2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship

2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship

Company type	Motor racing championship
Industry	Motorsport
Predecessor	British Formula Renault Championship (BARC)
Founded	2013 (2013)
Fate	Rebranded from BARC to Protyre Formula Renault Championship
Area served	England, United Kingdom
Key people	British Automobile Racing Club (organiser)
Products	Formula Renault 2.0 racing series

The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship was a series of motor racing competitions held at multiple venues throughout England, featuring open-wheel, formula-style race cars. This championship included both professional racing teams and independent drivers competing in 2-litre Formula Renault single-seater vehicles built to comply with the series' technical standards. The 2013 edition represented the 19th iteration of the British Formula Renault Championship overseen by the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC), and it was the second season recognized as the foremost Formula Renault 2.0 competition in the UK. The championship commenced on 14 April at Donington Park and concluded on 29 September at Silverstone Circuit, expanding its schedule from fourteen to sixteen races across six English circuits, with four weekends featuring three races each.

After undergoing rebranding, the series removed the BARC designation and adopted the title Protyre Formula Renault Championship, signifying its development into a leading national single-seater racing series within Great Britain.

Teams and drivers

All participating teams held British registration.

2013 Competitor Roster
Team	No.	Driver	Participation
Mtech Lite	2	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alex Gill	6 rounds
	7	Template:Country data LBNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Joe Ghanem	Rounds 1–5
	13	Template:Country data LBNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Shahan Sarkissian	Full season
	37	Template:Country data ARGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Matias Galetto	Rounds 1–5
	88	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Edward Brand	Rounds 1–5
Scorpio Motorsport	3	Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Henrique Baptista	Rounds 2–6
	5	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ivan Taranov	Rounds 1–3 and 6
	9	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Piers Hickin	Round 6 only
Jamun Racing Services	4	Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Diego Menchaca	Rounds 1–3, 5
	77	Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Pietro Fittipaldi	Entire season
Fortec Motorsports	6	Template:Country data MYSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Weiron Tan	Full championship participation
	8	Template:Country data CHNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Cao Hongwei	Full championship participation
	11	Template:Country data HKGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Shaun Thong	Full championship participation
	50	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Sam MacLeod	Full championship participation
Core Motorsport	9	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Piers Hickin	Rounds 2–4
	22	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ashley Crossey	Round 6
Hillspeed	10	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Matthew Rao	Full season
	25	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jake Cook	Full season
MGR Motorsport	14	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Tom Oliphant	Rounds 1–5
	15	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Matteo Ferrer	Entire season
	16	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Chris Middlehurst	Entire season
	17	Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jorge Cevallos	Entire season
Fortec Competition	21	Template:Country data CHNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Leo Ye	Rounds 5–6
Cliff Dempsey Racing	23	Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jesse Antilla	Rounds 4–5
SWB Motorsport	27	Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Atte Lehtonen	Rounds 2, 4–6

Race calendar

Integrated into the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) club racing events, the championship expanded its schedule to sixteen races over six meetings, incorporating four weekends with triple-header formats. The calendar for the 2013 season was announced on 14 December 2012 and concluded alongside the 2013 British Touring Car Championship season. All competitions took place within England.

Round No.		Circuit Venue	Date(s)	Pole Position Holder	Fastest Lap Achiever	Race Winner(s)	Winning Team(s)
1	Race 1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	14 April	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Sam MacLeod	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Chris Middlehurst	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Chris Middlehurst (MGR Motorsport)
				Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Sam MacLeod	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ivan Taranov	Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jorge Cevallos (MGR Motorsport)
Race 3	rowspan=3|get Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (200 Circuit, Norfolk)	11 May	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Chris Middlehurst	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst (MGR Motorsport)
12 May	{{flagicon{MYS}} Weiron Tan	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst	{{flagicon{GBR}} Sam MacLeod (Fortec Motorsport)
12 May	{{flagicon{MYS}} Weiron Tan	{{flagicon{MYS}} Weiron Tan	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst (MGR Motorsport)
Race 6	rowspan=3 Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	1 June	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst (MGR Motorsport)
2 June	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst (MGR Motorsport)
2 June	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst	{{flagicon{MYS}} Weiron Tan	{{flagicon{GBR}} Chris Middlehurst (MGR Motorsport)
Race 9	rowspan=3 Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	6 July	{{flagicon{CHN}} Martin Cao}	{{flagicon{MYS} Weiron Tan}	{{flagicon{MYS} Weiron Tan} (Fortec Motorsports)
7 July	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan}	{{flagicon {GBR} Sam MacLeod}	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan} (Fortec Motorsports)
7 July	{{flagicon {CHN} Martin Cao}	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan}	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan} (Fortec Motorsports)
Race 12	rowspan=3 Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	10 August	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan}	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan}	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan} (Fortec Motorsports)
11 August	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan}	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan}	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan} (Fortec Motorsports)
11 August	{{flagicon {MYS} Weiron Tan}	{{flagicon {ITA} Matteo Ferrer}	{{flagicon {CHN} Martin Cao} (Fortec Motorsports)
Race 15	rowspan=2 Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	28 September	{{flagicon {RUS} Ivan Taranov }}	{{flagicon {GBR} Jake Cook }}	{{flagicon {RUS} Ivan Taranov }} (Scorpio Motorsport)
Race 16	29 September	{{flagicon {HKG } Shaun Thong }}	{{flagicon {HKG } Shaun Thong }}	{{flagicon {RUS } Ivan Taranov }} (Scorpio Motorsport)

