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Race details
Race 3 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One season
Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit
Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit
Date 14 April 2013
Official name 2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix[1]
Location Shanghai International Circuit
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Course Permanent racing facility
5.451 km (3.387 mi)
Distance 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 mi)
Pole position
Driver 25px UK Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:34.484
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:36.808 on lap 53
Podium
First 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari
Second 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault
Third 25px UK Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

The 2013 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix)[1] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 14 April 2013 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China.[2] The race was the third round of the 2013 season, and marked the tenth running of the Chinese Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Fernando Alonso.[3][4][5]

Report[]

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

As in previous qualifying sessions, the Caterham and Marussia cars were eliminated in the first round of qualifying. Sauber's Esteban Gutiérrez and Williams's Valtteri Bottas were also eliminated. The fastest time of 1:35.793 was posted by Lewis Hamilton. All cars were comfortably within the 107% cutoff time of 1:42.498.

Q2[]

Mark Webber, who had posted the 4th fastest time in Q1, ran out of fuel during his second attempt to post a time. Unable to provide the required 1 litre fuel sample, he was penalised by being forced to start at the back of the grid. As they did with Sebastian Vettel when he ran out of fuel during qualifying for the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Red Bull team opted to change the gearbox on Webber's car to improve his overtaking ability, thereby obliging him to start from pit lane.

Eliminated from qualifying were Vergne, Maldonado, Webber, Sutil, Pérez and di Resta.

Q3[]

Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes once again posted the fastest time of the session to take pole position. Lotus Renault's Kimi Räikkönen was second and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was third.

Hülkenberg opted to preserve his tyres and did not post a time for Q3. Vettel also failed to log a time, aborting his attempt after a braking problem. Jenson Button did a token lap to secure the eighth qualifying position.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 10 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:35.793 1:35.078 1:34.484 1
2 7 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:37.046 1:35.659 1:34.761 2
3 3 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:36.253 1:35.148 1:34.788 3
4 9 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:35.959 1:35.537 1:34.861 4
5 4 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:35.972 1:35.403 1:34.933 5
6 8 25px France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:36.929 1:36.065 1:35.364 6
7 19 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:36.993 1:36.258 1:35.998 7
8 5 25px Great Britain Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.667 1:35.784 2:05.673 8
9 1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:36.537 1:35.343 no time 9
10 11 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.985 1:36.261 no time 10
11 14 25px Great Britain Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:37.478 1:36.287 11
12 6 25px Mexico Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.952 1:36.314 12
13 15 25px Germany Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:37.349 1:36.405 13
EX 2 25px Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:36.148 1:36.679 Pit 1
15 16 25px The flag of Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:37.281 1:37.139 14
16 18 25px France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:37.508 1:37.199 15
17 17 25px Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:37.769 16
18 12 25px Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.990 17
19 22 25px France Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:38.780 18
20 23 25px Great Britain Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:39.537 19
21 20 25px France Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:39.614 20
22 21 25px Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:39.660 21
107% time:1:42.498
Source:[6]
  • ^1 Webber originally qualified 14th but moved to the back of the grid for failing to provide a one-litre fuel sample after qualifying. The Red Bull team opted to change Webber's gearbox to improve his straight line speed and overtaking ability, obliging them to start from pit lane.[7][8]

Race[]

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

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel 52
2 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 49
3 25px Spain Fernando Alonso 43
4 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton 40
5 25px Brazil Felipe Massa 30
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 25px Austria Red Bull-Renault 78
2 25px Italy Ferrari 73
3 25px Great Britain Lotus-Renault 60
4 25px Germany Mercedes 52
5 25px Great Britain McLaren-Mercedes 14
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

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