2013 Stock Car Brasil season

The 2013 Stock Car Brasil season was the 35th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on March 3 at the Interlagos and ended on December 15 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds. Pirelli return to the championship after a five-season absence, replacing Goodyear as tyre supplier.^[1]

2013 Stock Car Brasil season

Previous

2012

Next

2014

Teams and drivers

All drivers were Brazilian-registered.

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet Sonic	Red Bull Racing[2]	0	Cacá Bueno[2]	All
		29	Daniel Serra[2]	All
	Bardahl Hot Car[3]	2	Raphael Matos[3]	All
		26	Wellington Justino[4]	All
	GT Team Raízen[5]	22	Bruno Senna[5]	12
	BMC Racing[6]	10	Ricardo Zonta[6]	All
		25	Tuka Rocha[6]	All
	Mobil Super Pioneer Racing[2]	11	Nonô Figueiredo[2]	All
		51	Átila Abreu[2]	All
	Vogel Motorsport[7]	18	Allam Khodair[7]	All
		72	Fábio Fogaça[8]	All
	Officer ProGP[2]	20	Ricardo Sperafico[9]	All
		23	Duda Pamplona[2]	All
	Ipiranga-RCM[10]	21	Thiago Camilo[10]	All
		28	Galid Osman[10]	All
	Eurofarma RC[11]	65	Max Wilson[11]	All
		90	Ricardo Maurício[11]	All
	Full Time Sports[12]	82	Alceu Feldmann[13]	All
		111	Rubens Barrichello[12]	All
Peugeot 408	Gramacho Competições[14]	3	Rodrigo Pimenta[14]	All
		46	Vitor Genz[2]	All
	Prati-Donaduzzi[2]	4	Júlio Campos[2]	All
		19	Rodrigo Sperafico[2]	All
	Voxx Racing[15]	5	Denis Navarro[15]	All
		73	Sérgio Jimenez[15]	All
	Hanier Racing[16]	7	Beto Cavaleiro[16]	All
		27	Felipe Lapenna[2]	All
	RC3 Bassani[17]	8	Patrick Gonçalves[9]	1–4
		42	Lucas Foresti[18]	11–12
		70	Diego Nunes[17]	All
		83	Gabriel Casagrande[19]	8–10
	Boettger Competições[20]	14	Luciano Burti[2]	All
		63	Lico Kaesemodel[20]	All
	Shell Racing[2]	34	Hélio Castroneves[21]	7
		74	Popó Bueno[2]	All
		77	Valdeno Brito[2]	All
	Schin Racing Team[22]	35	David Muffato[22]	All
		80	Marcos Gomes[22]	All

Team changes

• William Lube and Andreas Mattheis owners of Shell Racing-WA Mattheis ended the partnership. Mattheis began sharing the team's command with his son Rodolhpo Mattheis and changed its official name to R.Mattheis Motorsport, but, sponsor's reasons continue to like Shell Racing. Lube alongside Cimed Group purchased the JF Racing and created a new team Voxx Racing.^{[15][failed verification]}
• Pharmaceutical company Cimed forms a new team by buying the JF team. They recruited drivers Sérgio Jimenez and Denis Navarro.^[15]
• After three seasons of partnership, Boettger Competições and Itaipava broke up. Boettger will revert to using its original name in 2013.^[2]
• Gramacho Competições will return for the championship after two seasons.^[14]
• Textiles Hanier and racing driver Beto Cavaleiro purchased the cars of FTS Competições, who called BMC Racing in 2012 and created Hanier Racing. The team will switch from entering a Chevrolet to the Peugeot for its 2013 campaign.^[16] BMC group continues in the championship in partner with RZ Motorsport.^[6]
• After racing as "Medley Full Time" in 2011 and 2012, Full Time Sports will revert to using its original name in 2013.^[12] The team will move from Chevrolet in 2013.^[23]
• RCM Motorsport competing under the name Ipiranga-RCM. Due sponsor reasons.^[10]
• Due to sponsorship reasons, Carlos Alves Competições was renamed to the Shin Racing Team.

