2013 Monaco GP2 Series round

   2013 Monaco GP2 round

Round details
Round 4 of 11 rounds in the 2013 GP2 Series
Circuit de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Street circuit 3.340 km (2.075 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	24 May 2013
Laps	42
Pole position
Driver	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International
Time	1:21.195
Podium
First	Sam Bird	Russian Time
Second	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing
Third	Mitch Evans	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Time	1:23.665 (on lap 9)
Sprint race
Date	25 May 2013
Laps	30
Podium
First	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Second	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport
Third	Mitch Evans	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Time	1:22.853 (on lap 8)

The 2013 Monaco GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on 24 and 25 May 2013, at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco as part of the GP2 Series. It was the fourth round of the 2013 GP2 Series and was run in support of the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix. The first race, a 42-lap feature event, was won by Russian Time driver Sam Bird who started from third position. Kevin Ceccon finished second for the Trident Racing team and Arden International driver Mitch Evans took third. Stefano Coletti of the Rapax team won the shorter 30-lap sprint race from MP Motorsport's Adrian Quaife-Hobbs in second and Evans third.

Johnny Cecotto Jr. won the pole position for the feature race by setting the fastest lap in qualifying. His lost the lead to teammate Evans heading into the first corner and understeered into the barrier while holding off Fabio Leimer. Jolyon Palmer spun in avoidance blocking passage to the turn and the race was stopped because 15 cars were stranded. Evans led the restarted race but Bird passed him after the pit stop phase. Bird opened up a lengthy advantage over the rest of the field to win. Quaife-Hobbs started from pole position in the sprint race and kept the lead until Coletti passed him on the third lap. Although his lead diminished because of tyre wear Coletti led the event's remaining laps to claim the victory.

Bird's feature race victory was his—and Russian Time's—second of the season and Coletti's sprint race win meant he became the first Monegasque driver to win on the streets of Monaco since Louis Chiron in 1931. The race results increased Coletti's Drivers' Championship lead to 24 points over Felipe Nasr. Bird's feature race win gained him two positions to move to third while Leimer fell to fourth. Rapax took the Teams' Championship lead from Carlin and Russian Time moved to third with Racing Engineering fourth with seven rounds left in the season.