Championship standings

Only the top 15 results for each driver were taken into account for the championship tally, with any additional points excluded.

Position Competitor DON SNE THR CRO ROC SIL Total Points 1 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Chris Middlehurst 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 7 2 2 3 2 Retired Retired 408 2 Template:Country data MYSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Weiron Tan 3 Retired 7 Retired 5 13 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Retired 3 12 331 3 Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jorge Cevallos 11 1 6 6 4 3 Retired 7 6 3 4 6 7 3 5 4 307 4 (China) Martin Cao (7) (6) (11) (13) Retired (2) (8) (5) (2) (4) (15) (3) (4) (1) (4) (3) 296 5 (GBR) Jake Cook (12)(4)(2)(3)(2)Retired(3)(3)(4)(5)(6)(4)(6)Retired(2)Retired !292 6 (GBR) Sam MacLeod (2)(13)(18)(1)RetiredRetired(9)RetiredRetired(2)RetiredRetired(2)RetiredRetired(2) 169 7 (LBN) Joe Ghanem (4)(5)(5)(7)RetiredRetired(4)Retired(9)Retired(3)Retired(14)(4) 166 8 (BRA) Pietro Fittipaldi (Retired)(9)(17)(5)(Retired)(6)(12)(Retired)(7)(Retired)(16)(7)(12)(6)(6)(6) 163 9 (BRA) Henrique Baptista Retired(4)(8)(4)(6)(6)(11)(6)(5)(15)(11)RetiredRetiredRetired !158 10 (LBN) Shahan Sarkissian (9)(11)(12)(12)Retired(11)(10)(10)(10)Retired(13)(12)(15)(9)(8)(8) 146 11 (ARG) Matias Galetto (6) Retired(3) Retired(9)(5) Retired(4) Retired(11)(8)(5) Retired Retired !141 12 (RUS) Ivan Taranov (Retired)(3)(4)(14) Disqualified Retired(5) Disqualified (1)(1) 140 13 (GBR) Tom Oliphant (Retired)(10)(8)(8) Retired(12)(11)(9)(12) Retired(7)(9)(9)(7) !135 14 (ITA) Matteo Ferrer (5)(7)(9)(16)(6) Did Not Start Did Not Start Did Not Start(15)(9)(10) Retired Retired (5 )(10 ) Retired !133 15 (GBR ) Matt Rao (8 )(8 )(14 )(17 )(3 )(9 )(7 ) Did Not Start (8 ) Retired Retired (10 )(10 ) Retired Retired Did Not Start !128

Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup

The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup marked the 16th edition of the British Formula Renault Winter Series and represented the second winter competition exclusively under the BARC banner. Hosted at Rockingham Motor Speedway on 16–17 November, the event followed a two-day schedule comprising one qualifying session and two races each day, resulting in a total of four contests.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver
MGR Motorsport	2	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alex Gill
Fortec Motorsport	7	Template:Country data HRVTemplate:Namespace detect showall Martin Kodrić
	8	Template:Country data CHNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Martin Cao
	9	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Yosuke Yamazaki
	14	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Barnicoat
Jamun Racing Services	77	Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Pietro Fittipaldi

Race calendar and results

Every round took place at Rockingham Motor Speedway in England.

Circuit	Date	Race	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Team
Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	16 November	R1	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Barnicoat	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Barnicoat	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsport
		R2	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Barnicoat	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Barnicoat	Template:Country data CHNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Martin Cao	Fortec Motorsport
		R3	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Barnicoat	Template:Country data HRVTemplate:Namespace detect showall Martin Kodrić	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsport

Championship standings

Position	Driver	Race Results			Total Points
1	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Barnicoat	1	2	1	96
2	Template:Country data CHNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Martin Cao	3	1	4	79
3	Template:Country data HRVTemplate:Namespace detect showall Martin Kodrić	4	4	'2'	74
4	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alex Gill	2	3	5	73
5	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Yosuke Yamazaki	5	6	6	56
6	Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Pietro Fittipaldi	NC	5	3	45
Position	Driver	Race Results			Total Points