Driver changes

• Rubens Barrichello, who competed in the last three races of the 2012 season for Medley Full Time, stayed for the full season in 2013, driving for Full Time Sports.^[12]
• Pedro Boesel and Antônio Pizzonia lost their seats after Comprafacil Nascar JF withdrew from the championship.^[15]
• Popó Bueno left Linea Sucrolose to join Shell Racing.^[2]
• Júlio Campos moved from Carlos Alves Competições to Prati-Donaduzzi.^[2]
• Claudio Capparelli, Fabio Carbone, Hélio Castroneves, Rafael Daniel, Diego Freitas, Bruno Junqueira, Tony Kanaan, Giuliano Losacco, Felipe Maluhy, Rodrigo Navarro, Pedro Nunes, Diogo Pachenki, Cláudio Ricci and Matheus Stumpf, who competed part-time or as a guest in 2012, did not return for the championship in 2013.^[2]
• Beto Cavaleiro entered in the Stock Car Brasil with newcoming team Hanier Racing.^[16]
• Alceu Feldmann was suspended with twenty-four months for doping in 2012, but the sentence was reduced for nine months and Feldmann signed with Full Time Sports.^[13]
• Fábio Fogaça, who competed in 2012 Stock Car Corrida do Milhão, raced with Vogel Motorsport in 2013.^[8]
• Vitor Genz made his debut in Stock Car Brasil with Gramacho Competições.^[2]
• After six months of suspension for doping, Marcos Gomes moved to Carlos Alves Competições for the 2013 season.^[22]
• Patrick Gonçalves, who competed part-time in 2012, moved to RC3 Bassani in 2013.^[9]
• Sérgio Jimenez, who was third place in the 2012 Brazilian GT Championship season joined Voxx Racing.^[15]
• Wellington Justino returned for the championship with Hot Car Competições.^[4]
• Lico Kaesemodel moved from RCM Motorsport to Boettger Competições.^[20]
• Felipe Lapenna made his debut in the category with Hanier Racing.^[2]
• Eduardo Leite lost his seat at Hot Car Competições.^[3][4]
• Raphael Matos, who competed part-time with Bassani Racing in 2012, joined Hot Car Competições in 2013.^[3]
• Vítor Meira lost his seat at Officer ProGP.^[2][9]
• David Muffato movee from Itaipava Racing Team to Carlos Alves Competições.^[22]
• Denis Navarro, who competed for Vogel Motorsport in 2012, moved to newcoming team Voxx Racing.^[15]
• Xandinho Negrão lost his seat at Medley Full Time.^[12][13]
• Diego Nunes movee from Hot Car Competições to RC3 Bassani.^[17]
• Galid Osman signed with Ipiranga-RCM after a season with BMC Racing.^[10]
• Rodrigo Pimenta, who was runner-up in the 2012 Stock Car Brasil second-tier, continued his association with Gramacho Competições.^[14]
• Tuka Rocha, who drove for FTS Competições-BMC Racing in 2012, moved to RZ Motorsport-BMC Racing for the 2013 season.^[6]
• Ricardo Sperafico moved from Prati-Donaduzzi Racing to Officer ProGP.^[9]

Mid-season changes

• IndyCar Series driver Hélio Castroneves was supposed to participate in the seventh round at Ribeirão Preto for Shell Racing but did not start. In 2012 he competed in the last round of the season.^[21]
• Patrick Gonçalves did not return for RC3 Bassani after the fourth round at Salvador. Stock Car Brasil second tier driver Gabriel Casagrande replaced Gonçalves prior to the eighth round at Cascavel.^[19] After competing in Formula Renault 3.5, Lucas Foresti replaces Casagrande at Brasília, for his Stock Car début.^[18]
• FIA WEC Aston Martin Racing driver Bruno Senna competed as a guest in the Stock Car Brasil Million Race for Shell Racing-GT Team Raízen.^[5]

Race calendar and results

A twelve-round calendar was announced on 5 December 2012, with Brasília host two races and Goiânia receiving the category after eleven seasons. Londrina and Rio de Janeiro that the track was to be demolished will not host a race in 2013.^[24] Also was confirmed the fifth edition of Stock Car Corrida do Milhão at last round of the season.

