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Race details
Race 6 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One season
Circuit de Monaco
Circuit de Monaco
Date 26 May 2013
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2013[1]
Location Circuit de Monaco
Course Street circuit
3.34 km (2.08 mi)
Distance 78 laps, 260.52 km (162.24 mi)
Weather Warm and sunny
Pole position
Driver 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time 1:13.876
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:16.577 on lap 77
Podium
First 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Second 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Third 25px Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault

The 2013 Monaco Grand Prix (formally known as the Grand Prix de Monaco 2013)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 26 May 2013 at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the principality of Monaco.[2] The race was won by Nico Rosberg for Mercedes AMG Petronas, repeating the feat of his father Keke Rosberg in the 1983 race. The race was the sixth round of the 2013 season, and marked the seventy-second time the Monaco Grand Prix has been held. Rosberg had started the race from pole.[3]

Report[]

Background[]

Mercedes protest[]

Just before the race, Red Bull and Ferrari filed an official protest against Mercedes, having learned on the night before the race of a three-day tyre test undertaken by Pirelli at the venue of the last grand prix using Mercedes' car driven by both Hamilton and Rosberg. They claimed this violated the rule against in-season testing and gave Mercedes a competitive advantage in both the Monaco race and the next race, which would both be using the tyre that was tested (with Pirelli having been criticised following some tyre failures earlier in the season, the tests had been conducted on an improved design planned to be introduced two races after Monaco). Mercedes stated the FIA had approved the test. Pirelli cited their contract with the FIA which allows limited testing, but Red Bull and Ferrari argued this must only be with a car at least two years old. It was the second test conducted by Pirelli in the season, the first having been between race 4 and 5, but using a 2011 Ferrari car.[4]

Tyres[]

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded super-soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, just as they did the previous two years. It was the second time in the season that the super-soft compound was used at a race weekend, as was the case with the soft tyre compound.[5]

Qualifying[]

The three qualifying sessions were held on 25 May. Q1 and Q2 were rain-affected, with mostly dry conditions for Q3.[6]

Q1[]

Force India's Paul di Resta, Caterham's Charles Pic, Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez, Marussia's Max Chilton and Jules Bianchi, and Ferrari's Felipe Massa did not make it out of the first qualifying session. Bianchi stopped on track with an engine issue before setting a timed lap. Massa did not run a lap as his car was still being repaired following a crash in Free Practice Session No. 3.

Q2[]

Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg, Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo, Lotus' Romain Grosjean, both Williams drivers Valtteri Bottas and Pastor Maldonado, as well as Caterham's Giedo van der Garde were knocked out and did not advance.

Q3[]

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg took pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix with a time of 1m13.876s. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel set the next two fastest times during the final round of qualifying.[7]

Race[]

Rosberg led from pole position ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton at the start and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Marussia's Bianchi started from pit lane after an issue on the starting grid.[8] Maldonado and van der Garde had contact which forced Maldonado to pit the Williams for a new front wing. On lap 9, Charles Pic pulled over near the pit entry with an engine fire in the Caterham.[8]

Ferrari's Felipe Massa had a large shunt going into Sante Devote, very similar to his crash in the third free practice session on Saturday,[8] but this time it was caused by a suspension failure.[9] The safety car was deployed for the first time in the 2013 season and Rosberg retained the lead after a pit stop.[8] Hamilton dropped to fourth place after leaving too much of a gap to the Red Bulls.

On lap 45, Maldonado and Chilton touched near Tabac sending Maldonado into the barriers. The race was red flagged to repair damage to the barriers and remove Maldonado's wrecked Williams.[8] The race resumed behind the safety car with Rosberg leading Vettel, Webber, and Hamilton. During the red flag stop, Sergio Pérez was given the position by Alonso, who was trying to avoid a penalty caused by an earlier incident at the chicane.[8]

Lotus' Grosjean crashed into the back of Toro Rosso's Ricciardo exiting the tunnel and the safety car was brought out once again.[8] After the race, it was announced that Grosjean would receive a 10-place grid penalty for the Canada Grand Prix because of the crash.[10]

Pérez touched the barriers near the Nouvelle Chicane after trying to overtake Raikkonen on lap 69, Raikkonen had to pit for new tyres following a puncture caused by the collision.[8] Fernando Alonso, team-mate Jenson Button and Raikkonen himself later complained about Pérez's aggressive driving during the race, even though he didn't receive any penalties.[11] Pérez later retired after running down the exit road near Rascasse.[8]

