The following is an overview of the events of 2013 in motorsport, including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during the year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events edit

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
5–19 January 35th Dakar Rally [1]
26–27 January 51st 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
24 February 55th Daytona 500 [3]
19–20 May 41st 24 Hours of Nurburgring [4]
26 May 71st Monaco Grand Prix [5]
26 May 97th Indianapolis 500 [6]
25 May-7 June 95th Isle of Man TT [7]
22–23 June 81st 24 Hours of Le Mans [8]
7 July 23rd Masters of Formula 3 [9]
27–28 July 65th 24 Hours of Spa [10]
28 July 36th Suzuka 8 Hours [11]
13 October 56th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 [12]
17 November 60th Macau Grand Prix [13]

Disestablished championships/events edit

Last race Championship Ref
28 September Rolex Sports Car Series [14]
19 October American Le Mans Series [14]
20 October Formula Abarth [15]

Deaths edit

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
15 June José Froilán González 90 Argentine Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1954). [16]
29 July Tony Gaze 93 Australian Racing driver The first Australian Formula One driver. [17]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Fixtures / Results Dakar 2013 - Rally Raid". eurosport.com. Eurosport. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "2013 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Freunde der Nordschleife - 2013". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ^ "2013 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "2013 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "TT 2013". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Le Mans Register - 2013". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ "MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Spa 24 Hours 2013 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 2013 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  12. ^ "2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ^ "2013 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Grand-Am, ALMS to become 'United SportsCar Racing' series in 2014". Autoweek. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Italian Formula ACI,CSAI Abarth 2013". racecar.com. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  16. ^ "José Froilán González". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Tony Gaze". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

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