2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
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Round 1 of 14 in the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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Date | 28 February–3 March 2013 | |||||||||||||
Location | Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||
Venue | Adelaide Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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The 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on 2 and 3 March 2013. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia,[1] and consisted of two races of two hundred and fifty kilometres in length. It was the first round of the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship,[2] and marked the racing debuts of the Holden VF Commodore,[3] Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG,[4] and Nissan Altima L33,[5] all of which were entered in the series under the brand-new "Car of the Future" regulations;[6] Ford continued to use the FG Falcon model raced in previous years, but built to Car of the Future specifications.
Report
[edit]Race 1
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Notes:
- ^1 — Craig Lowndes and Shane van Gisbergen both set lap times that were identical to the ten-thousandth of a second. As Lowndes had set his laptime before Van Gisbergen, he was awarded provisional pole.
Top 10 Shootout
[edit]FPos. | No. | Name | Car | Team | QPos. | Time |
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1 | 97 | ![]() |
Holden VF Commodore | Tekno Autosports | 2 | 1:21.3595 |
2 | 5 | ![]() |
Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 8 | 1:21.4075 |
3 | 888 | ![]() |
Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1 | 1:21.4453 |
4 | 14 | ![]() |
Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 5 | 1:21.4852 |
5 | 1 | ![]() |
Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 3 | 1:21.5258 |
6 | 19 | ![]() |
Holden VF Commodore | Tekno Autosports | 9 | 1:21.5916 |
7 | 6 | ![]() |
Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 4 | 1:21.6558 |
8 | 34 | ![]() |
Holden VF Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 7 | 1:21.7859 |
9 | 22 | ![]() |
Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 10 | 1:22.1825 |
10 | 33 | ![]() |
Holden VF Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 6 | 1:22.2235 |
Source:[8] |
Race
[edit]Race 2
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Race
[edit]Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
[edit]- ^ "Adelaide's iconic Clipsal 500 dates announced for landmark 2013 opener". SpeedCafe.com. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Eastern Creek dropped from calendar". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Holden changes direction for VF V8 Supercar styling". SpeedCafe. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Mercedes-Benz to join V8 Supercars". Herald Sun. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Nissan to unveil its V8 Supercars future in New York". Speedcafe.com. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ Gunther, Briar (29 March 2010). "Car of the Future released". V8Supercars.com.au. BigPond Sport. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Lowndes edges Van Gisbergen to provisional Adelaide pole". SpeedCafe.com. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (1 March 2013). "Shane van Gisbergen scores pole for Race 1 in Adelaide". SpeedCafe.com. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "Lowndes equals record with victory". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Van Gisbergen and Winterbottom stage front-row repeat for Race 2". Speedcafe.com. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "Van Gisbergen wins Adelaide race two". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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