2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round
+/- Pos Constructor Points
1 Rapax 72
1 2 Carlin 70
1 3 Racing Engineering 64
3 4 Russian Time 45
1 5 ART Grand Prix 26
Teams ' Championship standings [ 3 ]
The 2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on 20 and 21 April 2013 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the GP2 Series. It was the second round of the 2013 GP2 Series and was run in support of the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix. The first race, a 32-lap feature event, was won by Racing Engineering driver Fabio Leimer after starting from pole position. Stefano Coletti finished second for Rapax and Caterham Racing driver Alexander Rossi came in third. Sam Bird won the 30-lap sprint race for Russian Time held the following day, with Carlin's Felipe Nasr in second and Coletti third. Leimer fended off pressure from the fast-starting Coletti to maintain his pole position advantage in the opening sequence of corners of the feature race. He pulled out an healthy advantage in the following laps but ceded the lead to Adrian Quaife-Hobbs for ten laps after a mandatory pit stop for tyres. Leimer retook first place after Quaife-Hobbs made his pit stop and held the position to win the race. Tom Dillmann started from pole position in the sprint race but lost the lead to teammate Bird before the end of the first lap. Coletti and Nasr gained on Bird in the final two laps as his tyres were worn. Coletti bowed out after running wide and lost second to Nasr before the start of the final lap. Bird successfully fended off Nasr to win the race by 0.080 seconds, the closest margin of victory in GP2 Series history.