2013 6 Hours of Silverstone
The 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone was an auto racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit, near Silverstone, England on 12-14 April 2013. The event was the opening round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season, and served as the annual award for the Royal Automobile Club's Tourist Trophy. Briton Allan McNish, Dane Tom Kristensen, and Frenchman Loïc Duval won the race for Audi, just over three seconds ahead of their teammates. The British Delta-ADR team were victorious in the LMP2 category, while Aston Martin Racing secured both the LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am classes.
The event weekend was shared with the European Le Mans Series, which ran the 3 Hours of Silverstone, and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship.
Qualifying
The 6 Hours of Silverstone was the first instance in which the WEC utilized a new qualifying procedure in which two drivers were required to set laps during the qualifying session. The grid would then be determined by averaging the total of the two best laps set by each of the drivers. Following the Silverstone qualifying session, several drivers felt the new format was too risky as all teams only had enough time to set four laps during the wet session. The FIA later announced that qualifying would be extended by ten minutes for the next round at Spa to allow teams more leeway.Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.| Pos | Class | Team | Average Time | Grid |
| 1 | LMP1 | No. 7 Toyota Racing | 1:48.021 | 1 |
| 2 | LMP1 | No. 8 Toyota Racing | 1:49.995 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP1 | No. 2 Audi Sport Team Joest | 1:51.283 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP1 | No. 12 Rebellion Racing | 1:52.124 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP1 | No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest | 1:53.488 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP1 | No. 13 Rebellion Racing | 1:53.835 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | No. 25 Delta-ADR | 1:55.148 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 | No. 24 OAK Racing | 1:57.629 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | No. 26 G-Drive Racing | 1:57.697 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 | No. 35 OAK Racing | 1:58.729 | 10 |
| 11 | LMGTE Pro | No. 97 Aston Martin Racing | 2:00.566 | 11 |
| 12 | LMGTE Pro | No. 99 Aston Martin Racing | 2:00.722 | 12 |
| 13 | LMGTE Am | No. 96 Aston Martin Racing | 2:01.158 | 13 |
| 14 | LMGTE Pro | No. 91 Porsche AG Team Manthey | 2:01.308 | 14 |
| 15 | LMGTE Pro | No. 92 Porsche AG Team Manthey | 2:01.452 | 15 |
| 16 | LMGTE Pro | No. 51 AF Corse | 2:01.512 | 16 |
| 17 | LMGTE Am | No. 95 Aston Martin Racing | 2:01.544 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP2 | No. 32 Lotus | 2:01.555 | 18 |
| 19 | LMGTE Pro | No. 71 AF Corse | 2:01.803 | 19 |
| 20 | LMP2 | No. 31 Lotus | 2:02.144 | 20 |
| 21 | LMGTE Am | No. 61 AF Corse | 2:02.396 | 21 |
| 22 | LMP2 | No. 49 Pecom Racing | 2:02.454 | 22 |
| 23 | LMGTE Am | No. 81 8 Star Motorsports | 2:02.513 | 23 |
| 24 | LMGTE Am | No. 50 Larbre Compétition | 2:02.862 | 24 |
| 25 | LMP2 | No. 47 KCMG | 2:02.991 | 25 |
| 26 | LMGTE Am | No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut | 2:04.176 | 26 |
| 27 | LMP2 | No. 41 Greaves Motorsport | 2:04.491 | 27 |
| 28 | LMGTE Am | No. 57 Krohn Racing | 2:05.482 | 28 |
| 29 | LMP2 | No. 45 OAK Racing | 2:10.475 | 29 |
| 30 | LMP1 | No. 21 Strakka Racing | No Time | 30 |
| - | LMGTE Am | No. 88 Proton Competition | Did Not Participate | 31 |
Race
Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified.| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Engine | Tyre | Laps |
| 1 | LMP1 | 2 |  Audi Sport Team Joest |  Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Loïc Duval | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | 197 | |
