2013 World Sport Series season

2013 World Sport Series season

Competition	World Sport Series
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	10
Mod Used	Porsche Carrera 911 GT3 Cup
Engine Supplier(s)	Porsche
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	N/A
Teams	25
Drivers' Champion	Oscar Hardwick
Teams' Champion	Midnight Motorsports
World Sport Series Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016

The 2013 World Sport Series season was the second GPVWC World Sport Series season. The Drivers' title was won by Oscar Hardwick driving initially for Milk Racing before moving to Woods Racing. The Constructors' championship was won by Midnight Motorsport comprising originally of Alex Cooper and Ryan Gilmore. Pedro Melim, Tom Parker and Roy Schroten also drove for the team during the year, securing what would be their second major title of 2013 following their 2013 World GT Series season success.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:00 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race One Start
20:30-40 GMT ~ Warmup
20:40-50 GMT ~ Race Two Start

Teams and drivers

World Sport Series Team	Base	Constructor	Tyre	No.†	Race Drivers	Rounds
Milk Racing Team	England	Midnight	G	0	Oscar Hardwick	1-14
				2	Martin Palm	1-2, 4
Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	G	3	Alex Cooper	1-14, 17-18
					Roy Schroten	15-16
				4	Ryan Gilmore	1-6
					Pedro Melim	7-8, 11-12
					Tom Parker	9-10, 13-18
Royal Blue Racing	England	Royal Blue	G	5	Morten Wernersen	1-7
					Matt Clipp	9-12
					Mike Bell	15-16
				6	Matt Clipp	1-2, 5-6
					Paul Joseph	3-4, 7-10, 13-18
					Erik Gelotte	11-12
SlipStream Racing	England	SlipStream	G	7	Myles Dixon	1-14
				8	Glenn Guest	1-4, 9-11
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	G	9	Dimitri Demeulemeester	1-8
					Oscar Hardwick	15-18
				10	Chris Williamson	1-18
Innervision	Tartu, Estonia	Innervision	G	11	Pavel Loknovski	1-2
					Bart De Vos	3-8
					Menno Klont	15-18
				12	Ilija Brekalo	1-4
					Pavel Loknovski	5-6
					Nico de Koninck	7-10, 13-18
SimInk Motorsport	Paul Ricard, France	SimInk	G	14	Tom Parker	1-8
					Pedro Melim	9-10, 13-14
					Alex Cooper	15-16
					Roy Schroten	17-18
				15	Roy Schroten	1-8
					Lukas Euler	15-18
FA Racing	Lahti, Finland	FA Racing	G	16	Scott Sovik	1-14, 17-18
				17	Jordan Weekes	1-9, 13-18
Epic Racing Team	England	Epic	G	18	Andy Smith	1-3
					Jason Muscat	5-10, 13-18
				19	Lee Davidson	1, 3-4
					Perry Vink	15-18
CSG Racing	England	CSG	G	20	Pedro Melim	3-4
					Sven de Vries	15-18
				21	Shaun Stroud	1-6
					Harley Hamnett	15-17
Racing Team Schroten	Zandvoort, Netherlands	RTS	G	22	Ben Warren	1-6
					Theo van den Brink	17-18
				23	Scott Bennett	3-4
					Joshua Anderson	17-20
Vod:Bul Racing	England	Vod:Bul	G	24	Ghovand Keanie	1-2
					Nicola Musolino	3
					David Stanton	7-12
				25	Vaidas Balciunas	1, 3-4
					Todor Pangev	11-12
nFinity eSports Racing	England	nFinity	G	26	Jon Hicken	1-2
					Jarl Teien	7-8, 13-14
				27	Jake Cooper	1-6
Draig Racing	Wales	Draig	G	28	Martynas Sidunovas	1
					David Gaspers	3-6
					Christoph Lichtenstein	13-18
				29	Dale Carrick	1-2, 5-6
					Mert Ozturk	7
					Dennis Schuetz	13-18
SS Motorsport	England	SSM	G	30	Simon Crain	1-2, 11-13
				31	Thomas Jacobs	5-6
					Matt Leonowicz	13-14
Fogel Motorsport	United States	Fogel	G	32	Patrick Fogel
				33	Jeremy Allen	1-2
Laurentian Grand Prix	Canada	Laurentia	G	34	William Neron
				35	Mike Bell	11-14
United Racers Motorsports	United States	United Racers	G	36	Mehmet Perdeci	1-2
				37	Ihab Abbas	1-2
					Aran Shergill	3-8, 11-12
Wright Racing	United States	Wright	G	38	Brad Wright	1
				39	Thomas Hazard	1
Target Racing	Norway	Target	G	40	Petter Kaasa	3-6
					Wyatt Gooden	13-14
				41	Ari Nieminen	3-6, 11-12
Banzai Motorsport	Germany	Banzai	G	42
				43
Tri-Star Racing	England	Tri-Star	G	44	Wayne Reed
				45
Team Roxal	Wales	Banzai	G	46	Matt Richards	7-8, 13-14, 17-18
				47	Gary Lennon	5-10, 13-14, 17-18
TWR	England	TWR	G	48	Jon Watkins	9-10, 15-16
					Kenney Lybeer	17-18
				49	Paul Watkins	7-11, 13-18
Pulse Racing	Portugal	Pulse	G	50	Wopke Hoekstra	7-12, 15-16
				51	Jack Sedgewick	7-8, 11-14
Ice Cold Racing	Norway	Ice Cold	G	52	Erik Tveit	7
				53	Lee Palmer
Enterprise GP	England	Enterprise	G	54	Scott Berrisford	9-18
				55	Matthew Allington	9-12, 15-18

