2013 Chinese Grand Prix

2013 Chinese Grand Prix
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The Shanghai International Circuit
Race Details
Date	April 14, 2013
Official Name	2013 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX
Location	Shanghai International Circuit Jaiding, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.451 km (3.387 mi)
Distance	56 laps, 305.256 km (189.677 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:34.484
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:36.808 on lap 53
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso
Second	Kimi Räikkönen
Third	Lewis Hamilton
Lap Leaders

The 2013 Chinese Grand Prix was the third race of the 2013 Formula One Season. It was held over the weekend of April 12–14th 2013 at the Shanghai International Circuit in the Jaiding District of Shanghai, China. It was the tenth running of the Chinese Grand Prix, all of which have been held at the Shanghai circuit.

The event marked Fernando Alonso's 200th Grand Prix start, and after qualifying in third place, the Spaniard won the race by a clear ten seconds over Kimi Räikkönen, whose nosecone and front wing were damaged in a collision with Sergio Pérez. Polesitter Lewis Hamilton managed to finish third, fending off a late charge by Sebastian Vettel.

Background

Available Tyres
Option	Soft
Prime	Medium
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

After the Malaysian round of the championship, Sebastian Vettel took the lead from Kimi Räikkönen to put his at 9 points. Mark Webber was third after Malayasia after he finished 2nd in the race. But it wasn't without it hiccups as Mark Webber said that we would round out the season at Red Bull, even though for the mishap.

Entry list

The full entry list for the 2013 Chinese 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
20	Ma Qinghua	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham	CT03	Renault	RS27-2013	P

Practice Overview

Practice Results

No.	Driver	Constructor	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	01:37.942	4	01:36.791	10	01:36.286	4
2	Mark Webber		01:37.658	3	01:36.092	5	01:36.420	5
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	01:37.965	5	01:35.755	3	01:35.391	1
4	Felipe Massa		01:38.095	7	01:35.340	1	01:36.013	2
5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	01:38.069	6	01:36.432	6	01:36.693	8
6	Sergio Pérez		01:39.360	16	01:36.940	11	01:36.777	9
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	01:38.790	11	01:35.492	2	01:36.605	7
8	Romain Grosjean		01:38.398	9	01:36.963	12	01:37.813	18
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	01:36.717	1	01:35.819	4	01:37.349	14
10	Lewis Hamilton		01:37.171	2	01:36.496	7	01:36.065	3
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	01:39.180	14	01:38.211	17	01:36.853	10
12	Esteban Gutiérrez		01:40.032	18	01:37.103	13	01:37.740	17
14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	01:38.561	10	01:36.595	9	01:37.487	16
15	Adrian Sutil		01:38.125	8	01:36.514	8	01:36.549	6
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	01:39.158	13	01:38.276	18	01:37.300	13
17	Valtteri Bottas		01:39.392	17	01:38.185	16	01:37.457	15
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	01:39.057	12	01:38.127	15	01:37.012	11
19	Daniel Ricciardo		01:39.336	15	01:37.206	14	01:37.205	12
20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	DNP		01:39.814	21	01:38.821	20
	Ma Qinghua		01:43.545	22	DNP		DNP
21	Giedo van der Garde		01:42.083	21	01:39.271	20	01:39.652	22
22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	01:41.966	19	01:38.725	19	01:38.496	19
23	Max Chilton		01:42.056	20	01:43.227	22	01:39.627	21

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1	1:35.793		1	1:35.078		1	1:34.484	1
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault		12	1:37.046		6	1:35.659		2	1:34.761	2
3	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		5	1:36.253		2	1:35.148		3	1:34.788	3
4	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		2	1:35.959		5	1:35.537		4	1:34.861	4
5	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		3	1:35.972		4	1:35.403		5	1:34.933	5
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault		8	1:36.929		8	1:36.065		6	1:35.364	6
7	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		11	1:36.993		9	1:36.258		7	1:35.998	7
8	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		7	1:36.667		7	1:35.784		8	2:05.673	8
9	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		6	1:36.537		3	1:35.343		9	DNF	9
10	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari		10	1:36.985		10	1:36.261		10	DNF	10
11	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		15	1:37.478		11	1:36.287				11
12	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes		9	1:36.952		12	1:36.314				12
13	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes		14	1:37.349		13	1:36.405				13
14	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault		4	1:36.148		14	1:36.679				22
15	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault		13	1:37.281		15	1:37.139				14
16	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		16	1:37.508		16	1:37.199				15
17	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault		17	1:37.769							16
18	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari		18	1:37.990							17
19	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth		19	1:38.780							18
20	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth		20	1:39.537							19
21	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault		21	1:39.614							20
22	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault		22	1:39.660							21

Grid

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

* Mark Webber qualified 14th, but was excluded from qualifying and put to the back of the grid after not having enough fuel in the car to supply a one-litre post-qualifying sample.

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	1:36:26.945	3	25
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	56	+10.168	2	18
3	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+12.322	1	15
4	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	+12.525	9	12
5	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+35.285	8	10
6	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+40.827	5	8
7	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+42.691	7	6
8	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+51.084	11	4
9	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	56	+53.423	6	2
10	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+56.598	10	1
11	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+1:03.860	12
12	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1:12.604	15
13	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	56	+1:33.861	16
14	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	56	+1:35.453	14
15	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+1 Lap	18
16	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	55	+1 Lap	20
17	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+1 Lap	19
18	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	55	+1 Lap	21
Ret	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	21	Suspension	4
Ret	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	15	Wheel	22
Ret	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	5	Collision damage	13
Ret	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	4	Collision	17

Milestones

• Fernando Alonso's 200th race start (201st entry).
• Felipe Massa's 175th race start (177th entry).
• Mercedes' tenth pole position and Lewis Hamilton's first for the team.
• Lewis Hamilton's 50th podium.
• Daniel Ricciardo's best finish (7th).

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts 1 Sebastian Vettel 52 2 Kimi Räikkönen 49 3 Fernando Alonso 43 4 Lewis Hamilton 40 5 Felipe Massa 30 6 Mark Webber 26 7 Nico Rosberg 12 8 Jenson Button 12 9 Romain Grosjean 11 10 Paul di Resta 8 11 Daniel Ricciardo 6 12 Adrian Sutil 6 13 Nico Hülkenberg 5 14 Sergio Pérez 2 15 Jean-Éric Vergne 1 16 Valtteri Bottas 0 17 Esteban Gutiérrez 0 18 Jules Bianchi 0 19 Charles Pic 0 20 Pastor Maldonado 0 21 Giedo van der Garde 0 22 Max Chilton 0

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts 1 Red Bull-Renault 78 2 Ferrari 73 3 Lotus-Renault 60 4 Mercedes 52 5 McLaren-Mercedes 14 6 Force India-Mercedes 14 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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