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event held at the

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in Spielberg, Styria,

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on 19–20 July 2013. It was the third round of the

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, and the series' first visit to the Red Bull Ring. Thiriet by TDS Racing, with drivers

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and Mathias Beche, won the race over

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, while the LMPC category was led by

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and Gary Hirsch. Ram Racing's Matt Griffin and

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led the LMGTE category, while

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, Kirill Ladygin, and Viktor Shaitar of SMP Racing won the GTC class.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. – The No. 36 Signatech Oreca-Nissan had its qualifying times nullified after it set its fastest qualifying lap while a sector of the track was under yellow flag conditions. The team was allowed to start from the back of the LMP2 class grid.

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 = 3 Hours of Imola , Next_race_in_season = 3 Hours of Hungaroring