In July, the round of Goiânia was removed from the calendar, and replaced with a second race at Cascavel. The round scheduled to be held in Brasília was moved to November.^[25] All races were held in Brazil.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Interlagos Circuit	March 3	Júlio Campos	Valdeno Brito	Cacá Bueno	Red Bull Racing
2	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	March 17	Ricardo Maurício	Ricardo Zonta	Daniel Serra	Red Bull Racing
3	Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã	April 28	Daniel Serra	Daniel Serra	Daniel Serra	Red Bull Racing
4	Circuito Ayrton Senna, Salvador	May 19	Átila Abreu	Átila Abreu	Ricardo Mauricio	Eurofarma RC
5	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Brasília	June 2	Thiago Camilo	Ricardo Sperafico	Cacá Bueno	Red Bull Racing
6	Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel	June 16	Marcos Gomes	Marcos Gomes	Marcos Gomes	Carlos Alves Competições
7	Ribeirão Preto Street Circuit	August 11	Átila Abreu	Átila Abreu	Thiago Camilo	Ipiranga-RCM
8	Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel	September 1	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Marcos Gomes	Carlos Alves Competições
9	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	September 15	Cacá Bueno	Daniel Serra	Daniel Serra	Red Bull Racing
10	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	October 20	Átila Abreu	Daniel Serra	Átila Abreu	Mobil Super Pioneer Racing
11	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Brasília	November 10	Sérgio Jimenez	Popó Bueno	Thiago Camilo	Ipiranga-RCM
12	Interlagos Circuit	December 15	Allam Khodair	Allam Khodair	Ricardo Zonta	BMC Racing

