2013 Monaco Grand Prix

2013 Monaco Grand Prix
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Circuit de Monaco
Race Details
Date	May 26, 2013
Official Name	Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2013
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 3.340km (2.076mi)
Distance	78 laps, 260.520km (161.914 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time	1:13.876
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:16.577 on lap 77
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Second	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Third	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Lap Leaders

The 2013 Monaco Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2013) was the sixth race of the 2013 Formula One Season, the 72nd time the Monaco Grand Prix has been held at the Circuit de Monaco and the 60th Formula One World Championship Monaco Grand Prix. It was held between May 23 and May 26, 2013.

In practice, Romain Grosjean crashed twice at Ste Devote, Adrian Sutil had an accident and Felipe Massa crashed heavily into Ste Devote after locking his front tyres.

In qualifying, Nico Rosberg took his third consecutive pole position, ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel took third, and Giedo van der Garde performed admirably to get into Q2. Massa's car was not repaired in time and he did not take part in qualifying.

The race started without major incident, though Van der Garde and Pastor Maldonado required new front wings. Eventually, Charles Pic had a gearbox seizure, and he was forced to retire. About half-way into the race, Massa had a near-identical collision to the one he suffered in practice, which brought out the safety car. Massa was injured in the accident and was fitted with a neck brace. On lap 46, Max Chilton overshot the Nouvelle Chicane, and was pressured by Maldonado. Chilton did not see Maldonado and they collided. Maldonado crashed heavily into the barrier, and brought out the red flag.

As the race neared its conclusion, Grosjean misjudged his braking for the Nouvelle Chicane and crashed into Daniel Ricciardo, knocking off the Australian's rear wing. Grosjean suffered a broken floor and both drivers were forced to retire, and the safety car was brought out once again.

In the end, Rosberg lead every lap to win in fine style, ahead of Vettel and Mark Webber. Hamilton lost out in the first safety car to the Red Bull drivers.

Since Nico Rosberg's father, Keke Rosberg, won the Monaco GP in 1983, it was 30 years ago since Keke's victory.

Background

Available Tyres
Option	Supersoft
Prime	Soft
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

Entry list

The full entry list for the 2013 Monaco 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

Practice Overview

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:17.380	11	1:16.014	9	1:15.261	3
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:17.020	7	1:15.404	5	1:15.550	7
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:16.282	2	1:15.196	3	1:15.286	4
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:16.394	4	1:15.278	4	1:16.105	16
5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.129	8	1:15.959	8	1:15.976	12
6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.378	10	1:16.434	12	1:15.958	11
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:17.509	12	1:15.511	6	1:15.380	6
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:16.380	3	1:15.718	7	1:15.039	2
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:16.195	1	1:14.759	1	1:14.378	1
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:16.469	5	1:15.077	2	1:15.311	5
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:17.193	9	1:16.823	13	1:15.926	10
12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:18.754	16	1:16.935	15	1:16.427	17
14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:17.548	13	1:16.046	10	1:15.594	8
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:17.625	14	1:16.349	11	1:16.068	15
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:16.993	6	1:16.857	14	1:15.861	9
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:18.830	17	1:17.264	18	1:16.933	18
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:18.454	15	1:17.184	17	1:15.976	13
19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:19.067	18	1:17.145	16	1:16.060	14
20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:19.438	20	1:18.212	20	1:17.902	19
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:19.203	19	1:19.031	22	1:18.102	20
22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1:19.773	21	1:17.892	19	1:18.706	21
23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:20.225	22	1:18.784	21	1:19.228	22

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		8	1:24.620		3	1:16.135		1	1:13.876	1
2	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		6	1:23.779		4	1:16.265		2	1:13.967	2
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		7	1:24.243		1	1:15.988		3	1:13.980	3
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault		13	1:25.352		7	1:17.322		4	1:14.181	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault		15	1:25.835		2	1:16.040		5	1:14.822	5
6	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		3	1:23.712		5	1:16.510		6	1:14.824	6
7	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes		10	1:24.682		10	1:17.748		7	1:15.138	7
8	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes		12	1:25.108		6	1:17.261		8	1:15.383	8
9	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		5	1:23.744		8	1:17.420		9	1:15.647	9
10	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		2	1:23.699		9	1:17.623		10	1:15.703	10
11	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari		14	1:25.547		11	1:18.331				11
12	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		11	1:24.852		12	1:18.344				12
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault		4	1:23.738		13	1:18.603				13
14	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault		9	1:24.681		14	1:19.077				14
15	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault		16	1:26.095		15	1:19.408				15
16	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault		1	1:23.452		16	1:21.688				16
17	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		17	1:26.322							17
18	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault		18	1:26.633							18
19	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari		19	1:26.917							19
20	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth		20	1:27.303							22
21	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth		21	no time							20
22	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		21	no time							21

Grid

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

Notes:

* Felipe Massa received a five-place grid penalty for changing his gearbox after a large accident in third practice. However, he qualified in last place and did not lose any places from it.

^† Max Chilton also received a gearbox penalty. As his gearbox was changed after Massa's was, Chilton's penalty was applied after the Ferrari driver's penalty. Chilton qualified 20th and lined up 22nd.

Sergio Pérez (right) passing Kimi Räikkönen (left) but Kimi cuts the corner

Pastor Maldonado crashed and the red flag was waved out

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	78	2:17:52.506	1	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	78	+3.889	3	18
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	78	+6.314	4	15
4	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	78	+13.895	2	12
5	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	78	+21.478	8	10
6	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	78	+23.104	9	8
7	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	78	+26.734	6	6
8	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	78	+27.224	10	4
9	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	78	+27.608	17	2
10	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	78	+36.582	5	1
11	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	78	+42.572	11
12	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	78	+42.691	14
13	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	78	+43.212	19
14	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	78	+49.886	22
15	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	78	+1:02.591	15
16	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	72	Brakes	7
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	63	Collision damage	13
Ret	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	61	Collision	12
Ret	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	58	Brakes	20
Ret	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	44	Collision	16
Ret	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	28	Suspension	21
Ret	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	7	Gearbox	18

Milestones

• Nico Rosberg's third consecutive pole position.
• Giedo van der Garde and Caterham's best qualifying performance to date.
• Sebastian Vettel's 50th podium.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts 1 Sebastian Vettel 107 2 Kimi Räikkönen 86 3 Fernando Alonso 78 4 Lewis Hamilton 62 5 Mark Webber 57 6 Nico Rosberg 47 7 Felipe Massa 45 8 Paul di Resta 28 9 Romain Grosjean 26 10 Jenson Button 25 11 Adrian Sutil 16 12 Sergio Pérez 12 13 Daniel Ricciardo 7 14 Nico Hülkenberg 5 15 Jean-Éric Vergne 5 16 Esteban Gutiérrez 0 17 Valtteri Bottas 0 18 Pastor Maldonado 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 164 2 Ferrari 123 3 Lotus-Renault 112 4 Mercedes 109 5 Force India-Mercedes 44 6 McLaren-Mercedes 37 7 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 12 8 Sauber-Ferrari 5 9 Williams-Renault 0 10 Marussia-Cosworth 0 11 Caterham-Renault 0

Notes

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