| 1 | LMP1 | 2 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Loïc Duval | Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 | 197 | |
| 2 | LMP1 | 1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | 197 | |
| 2 | LMP1 | 1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer | Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 | 197 | |
| 3 | LMP1 | 8 |  Toyota Racing | Anthony Davidson Stéphane Sarrazin Sébastien Buemi | Toyota TS030 Hybrid | 196 | |
| 3 | LMP1 | 8 | Toyota Racing | Anthony Davidson Stéphane Sarrazin Sébastien Buemi | Toyota 3.4 L V8 | 196 | |
| 4 | LMP1 | 7 | Toyota Racing |  Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre | Toyota TS030 Hybrid | 196 | |
| 4 | LMP1 | 7 | Toyota Racing | Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre | Toyota 3.4 L V8 | 196 | |
| 5 | LMP1 | 12 | Rebellion Racing | Nicolas Prost Neel Jani Nick Heidfeld | Lola B12/60 | 193 | |
| 5 | LMP1 | 12 | Rebellion Racing | Nicolas Prost Neel Jani Nick Heidfeld | Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 | 193 | |
| 6 | LMP1 | 13 | Rebellion Racing |  Andrea Belicchi Mathias Beche Congfu Cheng | Lola B12/60 | 190 | |
| 6 | LMP1 | 13 | Rebellion Racing | Andrea Belicchi Mathias Beche Congfu Cheng | Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 | 190 | |
| 7 | LMP2 | 25 | Delta-ADR |  Tor Graves Antônio Pizzonia James Walker | Oreca 03 | 184 | |
| 7 | LMP2 | 25 | Delta-ADR | Tor Graves Antônio Pizzonia James Walker | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | 184 | |
| 8 | LMP2 | 24 | OAK Racing | Olivier Pla Alex Brundle David Heinemeier Hansson | Morgan LMP2 | 183 | |
| 8 | LMP2 | 24 | OAK Racing | Olivier Pla Alex Brundle David Heinemeier Hansson | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | 183 | |
| 9 | LMP2 | 49 |  Pecom Racing | Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer Nicolas Minassian | Oreca 03 | 179 | |
| 9 | LMP2 | 49 | Pecom Racing | Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer Nicolas Minassian | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | 179 | |
| 10 | LMP2 | 35 | OAK Racing |  Bertrand Baguette Martin Plowman Ricardo González | Morgan LMP2 | 179 | |
| 10 | LMP2 | 35 | OAK Racing | Bertrand Baguette Martin Plowman Ricardo González | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | 179 | |
| 11 | LMP2 | 41 | Greaves Motorsport | Tom Kimber-Smith Chris Dyson Michael Marsal | Zytek Z11SN | 179 | |
| 11 | LMP2 | 41 | Greaves Motorsport | Tom Kimber-Smith Chris Dyson Michael Marsal | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | 179 | |
| 12 | LMP2 | 47 |  KCMG | Alexandre Imperatori Matthew Howson Jim Ka To | Morgan LMP2 | 179 | |
| 12 | LMP2 | 47 | KCMG | Alexandre Imperatori Matthew Howson Jim Ka To | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | 179 | |
| 13 | LMP2 | 26 |  G-Drive Racing | Roman Rusinov John Martin Mike Conway | Oreca 03 | 176 | |
| 13 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | Roman Rusinov John Martin Mike Conway | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | 176 | |
| 14 | LMGTE Pro | 97 | Aston Martin Racing | Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Bruno Senna | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 171 | |
| 14 | LMGTE Pro | 97 | Aston Martin Racing | Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Bruno Senna | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | 171 | |
| 15 | LMGTE Pro | 71 | AF Corse | Kamui Kobayashi Toni Vilander | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | 170 | |
| 15 | LMGTE Pro | 71 | AF Corse | Kamui Kobayashi Toni Vilander | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | 170 | |
| 16 | LMGTE Pro | 99 | Aston Martin Racing | Frédéric Makowiecki Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 170 | |
| 16 | LMGTE Pro | 99 | Aston Martin Racing | Frédéric Makowiecki Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | 170 | |
| 17 | LMGTE Pro | 92 | Porsche AG Team Manthey | Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Romain Dumas | Porsche 911 RSR | 170 | |