Championship standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Standard	24	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Round 12	48	40	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver INT1 CUR1 TAR SAL BRA1 CAS1 RBP CAS2 VEL CUR2 BRA2 INT2 Pts 1 Ricardo Maurício 3 2 3 1 5 6 9 26 2 4 3 2 218 2 Thiago Camilo 19 3 2 3 3 9 1 5 8 2 1 6 215 3 Cacá Bueno 1 5 5 4 1 11 4 7 15 5 25 3 196 4 Daniel Serra 4 1 1 12 2 5 25 2 1 3 12 Ret 181 5 Max Wilson 6 7 13 5 13 18 2 3 6 23 7 5 163 6 Valdeno Brito 2 4 7 27 DSQ 10 3 10 4 9 9 10 154 7 Ricardo Zonta 23 6 4 28 9 14 18 29 5 8 8 1 144 8 Rubens Barrichello 25 19 20 2 4 13 5 25 12 10 11 8 120 9 Sérgio Jimenez 28 9 10 24 16 8 19 4 9 6 2 Ret 107 10 Marcos Gomes 13 21 Ret 7 DSQ 1 23 1 3 7 Ret Ret 102 11 Átila Abreu 12 8 18 23 DSQ Ret 10 28 Ret 1 6 9 99 12 Luciano Burti 8 23 12 8 DSQ 15 Ret 6 11 Ret Ret 7 94 13 Raphael Matos 10 26 16 26 10 19 6 8 16 18 10 18 84 14 Allam Khodair 7 18 8 17 20 DSQ Ret DSQ Ret 12 23 4 78 15 Nonô Figueiredo 24 14 17 6 DSQ 25 7 9 Ret DSQ 17 11 76 16 Tuka Rocha 5 12 DNS 14 7 16 14 15 Ret 14 19 28 73 17 Diego Nunes 16 Ret Ret 20 22 4 15 11 7 11 13 Ret 71 18 Júlio Campos Ret 11 6 Ret DSQ 2 8 12 Ret 22 Ret Ret 67 19 Galid Osman 11 15 Ret 13 8 17 16 20 23 21 4 Ret 64 20 Denis Navarro 26 13 27 Ret 12 DNS 11 14 14 13 Ret 14 63 21 Ricardo Sperafico 14 28 11 Ret Ret 3 20 24 Ret 25 Ret 12 54 Lico Kaesemodel 15 17 Ret 21 15 26 Ret Ret Ret 15 5 13 54 23 Rodrigo Sperafico Ret 10 14 19 6 21 21 21 13 17 DSQ 19 53 Duda Pamplona 20 DSQ 9 11 14 DSQ Ret 13 Ret DSQ 16 17 53 25 Popó Bueno 21 16 22 9 DSQ DSQ 13 16 10 16 18 22 49 26 Fabio Fogaça 9 20 15 16 Ret 12 26 19 19 24 Ret 20 41 27 Alceu Feldmann 29 27 21 15 11 23 12 27 Ret Ret 20 21 28 28 Felipe Lapenna Ret 25 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 27 22 16 27 29 David Muffato Ret 29 24 29 Ret 7 17 17 18 Ret DSQ 24 25 30 Vitor Genz 18 24 19 18 21 20 22 DSQ Ret 20 15 26 16 31 Rodrigo Pimenta 22 22 25 Ret 18 Ret Ret DSQ 20 19 14 25 13 32 Wellington Justino 17 32 23 22 17 22 Ret 22 21 26 21 Ret 8 33 Gabriel Casagrande 18 22 Ret 3 34 Beto Cavaleiro 27 30 26 25 19 24 24 23 Ret DSQ 24 27 2 Lucas Foresti Ret 23 0 Patrick Gonçalves Ret 31 DNS Ret 0 Drivers ineligible to score points Bruno Senna 15 0 Hélio Castroneves DNS 0 Pos Team INT1 CUR1 TAR SAL BRA1 CAS1 RBP CAS2 VEL CUR2 BRA2 INT2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Pos Team INT1 CUR1 TAR SAL BRA1 CAS1 RBP CAS2 VEL CUR2 BRA2 INT2 Pts 1 Eurofarma RC 3 2 3 1 5 6 2 3 2 4 3 2 381 6 7 13 5 13 18 9 26 6 23 7 5 2 Red Bull Racing 1 1 1 4 1 5 4 2 1 3 12 3 377 4 5 5 12 2 11 25 7 15 5 25 Ret 3 Ipiranga-RCM 11 3 2 3 3 9 1 5 8 2 1 6 279 19 15 Ret 13 8 17 16 20 23 21 4 Ret 4 BMC Racing 5 6 4 14 7 14 14 15 5 8 8 1 217 23 12 DNS 28 9 16 18 29 Ret 14 19 28 5 Shell Racing 2 4 7 9 DSQ 10 3 10 4 9 9 10 203 21 16 22 27 DSQ DSQ 13 16 10 16 18 22 6 Mobil Super Pioneer Racing 12 8 17 6 DSQ 25 7 9 Ret 1 6 9 175 24 14 18 23 DSQ Ret 10 28 Ret DSQ 17 11 7 Voxx Racing 26 9 10 24 12 8 11 4 9 6 2 14 170 28 13 27 Ret 16 DNS 19 14 14 13 Ret Ret 8 Full Time Sports 25 19 20 2 4 13 5 25 12 10 11 8 148 29 27 21 15 11 26 12 27 Ret Ret 20 21 Boettger Competições 8 17 12 8 15 15 Ret 6 11 15 5 7 148 15 23 Ret 21 DSQ 26 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 10 Carlos Alves Competições 13 21 24 7 Ret 1 17 1 3 7 Ret 24 127 Ret 29 Ret 29 DSQ 7 23 17 18 Ret DSQ Ret 11 Prati-Donaduzzi Ret 10 6 19 6 2 8 12 13 17 Ret 19 122 Ret 11 14 Ret DSQ 21 21 21 Ret 22 DSQ Ret 12 Vogel Motorsport 7 18 8 16 20 12 26 19 19 12 23 4 119 9 20 15 17 Ret DSQ Ret DSQ Ret 24 Ret 20 13 Officer ProGP 14 28 9 11 14 3 20 13 Ret 25 16 12 107 20 DSQ 11 Ret Ret DSQ Ret 24 Ret DSQ Ret 17 14 Hot Car Competições 10 26 16 22 10 19 6 8 16 18 10 18 92 17 32 23 26 17 22 31 22 21 26 21 Ret 15 RC3 Bassani 16 31 Ret 20 22 4 15 11 7 11 13 23 74 Ret Ret DNS Ret 18 22 Ret Ret Ret 16 Hanier Racing 27 25 26 10 19 24 24 23 17 27 22 16 29 Ret 30 Ret 25 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DSQ 24 27 Gramacho Competições 18 22 19 18 18 20 22 DSQ 20 19 14 25 29 22 24 25 Ret 21 Ret Ret DSQ Ret 20 15 26 Team ineligible to score points GT Team Raízen 15 0 Pos Team INT1 CUR1 TAR SAL BRA1 CAS1 RBP CAS2 VEL CUR2 BRA2 INT2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)