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

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near

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, England, 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 Oliver Turvey of Jota Sport were declared the winners. Soheil Ayari and Anthony Pons led the LMPC category, Christian Ried, Gianluca Roda, and Nick Tandy 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

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3 Hours of Silverston