2013 World Touring Car Championship

Teams and drivers

Team changes

• Arena Motorsport—who contested the 2012 season as Team Aon—did not competed in 2013 after its owner decided to shut down the team and concentrate its efforts on Formula One team Marussia F1.
• Former Formula One driver, team owner and GP2 Series team owner Adrián Campos entered the World Touring car Championship with two SEAT Leóns prepared by Sunred Engineering.
• Chevrolet announced that they withdrew from the series to concentrate on other projects. This leaves RML Group without the backing of a manufacturer.
• Stefano D'Aste established his own team, PB Motorsport.
• Honda entered the series in 2013 for the full season. JAS Motorsport entered two Honda Civic 1.6Ts on behalf of the manufacturer.
• After competing in FIA GT1 World Championship, Münnich Motorsport entered the World Touring Car Championship in 2013 with three SEAT León WTCC cars.
• After competing in two rounds in 2012, Russian car manufacturer Lada announced its intentions to contest races in 2013 with the Lada Granta WTCC, contesting a full season for the first time since 2009. On 15 November it was announced that the marque would enter a two car team for 2013. However, they later announced that they would enter a third car later of the season.
• NIKA Racing entered the series for the full season with a Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T having previously entered two rounds of the championship since 2010.* Zengő Motorsport switched from entering a BMW 320 TC to the Honda Civic 1.6T for its 2013 campaign.

  Driver changes

• Marc Basseng joined the series as a Münnich Motorsport driver, having won the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship for the team.
• Tom Chilton moved to RML.
• Aleksei Dudukalo joined Lada for the 2013 season after two years with SEAT.
• Robert Huff switched to Münnich Motorsport to defend his championship title, replacing Markus Winkelhock in their lineup.
• Alain Menu left the series and moved into the Porsche Supercup.
• Tiago Monteiro joined Honda full-time for the 2013 season, having taken part in the final three races of 2012 season debuting the Honda entry.
• After a single entry during 2012, René Münnich will make his full-time World Touring Car Championship debut in 2013, racing for Münnich Motorsport.
• James Nash races for Bamboo Engineering in 2013 having raced for Team Aon in 2012.
• Darryl O'Young left Bamboo Engineering to join Tom Coronel at ROAL Motorsport in 2013.
• Gabriele Tarquini deserted Lukoil Racing Team, campaigning with the second Honda entry.

  Mid-season changes

• Aleksei Dudukalo lost his seat with Lada Sport Lukoil after the Race of Italy. He was replaced by Russian Touring Car Championship driver Mikhail Kozlovskiy, with the team attributing the decision to replace Dudukalo as being a result of Dudukalo's collision with teammate James Thompson during qualifying for the race of Italy, forcing both Lada Granta WTCC cars out of the event.
• After the Moscow round, Pepe Oriola switched from his SEAT Leon to run an RML prepared Chevrolet Cruze.
• Michel Nykjær split with Nika Racing after the round in Sonoma. He was replaced by Hiroki Yoshimoto.

  Calendar

	Race	Race Name	Circuit	Date
1	R1	Race of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	24 March
1	R2	Race of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	24 March
2	R3	Race of Morocco	Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan	7 April
2	R4	Race of Morocco	Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan	7 April
3	R5	Race of Slovakia	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	28 April
3	R6	Race of Slovakia	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	28 April
4	R7	Race of Hungary	Hungaroring	5 May
4	R8	Race of Hungary	Hungaroring	5 May
5	R9	Race of Austria	Salzburgring	19 May
5	R10	Race of Austria	Salzburgring	19 May
6	R11	Lukoil Race of Russia	Moscow Raceway	9 June
6	R12	Lukoil Race of Russia	Moscow Raceway	9 June
7	R13	Race of Portugal	Circuito da Boavista	30 June
7	R14	Race of Portugal	Circuito da Boavista	30 June
8	R15	Race of Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo	4 August
8	R16	Race of Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo	4 August
9	R17	Race of the United States	Sonoma Raceway	8 September
9	R18	Race of the United States	Sonoma Raceway	8 September
10	R19	JVC Kenwood Race of Japan	Suzuka Circuit	22 September
10	R20	JVC Kenwood Race of Japan	Suzuka Circuit	22 September
11	R21	Race of China	Shanghai International Circuit	3 November
11	R22	Race of China	Shanghai International Circuit	3 November
12	R23	Guia Race of Macau	Guia Circuit	17 November
12	R24	Guia Race of Macau	Guia Circuit	17 November

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.
• 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. However, the race was removed from the final calendar released in December 2012.
• The Race of Russia made its championship debut at the Moscow Raceway.
• The Race of Brazil was dropped before the start of the season, but was later reinstated. 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. In May 2013, it was confirmed the Race of Argentina made its championship debut at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo. The race in Argentina was confirmed in June, replacing the Brazilian round.

  Results and standings

Races

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Manufacturers' Championship

Yokohama Trophies

Yokohama Drivers' Trophy

Yokohama Teams' Trophy

Eurosport Asia Trophy

Footnotes