2013 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Event	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date†	Time
							Laps	GMT/BST
1	Austrian Sport Series	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Dry	rFactor v1255	3rd April	15/15	19:00
2	Hungarian Sport Series	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	Dry	rFactor v1255	17th April	15/15	19:00
3	Spanish Sport Series	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	Dry	rFactor v1255	1st May	14/14	19:00
4	Monaco Sport Series	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	Rainy	rFactor v1255	15th May	20/20	19:00
5	Turkish Sport Series	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	Dry	rFactor v1255	26th June	13/13	19:00
6	British Sport Series	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	Light showers	rFactor v1255	10th July	20/20	19:00
7	Italian Sport Series	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	Dry	rFactor v1255	24th July	12/12	19:00
8	Belgian Sport Series	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Rainy	rFactor v1255	7th August	10/10	19:00
9	French Sport Series	French GP	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Dry	rFactor v1255	21st August	15/15	19:00
10	German Sport Series	German GP	Nürburgring, Nürburg	TBC	rFactor v1255	4th September	13/13	19:00

^† Dates subject to change.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole Position	Race One Fastest	Race One Winner	Race Two Fastest	Race Two Winner	Report
1	Austrian Sport Series	Oscar Hardwick (1:31.538)	Oscar Hardwick (1:31.811)	Oscar Hardwick Milk Racing	Alex Cooper (1:31.317)	Alex Cooper Midnight	Report
2	Hungarian Sport Series	Alex Cooper (1:44.316)	Petter Kaasa (1:44.385)	Petter Kaasa Target	Petter Kaasa (1:44.804)	Shaun Stroud CSG	Report
3	Spanish Sport Series	Petter Kaasa (1:44.495)	Petter Kaasa (1:44.454)	Petter Kaasa Target	Oscar Hardwick (1:45.018)	Oscar Hardwick Milk Racing	Report
4	Monaco Sport Series	Oscar Hardwick (1:36.118)	Tom Parker (1:44.838)	Oscar Hardwick Milk Racing	Bart De Vos (1:36.888)	Wopke Hoekstra Pulse	Report
5	Turkish Sport Series	Oscar Hardwick (1:53.630)	Oscar Hardwick (1:54.802)	Oscar Hardwick Milk Racing	Alex Cooper (1:54.966)	Oscar Hardwick Milk Racing	Report
6	British Sport Series	Alex Cooper (1:03.804)	Alex Cooper (1:03.887)	Alex Cooper Midnight	Erik Gelotte (1:04.779)	Oscar Hardwick Milk Racing	Report
7	Italian Sport Series	Oscar Hardwick (1:49.886)	Wyatt Gooden (1:49.258)	Wyatt Gooden Target	Oscar Hardwick (1:50.058)	Oscar Hardwick Milk Racing	Report
8	Belgian Sport Series	Oscar Hardwick (2:24.677)	Oscar Hardwick (2:34.483)	Sven de Vries CSG	Alex Cooper (2:30.619)	Oscar Hardwick Woods	Report
9	French Sport Series	Lukas Euler (1:37.718)	Oscar Hardwick (1:37.820)	Oscar Hardwick Woods	Lukas Euler (1:37.626)	Jordan Weekes FA	Report
10	German Sport Series						Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers standings