After Vettel set the race's fastest lap, 1:16.577, on lap 77 Red Bull reprimanded their driver over the radio for taking unnecessary risks, saying that there were no points to be gained for setting the fastest lap. Vettel replied "but satisfaction".[8]

Rosberg won the race ahead of Vettel, Webber and Hamilton, having lead from start to finish. His victory came 30 years after his father, Keke Rosberg, won the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix.[12] Raikkonen passed several cars on the last two laps to take the final points position.[8]

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 9 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:24.620 1:16.135 1:13.876 1
2 10 25px UK Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:23.779 1:16.265 1:13.967 2
3 1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:24.243 1:15.988 1:13.980 3
4 2 25px Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:25.352 1:17.322 1:14.181 4
5 7 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:25.835 1:16.040 1:14.822 5
6 3 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:23.712 1:16.510 1:14.824 6
7 6 25px Mexico Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.682 1:17.748 1:15.138 7
8 15 25px Germany Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:25.108 1:17.261 1:15.383 8
9 5 25px UK Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.744 1:17.420 1:15.647 9
10 18 25px France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:23.699 1:17.623 1:15.703 10
11 11 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:25.547 1:18.331 11
12 19 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1;24.852 1:18.344 12
13 8 25px France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:23.738 1:18.603 13
14 17 25px Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:24.681 1:19.077 14
15 21 25px Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:26.095 1:19.408 15
16 16 25px The flag of Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:23.452 1:21.688 16
17 14 25px Great Britain Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:26.322 17
18 20 25px France Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:26.633 18
19 12 25px Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.917 19
20 23 25px Great Britain Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:27.303 22 1
107% time:1:29.293
21 22 25px France Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth no time 20 2
22 4 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari no time 21 3
Source:[3]

Notes:

  1. Max Chilton was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.[13]
  2. Jules Bianchi failed to set a qualifying time within the 107% requirement after an engine failure, but was permitted to race at stewards' discretion.[3]
  3. Felipe Massa failed to set a qualifying time within the 107% requirement after his car was damaged during free practice, and his team were unable to repair the damage in time for him to take part in qualifying, despite changing the gearbox. He was permitted to race as he set qualified time during all three free practice session.[3]

Race[]

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

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel 107
2 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 86
3 25px Spain Fernando Alonso 78
4 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton 62
5 25px Australia Mark Webber 57
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 25px Austria Red Bull-Renault 164
2 25px Italy Ferrari 123
3 25px Great Britain Lotus-Renault 112
4 25px Germany Mercedes 109
5 25px Flag of India Force India-Mercedes 44

References[]

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  2. Noble, Jonathan; Rencken, Dieter (21 September 2012). "Singapore GP: 2013 Formula 1 calendar revealed". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102674. Retrieved 23 May 2013. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2013 – Qualifying". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 25 May 2013. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/898/7214/. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/22672228
  5. "Pirelli tweak hard tyre as latest nominations revealed". Formula One. 25 April 2013. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/4/14508.html. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
  6. Benson, Andrew (25 May 2013). "Monaco GP: Nico Rosberg beats Lewis Hamilton to pole position". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/22666326. Retrieved 2013-05-27. 
  7. Beer, Matt (25 May 2013). "Monaco GP: Nico Rosberg takes third straight pole in Mercedes one-two". Autosport.com. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107643. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 "Monaco GP – Sunday – Race Notes". 26 May 2013. http://www.grandprix.com/race/r884racenotes.html. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  9. "Ferrari confirm suspension failure caused Massa crash". Formula1.com. Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website. 28 May 2013. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/5/14615.html. Retrieved 28 May 2013. 
  10. Benson, Andrew (26 May 2013). "Monaco GP: Lotus's Romain Grosjean penalised for shunt". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/22676243. Retrieved 2013-05-27. 
  11. Benson, Andrew (26 May 2013). "Monaco GP: Sergio Perez should be punched, says Kimi Raikkonen". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/22675026. Retrieved 2013-05-27. 
  12. Weaver, Paul (26 May 2013). "Nico Rosberg gives Mercedes F1 victory at dramatic Monaco GP". Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/may/26/nico-rosberg-wins-monaco-gp. Retrieved 2013-05-27. 
  13. "Chilton gets gearbox penalty". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 26 May 2013. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/1076674. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  14. "2013 Monaco Grand Prix – Classifications". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 26 May 2013. http://www.fia.com/championship/fia-formula-1-world-championship/2013/2013-monaco-grand-prix-classifications. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  15. "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2013 – Provisional results". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd.. 26 May 2013. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/898/. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 




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