2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	November 3, 2013
Official Name	2013 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Location	Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Course	Permanent Racing Facility 5.554 km (3.451 mi)
Distance	55 laps, 305.47 km (189.810 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:39.957
Fastest Lap
Driver	Fernando Alonso Ferrari
Time	1:43.434 on lap 55
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel
Second	Mark Webber
Third	Nico Rosberg
Lap Leaders

The 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (officially the 2013 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was the 17th round of the 2013 Formula One Season, the 5th Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and the 5th Grand Prix held in the United Arab Emirates. It was held at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Mark Webber took pole position, ahead of teammate Sebastian Vettel, for yet another Red Bull-Renault one–two on the grid.

Vettel, after taking the lead at the first corner, strolled to victory by about 30 seconds, a lead he had managed at the halfway stage. Webber, who fell to third at the start, finished in second place with Nico Rosberg third. Romain Grosjean finished not far behind in fourth place.

Background

Available Tyres
Option	Soft
Prime	Medium
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

Both Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull-Renault enter the final three races having secured both titles.

Like the previous season, there are two DRS zones, one on the long straight between Turns 7 and 8, the other on the following straight between Turns 10 and 11.

Kimi Räikkönen, who claims to not have been paid a single euro all year, only turned up to the race an hour before first practice.

A partial solar eclipse took place during the race, between 17:22 and 17:39 local time (the race started at 17:00).

Entry list

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Sebastian Vettel	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB9	Renault	RS27-2013	P
2	Mark Webber	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB9	Renault	RS27-2013	P
3	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F138	Ferrari	056	P
4	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F138	Ferrari	056	P
5	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-28	Mercedes	FO 108Z	P
6	Sergio Pérez	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-28	Mercedes	FO 108Z	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E21	Renault	RS27-2013	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E21	Renault	RS27-2013	P
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W04	Mercedes	FO 108Z	P
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W04	Mercedes	FO 108Z	P
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C32	Ferrari	056	P
12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C32	Ferrari	056	P
14	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM06	Mercedes	FO 108Z	P
15	Adrian Sutil	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM06	Mercedes	FO 108Z	P
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	Williams	FW35	Renault	RS27-2013	P
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams F1 Team	Williams	FW35	Renault	RS27-2013	P
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR8	Ferrari	056	P
19	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR8	Ferrari	056	P
20	Charles Pic	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham	CT03	Renault	RS27-2013	P
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham	CT03	Renault	RS27-2013	P
22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia	MR02	Cosworth	CA2013	P
23	Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia	MR02	Cosworth	CA2013	P
Free Practice 1 only
15	James Calado	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM06	Mercedes	FO 108Z	P
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham	CT03	Renault	RS27-2013	P
23	Rodolfo Gonzalez	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia	MR02	Cosworth	CA2013	P

Practice Overview

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:44.499	3	1:41.335	1	1:41.349	1
2	Mark Webber		1:44.712	4	1:41.490	2	1:41.571	2
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:45.440	12	1:42.171	8	1:42.516	11
4	Felipe Massa		1:46.124	17	1:42.440	10	1:42.702	14
5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:45.099	8	1:42.010	7	1:41.956	6
6	Sergio Pérez		1:45.331	10	1:42.006	6	1:43.142	18
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:44.929	6	1:41.726	4	1:42.387	9
8	Romain Grosjean		1:44.241	1	1:42.607	12	1:41.832	5
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:44.741	5	1:41.758	5	1:41.721	4
10	Lewis Hamilton		1:44.433	2	1:41.690	3	1:41.580	3
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:45.378	11	1:42.324	9	1:42.055	7
12	Esteban Gutiérrez		1:46.068	15	1:42.509	11	1:42.282	8
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	DNP		1:42.998	15	1:42.989	17
	James Calado	Force India-Mercedes	1:45.924	14	DNP		DNP
14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:45.040	7	1:42.806	13	1:42.681	12
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:45.150	9	1:42.952	14	1:42.798	16
17	Valtteri Bottas		1:45.823	13	1:43.565	18	1:42.698	13
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:46.114	16	1:43.271	17	1:42.457	10
19	Daniel Ricciardo		1:46.126	18	1:43.152	16	1:42.727	15
20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:47.600	19	1:44.525	21	1:44.472	19
21	Giedo van der Garde		1:47.670	20	1:44.138	19	1:44.728	20
23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	DNP		1:45.565	22	1:45.621	21
	Rodolfo González		1:49.565	22	DNP		DNP
22	Jules Bianchi		1:47.723	21	1:44.459	20	1:47.506	22

