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The 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship will be an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It will be the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the seventeenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship will start in Adelaide on 2 March 2012, with the running of the Clipsal 500.[1] The 2013 season will see the introduction of the "Car of the Future", a revision to the regulations designed to cut costs to A$250,000 per car through the use of "control" parts.[2] Nissan and Mercedes-Benz will enter the series,[3][4] with four Nissan Altimas being prepared by Kelly Racing and three Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs being run by Stone Brothers Racing in association with Erebus Racing.[5][6] The series' calendar will also expand, travelling to the United States for the first time for a race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.[7]

Jamie Whincup will start the season as the defending drivers' champion.[8]

Scheduled events

The 2013 calendar was released on 15 October 2012.[9]

Race Event Circuit City / State Date
1 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 28 February—3 March
2
3 Tasmania Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 5—7 April
4
5 New Zealand ITM Auckland 400 Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 12—14 April
6
7 Western Australia Perth Challenge Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 3—5 May
8
9 United States Texas 400 Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas 17—19 May
10
11 Northern Territory Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 14—16 June
12
13 Queensland Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 5—7 July
14
15 Queensland Coates Hire Ipswich 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 27—28 July
16
17 Victoria (state) Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 23—25 August
18
19 Victoria (state) Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 13—15 September
20 New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10—13 October
21 Queensland Armor All Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 25—27 October
22
23 United Arab Emirates Yas V8 400 Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, United Arab Emirates 1—3 November
24
25 Victoria (state) Phillip Island 400 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 23—24 November
26
27 New South Wales Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 29 November—1 December
28

Calendar changes

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have been confirmed for the 2013 series.

Team Vehicle No. Drivers
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore 1 Australia Jamie Whincup[13]
888 Australia Craig Lowndes[14]
Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore 2 Australia Garth Tander[15]
22 Australia James Courtney[16]
Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden VE Commodore[17] 3 Australia Tony D'Alberto
SBR-Erebus Racing[18][19] Mercedes AMG E63 4 Australia Lee Holdsworth[20]
James Rosenberg Racing (SBR-Erebus) 47 Australia Tim Slade[21]
Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon 5 Australia Mark Winterbottom[22]
6 Australia Will Davison[23][24]
Rod Nash Racing (FPR) 55 Australia David Reynolds[24]
Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima[5] 7 Australia Todd Kelly[5]
15 Australia Rick Kelly[5]
Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore 8 Australia Jason Bright[25]
14 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard[25]
Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon 17 Australia Steven Johnson[26]
Tekno Autosports Holden VE Commodore 19 Australia Jonathon Webb[27]

Team changes

References

  1. ^ "Adelaide's iconic Clipsal 500 dates announced for landmark 2013 opener". SpeedCafe.com. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2 Ocotber 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ Gunther, Briar (29 March 2010). "Car of the Future released". V8Supercars.com.au. BigPond Sport. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Nissan confirms Kelly Racing V8 Supercars entry". Speedcafe.com. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Mercedes-Benz to join V8 Supercars". Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Nissan to unveil its V8 Supercars future in New York". Speedcafe.com. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012. Cite error: The named reference "KR Altima" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b "Erebus Motorsport on the V8 Supercar grid in 2013". V8 Supercars. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  7. ^ a b Paukert, Chris (30 June 2011). "Official: V8 Supercar Series coming to Austin in 2013". autoblog.com. AOL Autos. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Lowndes wins Race 28 as Whincup secures fourth title". Speedcafe. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  9. ^ a b "Eastern Creek dropped from calendar". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  10. ^ "2013 Texas V8 Supercar date confirmed". V8 Supercars Australia. 5 Ocotber 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Future of Hamilton Race Decided". V8 Supercars Australia. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  12. ^ "Councillors vote in favour or Pukekohe Supercar proposal". 3 News. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  13. ^ "Whincup re-signs with Triple Eight". V8X. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  14. ^ "CRAIG LOWNDES TO REMAIN WITH TEAMVODAFONE". speedcafe. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  15. ^ "Garth Tander re-signs with Toll Holden Racing Team". Holden Racing Team. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  16. ^ "Courtney committed to HRT in 2013". V8X Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  17. ^ a b "Four manufacturers set for V8 Supercars in 2013". V8X Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2012. With Tony D'Alberto Racing set to defect back to Holden with technical support from Walkinshaw Racing and Stone Brothers Racing running Mercedes-Benz cars, Ford could be left with just two teams (Ford Performance Racing and Dick Johnson Racing) and seven entries for the 2013 season, at a time when the future of the Falcon and its local manufacturing appears grim.
  18. ^ "Mercedes-Benz to join V8 Supercars". Herald Sun. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  19. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (19 September 2012). "Mercedes: Initial Erebus proposal was 'misunderstood'". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 14 November 2012. Erebus Racing CEO Ryan Maddison confirmed that the three E63 AMG race cars will carry Mercedes badgework but no additional signage.
  20. ^ "Stone Brothers deny 2013 driver exodus". Speedcafe. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  21. ^ "Slade, Rosenberg sign new two year deal". SpeedCafe. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  22. ^ "Mark Winterbottom re-signs with FPR". Ford Performance Racing. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "New naming rights backer for Davison in 2013". V8 Supercars. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  24. ^ a b "2013 V8 Supercars silly season remains wide open". V8X Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  25. ^ a b Grant Rowley (21 November 2012). "Brad Jones". Speedcafe. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  26. ^ "Dick Johnson talks to Speed on what DJR's management restructure means for the team's future". Fox Sports. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012. Who will be in the driver's seats next year? Obviously Dean Fiore's car depends on Dean himself, but Steven is certainly back in. Our obvious choice is Steve Owen in the other car, so, we'll just see where it all goes. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |quote= at position 51 (help)
  27. ^ "Tekno in no rush to sort its 2013 driver line-up". Speedcafe. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012. The two-car Holden team, owned by driver Jonathon Webb's father Steve, is one of few teams with an unsigned seat for next year's championship.
  28. ^ "FPR, Schwerkolt to join forces in 2013". SpeedCafe.com. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  29. ^ Rowley, Grant (18 November 2012). "Lucas Dumbrell set to buy second V8 license". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  30. ^ "Mercedes-Benz rules out V8 Supercars program". SpeedCafe.com. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012. The traditional Ford/Holden championship will see Nissan join the ranks next year with a four-car factory squad prepared by Kelly Racing. The team will be known as Nissan Motorsport next year.
  31. ^ Canning, Simon (7 June 2012). "Vodafone dumps Cricket, V8s". The Australian. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  32. ^ "Triple Eight confirms multi-year deal with Red Bull". Speedcafe.com. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  33. ^ "Mercedes-Benz to join V8 Supercars". Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  34. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (19 September 2012). "Mercedes: Initial Erebus proposal was 'misunderstood'". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 19 September 2012. Erebus Racing CEO Ryan Maddison confirmed that the three E63 AMG race cars will carry Mercedes badgework but no additional signage.
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