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2013 International V8 Supercars Championship

Jamie Whincup, the defending drivers' champion,[1] won his fifth title.
Triple Eight Race Engineering—competing as Red Bull Racing Australia—won the teams' championship for the fourth consecutive season.

The 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship[2][3] (often simplified to the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship) was a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile-sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars that was based in Australia. It was the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the seventeenth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship was contested over thirty-six races,[4][5][N 1] starting with the Clipsal 500 Adelaide on 2 March 2013,[6] and finishing with the Sydney Telstra 500 V8 Supercars on 8 December.[7] The series' calendar also expanded, travelling to the United States for the first time for a race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.[8]

The 2013 season saw the introduction of the "New Generation V8 Supercar", a revision to the regulations which were designed to cut costs and to make the series more attractive to new manufacturers.[9] Nissan and Mercedes-Benz entered the series,[10][11] with four Nissan Altimas being prepared by Kelly Racing and three Mercedes-Benz E63 W212s being run by Erebus Motorsport — who purchased Stone Brothers Racing during the off-season – respectively.[12][13] Holden teams competed with the new VF Commodore, which replaces the VE model,[14] whilst Ford continued to use the FG Falcon, which had been raced since 2009, but built to New Generation V8 Supercar specifications for the 2013 season.

Jamie Whincup started the season as the defending drivers' champion.[1] The team for which he drives, Triple Eight Race Engineering, are the defending teams' champions. Whincup successfully defended his title, winning eleven of the season's thirty-six races and scoring a record-breaking thirteen pole positions. His team-mate Craig Lowndes finished second in the championship for the third consecutive season, giving Triple Eight Race Engineering its fourth consecutive Teams Championship win. Lowndes, with Warren Luff, won the inaugural Enduro Cup for the best performing drivers across the three endurance races. Ford Performance Racing driver Will Davison finished the season in third place. Rick Kelly finished the highest of the Nissan drivers, in fourteenth place, while Lee Holdsworth ended the season in twentieth to be the highest placed Erebus Motorsport driver.

  1. ^ a b "Lowndes wins Race 28 as Whincup secures fourth title". Speedcafe. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Calendrier Séries Internationales 2013" [2013 International Series Calendar] (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. p. 7. Retrieved 25 March 2013. International V8 Supercars Championship
  3. ^ "2013 V8 Supercars Championship". V8 Supercars. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  4. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (5 March 2013). "V8 Supercars endurance line-ups take shape". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 5 March 2013. The Texas event will feature four 100km races, with both the soft and hard tyres expected to be used.
  5. ^ "ITM 400 Auckland — Friday April 12 to Sunday April 14". V8Supercars.com.au. V8 Supercars Australia. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Adelaide's iconic Clipsal 500 dates announced for landmark 2013 opener". SpeedCafe.com. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Date change for Sydney V8 Supercars finale". Speedcafe.com. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  8. ^ Paukert, Chris (30 June 2011). "Official: V8 Supercar Series coming to Austin in 2013". autoblog.com. AOL Autos. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  9. ^ Gunther, Briar (29 March 2010). "Car of the Future released". V8Supercars.com.au. BigPond Sport. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  10. ^ "Nissan confirms Kelly Racing V8 Supercars entry". Speedcafe.com. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Mercedes-Benz to join V8 Supercars". Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Nissan to unveil its V8 Supercars future in New York". Speedcafe.com. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  13. ^ "Erebus Motorsport on the V8 Supercar grid in 2013". V8 Supercars. 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference Holden VF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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