The 2013 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2013 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix) was the eleventh race of the 2013 Formula One Season. It was the 69th Belgian Grand Prix – the 58th as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race was held on August 25 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, the 46th time that Formula One has visited the circuit.
Mercedes driver, Lewis Hamilton started on pole for the fourth consecutive race. It was the British driver's seventh consecutive front-row start, and the ninth consecutive race to feature a Mercedes on the front row. Red Bull drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber started in second and third respectively.
On the first lap, Vettel took the lead and raced clear to win by nearly 17 seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso, who have started in ninth. Vettel spent the entire race in first place. Hamilton took the final podium position.
Background[]
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is unchanged in layout from last year, with only minor off-track changes being made. The most significant of these is the run-off to the long, off-camber turn 5, which has been changed from gravel to tarmac.
There are two DRS zones for the race. The first is along the Kemmel Straight, starting beyond Radillon and ending at Les Combes. The second DRS zone lies along the much shorter start-finish straight, from the tight final chicane to La Source.
Sebastian Vettel leads the World Drivers' Championship by 38 points from Kimi Räikkönen. Red Bull-Renault lead the Constructors' Championship by 69 points from Ferrari. Both parties will retain their position regardless of the result of this race.
Entry list[]
The full entry list for the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix is shown below:
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | |||
| 1 |  Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull-Renault | 1:55.636 | 6 | 1:49.331 | 1 | 1:48.327 | 1 |
| 2 |  Mark Webber |
1:58.929 | 19 | 1:49.390 | 2 | 1:48.533 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari | 1:55.198 | 1 | 1:50.510 | 7 | 1:48.432 | 2 |
| 4 |  Felipe Massa |
1:56.863 | 11 | 1:50.164 | 4 | 1:48.788 | 5 | |
| 5 |  Jenson Button |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:57.281 | 14 | 1:51.595 | 15 | 1:48.882 | 6 |
| 6 |  Sergio Pérez |
1:55.518 | 4 | 1:50.536 | 8 | 1:49.417 | 16 | |
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus-Renault | 1:59.441 | 21 | 1:50.318 | 6 | 1:49.008 | 10 |
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean |
2:03.176 | 22 | 1:50.149 | 3 | 1:48.967 | 8 | |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes | 1:55.614 | 5 | 1:50.601 | 9 | 1:48.993 | 9 |
| 10 | Lewis Hamilton |
1:57.358 | 15 | 1:50.751 | 12 | 1:49.046 | 12 | |
| 11 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Sauber-Ferrari | 1:56.110 | 8 | 1:50.972 | 13 | 1:49.478 | 17 |
| 12 | Esteban Gutiérrez |
1:55.954 | 7 | 1:51.644 | 18 | 1:48.930 | 7 | |
| 14 | Paul di Resta |
Force India-Mercedes | 1:55.224 | 2 | 1:50.611 | 10 | 1:49.226 | 15 |
| 15 | Adrian Sutil |
1:55.373 | 3 | 1:50.629 | 11 | 1:49.122 | 13 | |
| 16 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams-Renault | 1:57.081 | 12 | 1:50.991 | 14 | 1:50.418 | 18 |
| 17 | Valtteri Bottas |
1:56.858 | 10 | 1:51.568 | 17 | 1:49.177 | 14 | |
| 18 | Jean-Éric Vergne |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:57.084 | 13 | 1:50.253 | 5 | 1:48.776 | 4 |
| 19 | Daniel Ricciardo |
1:56.770 | 9 | 1:51.447 | 16 | 1:49.035 | 11 | |
| 20 | Charles Pic |
Caterham-Renault | DNP | 1:53.251 | 20 | 1:51.416 | 19 | |
| Heikki Kovalainen |
1:57.821 | 16 | DNP | DNP | ||||
| 21 |  Giedo van der Garde |
1:57.887 | 17 | 1:53.157 | 19 | 1:51.800 | 20 | |
| 22 | Jules Bianchi |
Marussia-Cosworth | 1:59.209 | 20 | 1:53.481 | 21 | 1:52.221 | 21 |
| 23 | Max Chilton |
1:58.600 | 18 | 1:54.418 | 22 | 1:53.507 | 22 | |
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | |
| Sebastian Vettel | ______________ | |
| Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | |
| Nico Rosberg | ______________ | |
| Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
| 6 | Paul di Resta | |
| Jenson Button | ______________ | |
| Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | |
| Kimi Räikkönen | ______________ | |
| Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | |
| Felipe Massa | ______________ | |
| Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | |
| Adrian Sutil | ______________ | |
| Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
| 14 | Sergio Pérez | |
| Giedo van der Garde | ______________ | |
| Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
| 16 | Jules Bianchi | |
| Max Chilton | ______________ | |
| Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
| 18 | Pastor Maldonado | |
| Jean-Éric Vergne | ______________ | |
| Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
| 20 | Daniel Ricciardo | |
| Valtteri Bottas | ______________ | |
| Row 11 | ______________ | 21 |
| 22 | Esteban Gutiérrez | |
| Charles Pic | ______________ |
Race[]
Results[]
Race[]
Milestones[]
- Paul di Resta: 50th race.
- Pastor Maldonado: 50th race.
- Nico Hülkenberg: 50th entry (49th start).
- Lewis Hamilton: 4th consecutive pole.
- Paul di Resta: equal best qualifying performance to date (5th).
- Giedo van der Garde, Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton: best qualifying to date.
- Marussia: best qualifying to date.
- Sebastian Vettel: 31st win, equal fifth most wins (with Nigel Mansell).
- Sebastian Vettel: 2000th lap led.
- Mercedes: 30th podium.
- Kimi Räikkönen: First retirement in 38 races (from Hungary 2009 to Hungary 2013, missing 2010 and 2011).
- Kimi Räikkönen: First failure to finish in the points in 27 races (from Bahrain 2012 to Hungary 2013).
Standings after race[]
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Notes[]
| V T E |  Belgian Grand Prix
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