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2013 World Touring Car Championship

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2013 World Touring Car Championship
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The 2013 World Touring Car Championship season was the tenth season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the ninth since the series was revived in 2005. The championship, which was reserved for cars run to Super 2000 regulations, began with the Race of Italy on 23 March and concluded with the Race of Macau in support of the Macau Grand Prix at the Guia Circuit on 17 November, after twenty-four races at twelve events.

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Yvan Muller won the 2013 Drivers' Championship, his fourth series title.
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Honda won the 2013 Manufacturers' Championship.

Yvan Muller secured the Drivers' Championship title in Japan, with two events remaining in the season. Honda won the Manufacturers' Championship. Chevrolet was the defending manufacturers' champion, but it did not support a team in 2013, and thus was unable to defend its title.

James Nash won the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy for independent entries and RML won the Yokohama Teams' Trophy. The Lukoil Racing Team was the defending Yokohama Teams' Trophy winner, but was unable to defend its title as Lukoil closed their own team to support manufacturer Lada Sport team in 2013.[1]

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Teams and drivers

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Team changes

Driver changes

Mid-season changes

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Calendar

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The 2013 championship was contested over twenty-four races, with two races held at each of twelve events throughout the year. The final calendar for the season was released in December 2012.[20]

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Calendar changes

  • The Race of Morocco was not included on the provisional calendar for 2013, though the provisional calendar was released with a vacant race date.[22]
  • The Race of Portugal returned to the Circuito da Boavista in Porto after being held at the Portimão circuit in 2012.
  • The Race of Spain was originally included on the provisional calendar at a venue to be decided.[22] However, the race was removed from the final calendar released in December 2012.[20]
  • The Race of Russia made its championship debut at the Moscow Raceway.[22]
  • The Race of Brazil was dropped before the start of the season, but was later reinstated.[23] It was then dropped from the calendar again when the Argentine round was confirmed.
  • An additional thirteenth round of the championship was added before the start of the season.[24] In May 2013, it was confirmed the Race of Argentina made its championship debut at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo.[25] The race in Argentina was confirmed in June, replacing the Brazilian round.[26]
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Results and standings

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Races

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Standings

Drivers' Championship

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

Manufacturers' Championship

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Yokohama Trophies

World Touring Car Championship promoter Eurosport Events organized the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy and the Yokohama Teams' Trophy within the 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship.[29]

Yokohama Drivers' Trophy

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Eligibility for the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy was decided by Eurosport Events, taking into consideration the Team's CV and records, the Driver's CV and records and the car's technical characteristics.[29]

Yokohama Teams' Trophy

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All the teams taking part in the championship were eligible to score points towards the Yokohama Teams' Trophy, with the exception of teams which incorporated a car manufacturer's name in the team's name.[29]

Eurosport Asia Trophy

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

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Footnotes

  1. Yvan Muller was one of twelve drivers given a grid penalty for unsporting behaviour during qualifying for the first race in Austria and started from thirteenth place.[27] Michel Nykjær started the race from pole as a result, but Muller was entitled to keep the five championship points for pole position.

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