Pos Driver AUT HUN ESP MON TUR UK ITA BEL FRA GER Points 1 Oscar Hardwick 1 3 2 6 7 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 5 1 1 Ret 344 2 Alex Cooper 8 1 4 11 2 6 2 2 2 2 1 9 3 3 9 10 5 2 269 3 Tom Parker 6 5 5 3 9 5 3 12 3 3 4 4 DSQ 8 3 Ret 168 4 Jordan Weekes 2 13 11 9 19 2 11 Ret 6 - - - 6 10 6 2 8 1 149 5 Pedro Melim 3 7 - - 9 5 8 7 6 3 9 5 102 6 Roy Schroten 7 Ret 6 17 3 3 Ret Ret - - - - - - Ret 5 4 3 91 7 Paul Watkins 6 9 11 12 5 DNS 7 11 8 7 6 4 91 8 Scott Berrisford 5 10 10 6 5 6 3 16 7 5 90 9 Petter Kaasa 1 5 1 8 - - - - - - 69 10 Wopke Hoekstra 7 1 4 6 Ret Ret - - Ret 9 - - 64 11 Jason Muscat 15 10 13 7 16 Ret - - 15 8 13 3 10 10 59 12 Paul Joseph 21 16 5 11 13 11 11 12 11 12 9 7 58 13 Shaun Stroud 4 4 16 1 24 Ret - - - - - - - - 51 14 Jack Sedgewick 12 Ret - - 4 2 10 Ret - - - - 43 = Jon Watkins Ret 4 - - - - 2 6 43 16 Bart De Vos 12 Ret 5 9 4 8 - - - - - - 43 17 Ari Nieminen 10 8 17 4 - - - - 7 10 - - - - - - 42 18 Ryan Gilmore 10 Ret 13 2 6 14 41 19 Gary Lennon 8 7 Ret 13 9 8 - - Ret 17† - - Ret 11 40 20 Sven de Vries 1 4 15 Ret 39 21 Matthew Allington 7 Ret 15 4 - - DSQ Ret 11 6 38 22 Scott Sovik 23 Ret Ret 12 14 15 Ret 14 12 5 14 Ret 8 13 - - Ret Ret 37 23 Lukas Euler 7 Ret 2 13 32 24 Mike Bell 8 5 12 7 DSQ Ret - - 32 25 Jarl Teien 8 DSQ - - - - 14 2 - - - - 30 26 Dimitri Demeulemeester 21 15 15 10 22 18 10 3 - - - - - - 30 27 Myles Dixon 15 12 19 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 9 12 Ret 16 Ret - - - - 29 28 Jeremy Allen 9 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 29 David Gaspers 7 Ret 4 11 - - - - - - 27 30 Morten Wernersen 16 6 8 15 11 13 Ret - 27 31 Martin Palm 3 9 DNQ 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26 32 Wyatt Gooden 1 Ret - - - - 25 33 Matt Clipp 15 21 16 17 10 13 9 8 - - 25 34 Christoph Lichtenstein 18 9 4 Ret 12 DNS 24 35 Simon Crain 11 7 - - - - - - - - 11 11 Ret DNS - - - - 24 36 David Stanton 15 6 15† 15 Ret 7 - - - - - - 22 37 Ilija Brekalo 5 8 17 14 21 38 Chris Williamson 20 19 20 18 18 19 14 15 18 16 13 12 20 16 12 15 14 12 21 39 Glenn Guest 18 Ret 18 Ret - - - - Ret 14 3 DNS - - - - - - 18 40 Ben Warren 12 16 9 Ret 13 Ret - - - - - - - - - - 14 41 Jake Cooper Ret 10 14 Ret 12 Ret - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 = Matt Richards Ret 10 - - - - 13 Ret - - 13 Ret 12 43 Dale Carrick 23 15 - - 10 12 11 = Harley Hamnett 10 11 DNS - 11 45 Nico de Koninck 16 Ret 14 17 - - 19 14 14 13 18 14 11 46 Menno Klont DSQ 14 16 9 9 47 Perry Vink DSQ Ret 19 8 8 48 Pavel Loknovski 13 11 21 Ret 8 49 Erik Gelotte 16 13 3 50 Aran Shergill 22 20 23 Ret Ret 16 - - 18 14† - - - - - - 2 51 Dennis Schuetz DSQ 15 DNS Ret 22 16 1 = Kenney Lybeer 20 15 1 53 Thomas Jacobs 20 16 - - - - - - 0 54 Ihab Abbas 17 Ret 0 = Jon Hicken 24 17 - - - - 0 = Todor Pangev 17 Ret - - - - - - 0 = Matt Leonowicz 17 Ret - - - - 0 = Theo van den Brink 17 Ret 0 = Joshua Anderson 21 17 0 60 Mehmet Perdeci 19 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 61 Vaidas Balciunas Ret - 25 19 - - - - - - 0 62 Andy Smith Ret 21 Ret - 0 63 Lee Davidson Ret - 23 Ret - - - - - - - - - - 0 64 Scott Bennett 24 Ret - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 65 Nicola Musolino Ret - - - 0 = Erik Tveit Ret - - - - - - - - - - - 0 67 Brad Wright DNS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 = Martynas Sidunovas DNS - 0 = Thomas Hazard DNS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 = Mert Ozturk DNS - - - - - 0 71 Ghovand Keanie DSQ DSQ 0 Pos Driver AUT HUN ESP MON TUR UK ITA BEL FRA GER Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

^† Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
^‡

Constructors standings

Pos Constructor Car No. AUT HUN ESP MON TUR UK ITA BEL FRA GER Points 1 Midnight Motorsport 3 8 1 4 11 2 6 2 2 2 2 1 9 3 3 Ret 9 5 2 432 4 10 Ret 13 2 6 14 9 5 3 3 6 3 4 4 DSQ 8 3 Ret 2 Milk Racing Team 0 1 3 2 6 7 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 - - - - 309 2 3 9 DNQ 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 SimInk Motorsport 14 6 5 5 3 9 5 3 12 8 7 - - 9 5 9 10 4 3 246 15 7 Ret 6 17 3 3 Ret Ret - - - - - - 9 Ret 2 13 4 FA Racing 11 23 Ret Ret 12 14 15 Ret 14 12 5 14 Ret 8 13 - - Ret Ret 186 12 2 13 11 9 19 2 11 Ret 6 - - - 6 10 6 2 8 1 5 Target Racing 40 1 5 1 8 - - - - - - 1 Ret - - - - 136 41 10 8 17 4 - - - - 7 10 - - - - - - 6 TWR 48 Ret 4 - - - - 2 6 20 15 135 49 6 9 11 12 5 DNS 7 11 8 7 6 4 7 Enterprise GP 54 5 10 10 6 5 6 3 16 7 5 128 55 7 Ret 15 4 - - DSQ Ret 11 6 8 CSG Racing 20 3 7 - - - - - - - - - - 1 4 15 Ret 126 21 4 4 16 1 24 Ret - - - - - - - - 10 11 DNS - 9 Woods Racing 9 21 15 15 10 22 18 10 3 - - - - - - 5 1 1 Ret 112 10 20 19 20 18 18 19 14 15 18 16 13 12 20 16 12 15 14 12 10 Royal Blue Racing 5 16 6 8 15 11 13 Ret - 10 13 9 8 - - DSQ Ret - - 110 6 15 21 21 16 16 17 5 11 13 11 16 13 11 12 11 12 9 7 11 Pulse Racing 50 7 1 4 6 Ret Ret - - Ret 9 - - 107 51 12 Ret - - 4 2 10 Ret - - - - 12 Innervision 11 13 11 12 Ret 5 9 4 8 - - - - - - DSQ 14 16 9 92 12 5 8 17 14 21 Ret 16 Ret 14 17 - - 19 14 14 13 19 14 13 Epic Racing Team 18 Ret 21 Ret - 15 10 13 7 16 Ret - - 15 8 13 3 10 10 67 19 Ret - 23 Ret - - - - - - - - - - DSQ Ret 19 8 14 Draig Racing 28 DNS - 7 Ret 4 11 - - - - - - 18 9 4 Ret 12 DNS 64 29 22 14 - - 10 12 DNS - - - - - DSQ 15 DNS Ret 22 16 15 Team Roxal 46 Ret 10 - - - - 13 Ret - - 13 Ret 52 47 8 7 Ret 13 9 8 - - Ret 17† - - Ret 11 16 SlipStream Racing 7 15 12 19 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 9 12 Ret 16 Ret - - - - 47 8 18 Ret 18 Ret - - - - Ret 14 3 DNS - - - - - - 17 nFinity eSports Racing 26 24 17 - - - - 8 DSQ - - - - 14 2 - - - - 42 27 Ret 10 14 Ret 12 Ret - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 Laurentian Grand Prix 34 32 35 8 5 12 7 - - - - 19 Fogel Motorsport 32 27 33 9 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 SS Motorsport 30 11 7 - - - - - - - - 11 11 Ret DNS - - - - 24 31 20 16 - - - - - - 17 Ret - - - - 21 Vod:Bul Racing 24 DSQ DSQ Ret - - - 15 6 15† 15 Ret 7 - - - - - - 22 25 Ret - 25 19 - - - - - - 17 Ret - - - - - - 22 Racing Team Schroten 22 12 16 9 Ret 13 Ret - - - - - - - - - - 17 Ret 14 23 24 Ret - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 17 23 United Racers Motorsports 36 19 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 37 17 Ret 22 20 23 Ret Ret 16 - - 18 14† - - - - - - 24 Ice Cold Racing 52 Ret - - - - - - - - - - - 0 53 25 Wright Racing 38 DNS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 39 DNS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pos Constructor Car No. AUT HUN ESP MON TUR UK ITA BEL FRA GER Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Cars did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Preceded by: None

2013 World Sport Series season 2012

Succeeded by: Current Season