# 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship

The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2013 season was the 19th British Formula Renault Championship organized by the British Automobile Racing Club and the second season as the premier Formula Renault 2.0 championship in the United Kingdom. The season began at Donington Park on 14 April and ended on 29 September at Silverstone Circuit. The series will form part of the BARC club racing meetings and expand from fourteen to sixteen rounds at six events all held in England, with four triple header events.
The series has undergone rebranding after the BARC Championship became the prominent Formula Renault Championship in the United Kingdom. The series took the name Protyre Formula Renault Championship, dropping the BARC tag after its growth into one of the leading national single seater championships in Great Britain.

## Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.
2013 Entry List :
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| Mtech Lite | 2 | Alex Gill | 6 |
| Mtech Lite | 7 | Joe Ghanem | 1–5 |
| Mtech Lite | 13 | Shahan Sarkissian | All |
| Mtech Lite | 37 | Matias Galetto | 1–5 |
| Mtech Lite | 88 | Edward Brand | 1–5 |
| Scorpio Motorsport | 3 | Henrique Baptista | 2–6 |
| Scorpio Motorsport | 5 | Ivan Taranov | 1–3, 6 |
| Scorpio Motorsport | 9 | Piers Hickin | 6 |
| Jamun Racing Services | 4 | Diego Menchaca | 1–3, 5 |
| Jamun Racing Services | 77 | Pietro Fittipaldi | All |
| Fortec Motorsports | 6 | Weiron Tan | All |
| Fortec Motorsports | 8 | Cao Hongwei | All |
| Fortec Motorsports | 11 | Shaun Thong | All |
| Fortec Motorsports | 50 | Sam MacLeod | All |
| Core Motorsport | 9 | Piers Hickin | 2–4 |
| Core Motorsport | 22 | Ashley Crossey | 6 |
| Hillspeed | 10 | Matthew Rao | All |
| Hillspeed | 25 | Jake Cook | All |
| MGR Motorsport | 14 | Tom Oliphant | 1–5 |
| MGR Motorsport | 15 | Matteo Ferrer | All |
| MGR Motorsport | 16 | Chris Middlehurst | All |
| MGR Motorsport | 17 | Jorge Cevallos | All |
| Fortec Competition | 21 | Leo Ye | 5–6 |
| Cliff Dempsey Racing | 23 | Jesse Antilla | 4–5 |
| SWB Motorsport | 27 | Atte Lehtonen | 2, 4–6 |

## Race calendar

The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings and expanded to sixteen rounds at six events, with four triple header events. A championship calendar was released on 14 December 2012, with the final round once again in support of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship. All rounds will held in England.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire) | 14 April | Sam MacLeod | Chris Middlehurst | Chris Middlehurst | MGR Motorsport |
| 1 | R2 | Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire) | 14 April | Sam MacLeod | Ivan Taranov | Jorge Cevallos | MGR Motorsport |
| 2 | R3 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (200 Circuit, Norfolk) | 11 May | Chris Middlehurst | Chris Middlehurst | Chris Middlehurst | MGR Motorsport |
| 2 | R4 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (200 Circuit, Norfolk) | 12 May | Weiron Tan | Chris Middlehurst | Sam MacLeod | Fortec Motorsports |
| 2 | R5 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (200 Circuit, Norfolk) | 12 May | Weiron Tan | Weiron Tan | Chris Middlehurst | MGR Motorsport |
| 3 | R6 | Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire) | 1 June | Chris Middlehurst | Chris Middlehurst | Chris Middlehurst | MGR Motorsport |
| 3 | R7 | Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire) | 2 June | Chris Middlehurst | Chris Middlehurst | Chris Middlehurst | MGR Motorsport |
| 3 | R8 | Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire) | 2 June | Chris Middlehurst | Weiron Tan | Chris Middlehurst | MGR Motorsport |
| 4 | R9 | Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire) | 6 July | Cao Hongwei | Weiron Tan | Weiron Tan | Fortec Motorsports |
| 4 | R10 | Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire) | 7 July | Weiron Tan | Sam MacLeod | Weiron Tan | Fortec Motorsports |
| 4 | R11 | Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire) | 7 July | Cao Hongwei | Weiron Tan | Weiron Tan | Fortec Motorsports |
| 5 | R12 | Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 10 August | Weiron Tan | Weiron Tan | Weiron Tan | Fortec Motorsports |
| 5 | R13 | Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 11 August | Weiron Tan | Weiron Tan | Weiron Tan | Fortec Motorsports |
| 5 | R14 | Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 11 August | Weiron Tan | Matteo Ferrer | Cao Hongwei | Fortec Motorsports |
| 6 | R15 | Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 28 September | Ivan Taranov | Jake Cook | Ivan Taranov | Scorpio Motorsport |
| 6 | R16 | Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 29 September | Shaun Thong | Shaun Thong | Ivan Taranov | Scorpio Motorsport |

