The 2013 3 Hours of Silverstone was an auto racing event held at the

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near

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, on 12–13 April 2013. The event was the opening round of the

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, in a weekend shared with the

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and the

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. Heavy rains during the race forced the event to be cut short, with only two and a quarter hours being run before Britons

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and

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were declared the winners.

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and Anthony Pons led the LMPC category, Christian Ried, Gianluca Roda, and

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won the LMGTE class, and Andrew Smith, Ollie Millroy, and Alisdair McCaig were the GTC class victors.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. * - The No. 3 Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan was moved to the back of the grid for not using the tires previously allocated for qualifying.

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

References

{{Sportscar Race Report , Year_of_race = 2013 , Sportscar_Series = European Le Mans Series , Previous_race_in_season = ''None'' , Next_race_in_season = 3 Hours of Imola

3 Hours of Silverston