2013 VGPC Chinese Grand Prix

2013 VGPC Chinese V-Prix Race details Race 13 of 16 in the 2013 F1F Virtual Grand Prix Championship Date 24 January 2014 Location Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, People's Republic of China Course Permanent racing facility 5.451 km (3.387 mi) Distance 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 mi) Weather Wet Pole position Driver Carson Davenport Lucas Wilson-Yamaha Time 1:34.339 Fastest lap Driver Carson Davenport Lucas Wilson-Yamaha Time Unknown Podium First Carson Davenport Lucas Wilson-Yamaha Second Jean Mattson Team 23-Cosworth Third Elroy Wagner Team 23-Cosworth

The 2013 VGPC Chinese Grand Prix was a Virtual Grand Prix Championship race that was held on 24 January 2014 at the Shanghai International Circuit. The race was contested over 56 laps and was the thirteenth round of the 2013 F1F Virtual Grand Prix Championship, the first of four flyaway rounds at the end of the season.

Carson Davenport, having taken his maiden pole position at the previous round in Italy, started from pole for the second race in a row, and went on to take the first victory for both himself and the Lucas Grand Prix team. Jean Mattson took second place for Team 23, with teammate Elroy Wagner finishing third.

This race was also notable for the debut of future World Champion Enrique Ruiz. Driving for Ingram Grand Prix, the Brazilian qualified and finished in tenth place to score a point in his first race.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	19	Carson Davenport	Lucas Wilson-Yamaha	1:34.339	1
2	6	Elroy Wagner	Team 23-Cosworth	1:34.357	2
3	18	Hugh Dwyer	Lucas Wilson-Yamaha	1:34.381	3
4	5	Jean Mattson	Team 23-Cosworth	1:34.431	4
5	17	Adrien Simon	Mathershaw-Mercedes	1:34.492	5
6	0	Nathaniel Powers	Franklin-Honda	1:34.568	6
7	16	Karl Beckenbauer	Mathershaw-Mercedes	1:34.655	7
8	2	Will Hoskins	Franklin-Honda	1:34.662	8
9	4	Romano Agostino	Meteor-Renault	1:34.713	9
10	10	Enrique Ruiz	Ingram-BMW	1:34.764	10
11	14	Puccio Giodano	Rossi-Ferrari	1:34.811	11
12	12	Douglas Bacon	Westwood-Ferrari	1:34.886	12
13	15	Enzo Domenicalli	Rossi-Ferrari	1:34.937	13
14	11	Keith Boston	Westwood-Ferrari	1:34.949	14
15	7	Tumo Kinnumen	Fun-Toyota	1:34.977	15
16	21	Marcus Thunder	Downton-Pagani	1:34.989	16
17	24	James Harding	Molto Veloce-Ferrari	1:35.029	17
18	8	Lee Fuller	Fun-Toyota	1:35.106	18
19	20	Jacinto van Slooten	Downton-Pagani	1:35.154	19
20	25	Jawa Ahmad	Molto Veloce-Ferrari	1:35.313	20
21	3	Gerard Alaniz	Meteor-Renault	1:35.316	21
22	9	Diego Campos	Ingram-BMW	1:35.614	22

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Carson Davenport	Lucas Wilson-Yamaha	56	1:43:18.780	1	25
2	5	Jean Mattson	Team 23-Cosworth	56	+13.769	4	18
3	6	Elroy Wagner	Team 23-Cosworth	56	+21.018	2	15
4	2	Will Hoskins	Franklin-Honda	56	+51.154	8	12
5	0	Nathaniel Powers	Franklin-Honda	56	+1:02.872	6	10
6	17	Adrien Simon	Mathershaw-Mercedes	56	+1:05.282	5	8
7	18	Hugh Dwyer	Lucas Wilson-Yamaha	56	+1:05.586	3	6
8	4	Romano Agostino	Meteor-Renault	56	+1:06.727	9	4
9	11	Keith Boston	Westwood-Ferrari	56	+1:10.931	14	2
10	10	Enrique Ruiz	Ingram-BMW	56	+1:35.549	10	1
11	20	Jacinto van Slooten	Downton-Pagani	55	+1 lap	19
12	8	Lee Fuller	Fun-Toyota	55	+1 lap	18
13	3	Gerard Alaniz	Meteor-Renault	55	+1 lap	21
14	12	Douglas Bacon	Westwood-Ferrari	55	+1 lap	12
15	24	James Harding	Molto Veloce-Ferrari	55	+1 lap	17
16	16	Karl Beckenbauer	Mathershaw-Mercedes	55	+1 lap	7
Ret	7	Tumo Kinnumen	Fun-Toyota		Suspension	15
Ret	25	Jawa Ahmad	Molto Veloce-Ferrari		Collision	20
Ret	15	Enzo Domenicalli	Rossi-Ferrari		Collision	13
Ret	14	Puccio Giodano	Rossi-Ferrari		Collision	11
Ret	21	Marcus Thunder	Downton-Pagani		Collision	16
Ret	9	Diego Campos	Ingram-BMW		Collision	22

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nathaniel Powers 203 2 Jean Mattson 182 3 Adrien Simon 139 4 Elroy Wagner 137 5 Will Hoskins 136

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Franklin-Honda 339 2 Team 23-Cosworth 319 3 Mathershaw-Mercedes 196 4 Rossi-Ferrari 102 5 Lucas Wilson-Yamaha 100

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

Previous race: 2013 Italian V-Prix	F1F Virtual Grand Prix Championship 2013 season	Next race: 2013 Japanese V-Prix
Previous race: none	Chinese V-Prix	Next race: 2014 Chinese V-Prix