## Championship standings

A driver's best 15 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
| Pos | Driver | DON | DON | SNE | SNE | SNE | THR | THR | THR | CRO | CRO | CRO | ROC | ROC | ROC | SIL | SIL | Points |
| 1 | Chris Middlehurst | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 408 |
| 2 | Weiron Tan | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 12 | 331 |
| 3 | Jorge Cevallos | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 307 |
| 4 | Cao Hongwei | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 296 |
| 5 | Jake Cook | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 292 |
| 6 | Sam MacLeod | 2 | 13 | 18 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 169 |
| 7 | Joe Ghanem | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 14 | 4 | | | 166 |
| 8 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Ret | 9 | 17 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 12 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 163 |
| 9 | Henrique Baptista | | | Ret | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 158 |
| 10 | Shahan Sarkissian | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 146 |
| 11 | Matias Galetto | 6 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 9 | 5 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | | | 141 |
| 12 | Ivan Taranov | Ret | 3 | 4 | 14 | DSQ | Ret | 5 | DSQ | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 140 |
| 13 | Tom Oliphant | Ret | 10 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 9 | 12 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | | | 135 |
| 14 | Matteo Ferrer | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 15 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 10 | Ret | 133 |
| 15 | Matt Rao | 8 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 7 | DNS | 8 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 10 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 128 |
| 16 | Shaun Thong | Ret | DNS | 13 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 5 | Ret | 14 | 5 | 117 |
| 17 | Ed Brand | 10 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 10 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 7 | 9 | 13 | Ret | Ret | | | 100 |
| 18 | Diego Menchaca | Ret | DNS | 16 | 10 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 8 | | | | Ret | 13 | 8 | | | 78 |
| 19 | Piers Hickin | | | 15 | 11 | DSQ | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 12 | | | | 7 | 11 | 74 |
| 20 | Atte Lehtonen | | | 19 | 15 | Ret | | | | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 71 |
| 21 | Leo Ye | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 8 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 38 |
| 22 | Jesse Anttila | | | | | | | | | 14 | 10 | 11 | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | 28 |
| 23 | Ashley Crossey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 24 | Alex Gill | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 9 | 20 |
| Pos | Driver | DON | DON | SNE | SNE | SNE | THR | THR | THR | CRO | CRO | CRO | ROC | ROC | ROC | SIL | SIL | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

## Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup

The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup was the 16th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the second all BARC championship only winter series. The series was held at Rockingham Motor Speedway on 16 and 17 November. The meeting took place with a two-day format with one qualifying and two races held each day, creating a four race championship.

### Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver |
| MGR Motorsport | 2 | Alex Gill |
| Fortec Motorsports | 7 | Martin Kodric |
| Fortec Motorsports | 8 | Cao Hongwei |
| Fortec Motorsports | 9 | Yosuke Yamazaki |
| Fortec Motorsports | 14 | Ben Barnicoat |
| Jamun Racing Services | 77 | Pietro Fittipaldi |

### Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 2 September 2013, with all rounds held at Rockingham Motor Speedway in England.
| Circuit | Date | Race | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 16 November | R1 | Ben Barnicoat | Ben Barnicoat | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports |
| Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 16 November | R2 | Ben Barnicoat | Ben Barnicoat | Cao Hongwei | Fortec Motorsports |
| Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 16 November | R3 | Ben Barnicoat | Martin Kodric | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports |

### Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | ROC | ROC | ROC | Points |
| 1 | Ben Barnicoat | 1 | 2 | 1 | 96 |
| 2 | Cao Hongwei | 3 | 1 | 4 | 79 |
| 3 | Martin Kodric | 4 | 4 | 2 | 74 |
| 4 | Alex Gill | 2 | 3 | 5 | 73 |
| 5 | Yosuke Yamazaki | 5 | 6 | 6 | 56 |
| 6 | Pietro Fittipaldi | NC | 5 | 3 | 45 |
| Pos | Driver | ROC | ROC | ROC | Points |