2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

2013 Bahrain Grand Prix
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The Sakhir Circuit Grand Prix layout (2004–2009, 2012–)
Race Details
Date	April 21, 2013
Official Name	2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Location	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.406 km (3.359 mi)
Distance	57 laps, 308.142 km (191.471 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time	1:32.330
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:36.961 on lap 55
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Second	Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault
Third	Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
Delegate	Gill Jones Red Bull-Renault
Lap Leaders

The 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially the 2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was the fourth race of the 2013 Formula One Season. It was held over the weekend of April 19–21st 2013 at the Bahrain International Circuit. It was be the ninth running of the Bahrain Grand Prix, all of which have been held at the Sakhir circuit.

Nico Rosberg started on pole after qualifying ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso. In the race, Rosberg did not have the pace of Vettel or Alonso, and after the Red Bull driver got ahead of his fast-starting Ferrari rival, Vettel led the race ahead of Alonso. Alonso suffered an issue with his DRS, and Vettel raced clear ahead of Paul di Resta. In a race full of overtaking, Vettel won the race by nearly ten seconds over Kimi Räikkönen, with Romain Grosjean completing the podium after overtaking Di Resta towards the finish.

Background

Available Tyres
Option	Medium
Prime	Hard
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

Like the previous two Bahrain Grands Prix, protests marred the event. Unlike the 2011 event, but more like the 2012 event, the race went ahead without too many issues.

In terms of the championship standings, Sebastian Vettel's lead was reduced to just three points to Kimi Räikkönen, after the German was unable to pass Lewis Hamilton in the final few corners of the Chinese Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso's win took him to just nine points behind Vettel.

In the Constructors' Championship, Red Bull-Renault lead Ferrari by five points, with Lotus-Renault and Mercedes within thirty points of the leaders.

After crashing into Adrian Sutil and forcing both drivers out of the race, Esteban Gutiérrez had a five-place grid penalty. Mark Webber's collision with Jean-Éric Vergne cost the Australian three places on the Bahrain grid.

Entry list

The full entry list for the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix is shown below:

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
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham	CT03	Renault	RS27-2013	P
22	Rodolfo González	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	1:34.790	4	1:34.282	3	1:33.348	2
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:35.101	7	1:34.184	2	1:33.380	3
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:34.564	2	1:34.310	4	1:33.247	1
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:34.487	1	1:34.552	6	1:33.949	11
5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.069	6	1:35.356	11	1:34.117	12
6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.640	11	1:35.589	13	1:34.282	13
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:35.345	9	1:34.154	1	1:33.446	4
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:35.611	10	1:34.631	7	1:33.464	6
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.621	3	1:34.666	8	1:33.764	9
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:35.792	13	1:34.976	10	1:33.455	5
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.755	17	1:36.133	15	1:33.922	10
12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:37.214	18	1:36.616	18	1:39.592	22
14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.949	5	1:34.543	5	1:33.700	8
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:35.119	8	1:34.932	9	1:33.596	7
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:36.498	16	1:36.279	16	1:34.833	17
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:35.783	13	1:36.579	17	1:34.611	15
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.014	14	1:35.506	12	1:34.678	16
19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.485	15	1:35.761	14	1:34.557	14
20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:37.850	19	1:37.601	19	1:35.816	18
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	DNP		1:37.970	22	1:36.939	20
	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:38.401	20	DNP		DNP
22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	DNP		1:37.363	21	1:36.731	19
	Rodolfo Gonzalez	Marussia-Cosworth	1:40.215	22	DNP		DNP
23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:39.445	21	1:37.313	20	1:37.630	21

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		3	1:33.364		2	1:32.867		1	1:32.330	1
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		2	1:33.327		1	1:32.746		2	1:32.584	2
3	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		1	1:32.878		5	1:33.316		3	1:32.667	3
4	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		4	1:33.498		7	1:33.346		4	1:32.762	9
5	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault		9	1:33.966		3	1:33.098		5	1:33.078	7
6	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		7	1:33.780		8	1:33.358		6	1:33.207	4
7	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		6	1:33.762		6	1:33.335		7	1:33.235	5
8	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes		10	1:34.048		9	1:33.378		8	1:33.246	6
9	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault		8	1:33.827		4	1:33.146		9	1:33.327	8
10	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		11	1:34.071		10	1:33.702		10	no time	10
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault		5	1:33.498		11	1:33.762				11
12	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes		13	1:34.310		12	1:33.914				12
13	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		12	1:34.120		13	1:33.974				13
14	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari		15	1:34.409		14	1:33.976				14
15	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault		16	1:34.425		15	1:34.105				15
16	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		14	1:34.314		16	1:34.284				16
17	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault		17	1:34.425							17
18	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari		18	1:34.730							22
19	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault		19	1:35.283							18
20	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth		20	1:36.178							19
21	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault		21	1:36.304							20
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth		21	1:36.476							21

Grid

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

* Mark Webber was given a three-place grid penalty after his collision with Jean-Éric Vergne at the Chinese Grand Prix. Having qualified fifth, his penalty was applied after Lewis Hamilton's penalty (Hamilton qualified fourth), and Webber was placed at seventh.

^† Lewis Hamilton was given a five-place grid penalty for changing his gearbox after third practice. Having qualified fourth, he was pushed back to ninth on the grid.

^‡ Esteban Gutiérrez qualified eighteenth, and was given a five-place grid penalty for his collision with Adrian Sutil that forced both drivers out of the race. He will start in last place on the grid.

Race

Report

Gill Jones Red Bull team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer’s award.

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	57	1:36:00.498	2	25
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	57	+ 9.111 s	8	18
3	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	57	+ 19.507 s	11	15
4	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	57	+ 21.727 s	5	12
5	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+ 35.230 s	9	10
6	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+ 35.998 s	12	8
7	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	57	+ 37.244 s	7	6
8	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	57	+ 37.574 s	3	4
9	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	+ 41.126 s	1	2
10	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+ 46.631 s	10	1
11	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	57	+ 1 m 6.450 s	17
12	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	57	+ 1 m 12.933 s	14
13	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	57	+ 1 m 16.719 s	6
14	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	57	+ 1 m 21.511 s	15
15	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	+ 1 m 26.364 s	4
16	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+ 1 lap	13
17	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	56	+ 1 lap	18
18	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+ 1 lap	22
19	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	56	+ 1 lap	19
20	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	56	+ 1 lap	21
21	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	55	+ 2 laps	20
Ret	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	16	Puncture damage	16

Sponsorship and livery

• This was the last race in which McLaren used sponsorship of Tooned, a CGI animated series based on the team.

Milestones

• Mark Webber's 200th start.
• Red Bull's 150th Grand Prix.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts 1 Sebastian Vettel 77 2 Kimi Räikkönen 67 3 Lewis Hamilton 50 4 Fernando Alonso 47 5 Mark Webber 32 6 Felipe Massa 30 7 Romain Grosjean 26 8 Paul di Resta 20 9 Nico Rosberg 14 10 Jenson Button 13 11 Sergio Pérez 10 12 Adrian Sutil 6 13 Daniel Ricciardo 6 14 Nico Hülkenberg 5 15 Jean-Éric Vergne 1 16 Valtteri Bottas 0 17 Pastor Maldonado 0 18 Esteban Gutiérrez 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 109 2 Lotus-Renault 93 3 Ferrari 77 4 Mercedes 64 5 Force India-Mercedes 26 6 McLaren-Mercedes 23 7 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7 8 Sauber-Ferrari 5 9 Williams-Renault 0 10 Marussia-Cosworth 0 11 Caterham-Renault 0

Notes

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