| 17 | LMGTE Pro | 92 | Porsche AG Team Manthey | Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Romain Dumas | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 170 | |
| 18 | LMGTE Pro | 51 | AF Corse | Gianmaria Bruni Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | 170 | |
| 18 | LMGTE Pro | 51 | AF Corse | Gianmaria Bruni Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | 170 | |
| 19 | LMGTE Am | 95 | Aston Martin Racing | Allan Simonsen Kristian Poulsen Christoffer Nygaard | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 169 | |
| 19 | LMGTE Am | 95 | Aston Martin Racing | Allan Simonsen Kristian Poulsen Christoffer Nygaard | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | 169 | |
| 20 | LMGTE Pro | 91 | Porsche AG Team Manthey | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Pilet Timo Bernhard | Porsche 911 RSR | 168 | |
| 20 | LMGTE Pro | 91 | Porsche AG Team Manthey | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Pilet Timo Bernhard | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 168 | |
| 21 | LMGTE Am | 50 | Larbre Compétition | Julien Canal Patrick Bornhauser Fernando Rees | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | 166 | |
| 21 | LMGTE Am | 50 | Larbre Compétition | Julien Canal Patrick Bornhauser Fernando Rees | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | 166 | |
| 22 | LMGTE Am | 81 | 8 Star Motorsports |  Enzo Potolicchio Rui Águas Philipp Peter | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | 165 | |
| 22 | LMGTE Am | 81 | 8 Star Motorsports | Enzo Potolicchio Rui Águas Philipp Peter | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | 165 | |
| 23 | LMGTE Am | 96 | Aston Martin Racing | Roald Goethe Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 165 | |
| 23 | LMGTE Am | 96 | Aston Martin Racing | Roald Goethe Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | 165 | |
| 24 | LMGTE Am | 88 | Proton Competition | Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | 165 | |
| 24 | LMGTE Am | 88 | Proton Competition | Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 165 | |
| 25 | LMGTE Am | 57 | Krohn Racing | Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Maurizio Mediani | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | 164 | |
| 25 | LMGTE Am | 57 | Krohn Racing | Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Maurizio Mediani | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | 164 | |
| 26 | LMGTE Am | 76 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Raymond Narac Christophe Bourret Jean-Karl Vernay | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | 163 | |
| 26 | LMGTE Am | 76 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Raymond Narac Christophe Bourret Jean-Karl Vernay | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 163 | |
| 27 | LMP2 | 45 | OAK Racing | Jacques Nicolet Jean-Marc Merlin | Morgan LMP2 | 154 | |
| 27 | LMP2 | 45 | OAK Racing | Jacques Nicolet Jean-Marc Merlin | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | 154 | |
| 28 | LMGTE Am | 61 | AF Corse |  Jack Gerber Matt Griffin Marco Cioci | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | 139 | |
| 28 | LMGTE Am | 61 | AF Corse | Jack Gerber Matt Griffin Marco Cioci | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | 139 | |
| NC | LMP2 | 32 |  Lotus | Thomas Holzer Dominik Kraihamer Jan Charouz | Lotus T128 | 113 | |
| NC | LMP2 | 32 | Lotus | Thomas Holzer Dominik Kraihamer Jan Charouz | Praga 3.6 L V8 | 113 | |
| DNF | LMP1 | 21 | Strakka Racing | Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts | HPD ARX-03c | 55 | |
| DNF | LMP1 | 21 | Strakka Racing | Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts | Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 | 55 | |
| DNF | LMP2 | 31 | Lotus | Kevin Weeda Christophe Bouchut Vitantonio Liuzzi | Lotus T128 | 44 | |
| DNF | LMP2 | 31 | Lotus | Kevin Weeda Christophe Bouchut Vitantonio Liuzzi | Praga 3.6 L V8 | 44 |