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault		8	1:41.568		3	1:40.568		1	1:39.957	1
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		11	1:41.683		4	1:40.781		2	1:40.057	2
3	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		6	1:41.420		1	1:40.437		3	1:40.419	3
4	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1	1:40.693		2	1:40.477		4	1:40.501	4
RET	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault		3	1:41.276		9	1:40.971		5	1:40.542	22
5	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari		9	1:41.631		7	1:40.931		6	1:40.576	5
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault		7	1:41.447		8	1:40.948		7	1:40.997	6
7	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		2	1:41.254		10	1:40.989		8	1:41.015	7
8	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes		12	1:41.687		5	1:40.812		9	1:41.068	8
9	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		16	1:41.884		6	1:40.852		10	1:41.111	9
10	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		5	1:41.397		11	1:41.093				10
11	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		10	1:41.676		12	1:41.133				11
12	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		14	1:41.817		13	1:41.200				12
13	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		13	1:41.692		14	1:41.279				13
14	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault		4	1:41.365		15	1:41.395				14
15	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault		15	1:41.862		16	1:41.447				15
16	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari		17	1:41.999							16
17	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes		18	1:42.051							17
18	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault		19	1:43.252							18
19	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth		20	1:43.398							21
20	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault		21	1:43.528							19
21	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth		22	1:44.198							20

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	Mark Webber
	Sebastian Vettel	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	Nico Rosberg
	Lewis Hamilton	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	Nico Hülkenberg
	Romain Grosjean	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	Felipe Massa
	Sergio Pérez	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	Daniel Ricciardo
	Fernando Alonso	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	Paul di Resta
	Jenson Button	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	Jean-Éric Vergne
	Pastor Maldonado	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	Valtteri Bottas
	Esteban Gutiérrez	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	Adrian Sutil
	Giedo van der Garde	______________
Row 10	______________	19
	20	Charles Pic
	Max Chilton	______________
Row 11	______________	21
	22	Jules Bianchi*
	Kimi Räikkönen†	______________

Notes:

* Jules Bianchi had a five place grid penalty for gearbox change.

^† Kimi Räikkönen originally qualified 5th, but was excluded from qualifying for failing a floor deflection test.

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	55	1:38:06.106	2	25
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	55	+30.829	1	18
3	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	+33.650	3	15
4	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	55	+34.802	6	12
5	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	+1:07.181	10	10
6	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1:18.174	11	8'
7	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	55	+1:19.267	4	6
8	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	+1:22.886	7	4
9	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+1:31.198	8	2
10	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1:33.257	17	1
11	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	55	+1:35.989	14
12	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+1:43.767	12
13	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1:44.295	16
14	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	54	+1 Lap	5
15	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	54	+1 Lap	15
16	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	54	+1 Lap	9
17	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	54	+1 Lap	13
18	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	54	+1 Lap	18
19	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	54	+1 Lap	19
20	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	53	+2 Laps	21
21	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	53	+2 Laps	20
Ret	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	0	Accident	22

Milestones

• Mark Webber: 13th pole, equal most by an Australian driver with Jack Brabham.
• Sebastian Vettel: Seventh consecutive victory, joint second with Michael Schumacher.
• Sebastian Vettel: Eleventh victory of the season, equaling his 2011 total.
• Sebastian Vettel: 60th podium.
• Mark Webber: 40th podium.
• Mark Webber: Passed 1000 points (post-race total: 1014.5).
• Romain Grosjean: Passed 200 points (post-race total: 210).
• Red Bull: 100th podium finish.
• Ferrari: 65th consecutive points finish (since the 2010 German Grand Prix), overtaking McLaren's record of 64 set earlier in the season.
• Pirelli: 100th victory.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts 1 Sebastian Vettel 347 2 Fernando Alonso 217 3 Kimi Räikkönen 183 4 Lewis Hamilton 175 5 Mark Webber 166 6 Nico Rosberg 159 7 Romain Grosjean 114 8 Felipe Massa 106 9 Jenson Button 60 10 Paul di Resta 48 11 Nico Hülkenberg 39 12 Sergio Pérez 35 13 Adrian Sutil 29 14 Daniel Ricciardo 19 15 Jean-Éric Vergne 13 16 Esteban Gutiérrez 6 17 Pastor Maldonado 1 18 Valtteri Bottas 0 19 Jules Bianchi 0 20 Charles Pic 0 21 Giedo van der Garde 0 22 Max Chilton 0

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts 1 Red Bull-Renault 513 2 Mercedes 334 3 Ferrari 323 4 Lotus-Renault 297 5 McLaren-Mercedes 95 6 Force India-Mercedes 77 7 Sauber-Ferrari 45 8 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 32 9 Williams-Renault 1 10 Marussia-Cosworth 0 11 Caterham-Renault 0

Notes

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