2013 Italian Grand Prix

The 2013 Italian Grand Prix (formally called the 2013 Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia) is the twelfth race of the 2013 Formula One Season. It was the 83rd Italian Grand Prix, the 63rd as a round of the Formula One World Championship race. It was held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, the 78th time the Italian Grand Prix has been held at Monza, and the 62nd time in a Formula One World Championship race.

Sebastian Vettel took pole position ahead of teammate Mark Webber, with Nico Hülkenberg taking a surprise third place on the grid.

Vettel won the race by five seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso, with Webber completing the podium. Lewis Hamilton took the fastest lap, however, he finished a disappointing ninth.

BackgroundEdit

Entry listEdit

The full entry list for the 2013 Italian 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
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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
22	Rodolfo González	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia	MR02	Cosworth	CA2013	P

Practice OverviewEdit

FP1Edit

FP2Edit

FP3Edit

Practice ResultsEdit

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:25.753	4	1:24.453	1	1:24.360	1
2	Mark Webber		1:26.103	8	1:25.076	2	1:24.677	3
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:25.600	2	1:25.330	5	1:24.643	2
4	Felipe Massa		1:26.449	14	1:25.519	8	1:24.995	7
5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.035	7	1:25.532	9	1:25.103	8
6	Sergio Pérez		1:26.007	6	1:25.627	10	1:24.864	5
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:25.941	5	1:25.116	3	1:25.120	10
8	Romain Grosjean		1:26.295	12	1:25.116	4	1:25.499	14
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:25.704	3	1:25.367	7	1:27.822	22
10	Lewis Hamilton		1:25.565	1	1:25.340	6	1:24.712	4
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.224	18	1:26.385	16	1:25.273	12
12	Esteban Gutiérrez		1:26.194	11	1:25.888	12	1:25.324	13
14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.594	15	1:25.830	11	1:26.120	17
15	Adrian Sutil		DNP		1:26.028	13	1:25.702	16
	James Calado		1:27.041	17	DNP		DNP
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:26.149	9	1:26.138	14	1:25.116	9
17	Valtteri Bottas		1:26.082	16	1:27.198	18	1:25.660	15
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:26.155	10	1:26.224	15	1:25.136	11
19	Daniel Ricciardo		1:26.387	13	1:26.599	17	1:24.865	6
20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:27.818	19	1:27.696	20	1:26.607	18
21	Giedo van der Garde		DNP		1:27.771	21	1:27.172	19
	Heikki Kovalainen		1:28.192	21	DNP		DNP
22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	DNP		1:28.057	22	1:27.605	20
	Rodolfo González		1:29.526	22	DNP		DNP
23	Max Chilton		1:27.869	20	1:27.548	19	1:27.665	21

QualifyingEdit

Q1Edit

Q2Edit

Q3Edit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		1	1:24.319		1	1:23.977		1	1:23.755	1
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault		13	1:24.923		3	1:24.263		2	1:23.968	2
3	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari		10	1:24.776		5	1:24.305		3	1:24.065	3
4	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		14	1:24.950		7	1:24.479		4	1:24.132	4
5	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		7	1:24.661		2	1:24.227		5	1:24.142	5
6	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		2	1:24.527		6	1:24.393		6	1:24.192	6
7	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		6	1:24.655		4	1:24.290		7	1:24.209	7
8	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes		5	1:24.635		10	1:24.592		8	1:24.502	8
9	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		9	1:24.739		8	1:24.563		9	1:24.515	9
10	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		4	1:24.630		9	1:24.575		10	1:28.050	10
11	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault		11	1:24.819		11	1:24.610				11
12	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		3	1:24.589		12	1:24.803				12
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault		8	1:24.737		13	1:24.848				13
14	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes		16	1:25.030		14	1:24.932				17*
15	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault		12	1:24.905		15	1:25.011				14
16	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		15	1:25.009		16	1:25.077				15
17	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari		17	1:25.226							16
18	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault		18	1:25.291							18
19	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault		19	1:26.406							19
20	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault		20	1:26.563							20
21	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth		21	1:27.085							21
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth		22	1:27.480							22

GridEdit

*Adrian Sutil qualified 14th but was penalised three places for impeding Lewis Hamilton in Q2.

RaceEdit

ResultsEdit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	53	1:18:33.352	1	25
2	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	53	+5.467	5	18
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	53	+6.350	2	15
4	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	53	+9.361	4	12
5	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	53	+10.355	3	10
6	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	53	+10.999	6	8
7	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	53	+32.329	7	6
8	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	53	+33.130	13	4
9	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	+33.527	12	2
10	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+38.327	9	1
11	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	53	+38.695	11
12	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+39.765	8
13	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	53	+40.880	16
14	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	53	+49.085	14
15	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	53	+56.827	18
16	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	52	+1 Lap (Brake failure)	17
17	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	52	+1 Lap	20
18	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	52	+1 Lap	19
19	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	52	+1 Lap	21
20	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	52	+1 Lap	22
Ret	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	14	Engine	10
Ret	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	0	Collision	15

MilestonesEdit

• Sergio Pérez: 50th entry (49th start).
• Nico Hülkenberg: 50th start (51st entry).
• Sebastian Vettel: 40th pole position.
• Red Bull: 50th pole position.
• Mark Webber: best Monza qualifying performance.
• First time in the 2013 season that one driver had won two consecutive races.

Standings after raceEdit

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts 1 Sebastian Vettel 222 2 Fernando Alonso 169 3 Lewis Hamilton 141 4 Kimi Räikkönen 134 5 Mark Webber 130 6 Nico Rosberg 104 7 Felipe Massa 79 8 Romain Grosjean 57 9 Jenson Button 48 10 Paul di Resta 36 11 Adrian Sutil 25 12 Sergio Pérez 18 13 Daniel Ricciardo 18 14 Nico Hülkenberg 17 15 Jean-Éric Vergne 13 16 Pastor Maldonado 1 17 Valtteri Bottas 0 18 Esteban Gutiérrez 0 19 Jules Bianchi 0 20 Charles Pic 0 21 Max Chilton 0 22 Giedo van der Garde 0

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts 1 Red Bull-Renault 352 2 Ferrari 248 3 Mercedes 245 4 Lotus-Renault 191 5 McLaren-Mercedes 66 6 Force India-Mercedes 61 7 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 31 8 Sauber-Ferrari 17 9 Williams-Renault 1 10 Marussia-Cosworth 0 11 Caterham-Renault 0

NotesEdit

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