing 20 +1.968 8
3 1   Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsports 20 +4.236 2
4 8   Oliver Rowland Manor MP Motorsport 20 +5.117 3
5 2   Matt Parry Fortec Motorsports 20 +10.942 1
6 11   Bruno Bonifacio Prema Powerteam 20 +34.979 5
7 7   Pierre Gasly Tech 1 Racing 20 +38.483 7
8 14   Tristan Papavoine AV Formula 20 +58.011 10
9 15   Nicolas Pironneau Formula Motorsport 20 +2:09.615 12
Ret 6   Matthieu Vaxivière Tech 1 Racing 6 Retired 4
Ret 16   Marc Cattaneo Formula Motorsport 5 Retired 11
Ret 3   Alfonso Celis Jr. Fortec Motorsports 0 Retired 9
Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly, 1:14.087, 134.1 km/h (83.3 mph) on lap 17[3]
Source:[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "2013 Grand Prix de Pau Qualifying session results" (PDF). Peter Auto Racing. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b "2013 Grand Prix de Pau Qualification Race results" (PDF). Peter Auto Racing. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b "2013 Grand Prix de Pau Race results" (PDF). Peter Auto Racing. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016.