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The 2013 Canadian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013) was the seventh race of the 2013 season, the 34th time the Canadian Grand Prix had been held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and the 50th Formula One World Championship Canadian Grand Prix. It was held between June 7 and June 9, 2013.

Sebastian Vettel took pole position for Red Bull in a wet qualifying, with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton in second. Valtteri Bottas performed admirably to secure third place on the grid. His team, Williams, had not yet scored a point in 2013.

Vettel produced a flawless drive on Sunday to win the race by nearly fifteen seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso, who himself drove a very strong race, picking off fellow frontrunners to minimise the points loss to his Championship rival. Hamilton managed to secure the final podium place, a second down on Alonso and ten seconds clear of Mark Webber. Bottas' race did not go as planned, the Finn finishing a lap down in fourteenth. Other strong performances came from Jean-Éric Vergne, who finished in sixth, his best finish to date; and Paul di Resta, who after qualifying a disappointing 17th, completed 57 laps on the medium compound, allowing him to finish in seventh place.

Vettel's win was both his and Red Bull's first in Canada.

The event was marred by the death of Mark Robinson, a track marshal, who was run over by a recovery vehicle while it was removing the Sauber of Esteban Gutiérrez. The accident did not kill Robinson instantly, he succumbed to his injuries in hospital. It was the first time anyone had died in F1 since the 2001 Australian Grand Prix.


Background[]

In the Drivers' Championship, Sebastian Vettel went into the Canadian Grand Prix with a 21 point lead over Kimi Räikkönen, with Fernando Alonso 8 points further adrift in third. Red Bull-Renault led Ferrari by 41 points in the Constructors' Championship.

For causing an avoidable accident at the Monaco Grand Prix, Romain Grosjean was to take a ten-place grid penalty at this event.

The FIA announced ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix that an International Tribunal will be held with regard to a test session conducted by Mercedes on behalf of Pirelli prior to the Monaco Grand Prix. The event, which is the subject of formal protests by multiple teams, appears to contravene the Sporting Regulation banning teams from in-season testing with 2012 or 2013 season cars. However, Mercedes claim that the event was sanctioned under a contract between tyre manufacturer, Pirelli and the FIA. A similar protest was made against Ferrari about another test that the Italian team conducted with Pirelli. Ferrari, however, were absolved of any blame when it was confirmed that they had used their 2011 car.

In addition to the Super Soft and Medium compounds, a third, experimental dry tyre will be made available to teams in Friday's practice sessions. This tyre, which is harder than the other two, and built on a kevlar base rather than the traditional steel, is being trialled ahead of a potential introduction at the British Grand Prix.

The FIA have confirmed that the DRS zones for this event, as in 2011, were to be along the two long straights between the hairpin (turn 10) and the start-finish straight. These were to be fed by a single DRS-detection point before turn 10.

There have been only minor changes the circuit since last year, with the run-off to turn 8 being paved, and a large "sausage-kerb" put in place along the left hand kerb to discourage cutting off the corner (removed after FP2). There is also a large kerb along the left edge of the final chicane, also to discourage cutting.

Entry list[]

The full entry list for the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix is shown below:

No. Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Infiniti Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB9 Renault RS27-2013 P
2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Infiniti Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB9 Renault RS27-2013 P
3 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F138 Ferrari 056 P
4 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F138 Ferrari 056 P
5 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-28 Mercedes FO 108Z P
6 Mexico Sergio Pérez United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-28 Mercedes FO 108Z P
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus E21 Renault RS27-2013 P
8 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus E21 Renault RS27-2013 P
9 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W04 Mercedes FO 108Z P
10 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W04 Mercedes FO 108Z P
11 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C32 Ferrari 056 P
12 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C32 Ferrari 056 P
14 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM06 Mercedes FO 108Z P
15 Germany Adrian Sutil India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM06 Mercedes FO 108Z P
16 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams FW35 Renault RS27-2013 P
17 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams FW35 Renault RS27-2013 P
18 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR8 Ferrari 056 P
19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR8 Ferrari 056 P
20 France Charles Pic Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT03 Renault RS27-2013 P
21 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT03 Renault RS27-2013 P
22 France Jules Bianchi Russia Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR02 Cosworth CA2013 P
23 United Kingdom Max Chilton Russia Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR02 Cosworth CA2013 P
Free Practice 1 only
20 United States Alexander Rossi Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT03 Renault RS27-2013 P

Practice Overview[]

FP1[]

Following overnight rain, the morning session started out with a very wet track. As a result, the first few cars out all started off on the full wet tyre.

Of the 22 race drivers, the only absentee in FP1 was Caterham driver Charles Pic. The Frenchman was deputised by American youngster, Alexander Rossi who took control of an F1 car for the first time since FP1 at the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix.

FP2[]

FP3[]

Practice Results[]

No Driver Team FP1 FP2 FP3
Time Pos Time Pos Time Pos
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:23.047 9 1:15.280 7
2 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:23.131 10 1:15.212 4
3 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:21.308 4 1:14.818 1
4 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:23.341 11 1:15.254 6
5 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.108 2 1:15.422 9
6 Mexico Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.587 8 1:15.661 12
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:21.608 5 1:15.599 11
8 France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:21.258 3 1:15.083 3
9 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:22.402 7 1:15.249 5
10 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:25.054 16 1:14.830 2
11 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:25.354 17 1:16.929 18
12 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:23.957 15 1:16.475 17
14 United Kingdom Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:21.020 1 1:15.855 13
15 Germany Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:23.417 14 1:15.396 8
16 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:27.522 21 1:16.319 14
17 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:23.352 12 1:16.374 16
18 France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:23.386 13 1:16.351 15
19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:22.068 6 1:15.566 10
20 France Charles Pic Caterham-Renault DNP 1:17.236 20
20 United States Alexander Rossi Caterham-Renault 1:27.143 20 DNP DNP
21 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:25.753 18 1:18.392 22
22 France Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:29.306 22 1:17.070 19
23 United Kingdom Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:25.821 19 1:17.888 21

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

Q2[]

Q3[]

Qualifying Results[]

Grid[]

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

*Grosjean qualified 19th, but was given a ten-place grid penalty for colliding with Daniel Ricciardo at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix.

†Räikkönen and Ricciardo both received two-pace grid penalties for lining up incorrectly at the pit exit at the restart of Q2.

Race[]

Results[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 70 1:32:09.143 1 25
2 3 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 70 +14.408 6 18
3 10 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 70 +15.942 2 15
4 2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 70 +25.731 5 12
5 9 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 70 +1:09.725 4 10
6 18 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 7 8
7 14 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India-Mercedes 69 +1 lap 17 6
8 4 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 69 +1 lap 16 4
9 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 69 +1 lap 10 2
10 15 Germany Adrian Sutil India Force India-Mercedes 69 +1 lap 8 1
11 6 Mexico Sergio Pérez United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 69 +1 lap 12
12 5 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 69 +1 lap 14
13 8 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 69 +1 lap 22
14 17 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams-Renault 69 +1 lap 3
15 19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 68 +2 laps 11
16 16 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams-Renault 68 +2 laps 13
17 22 France Jules Bianchi Russia Marussia-Cosworth 68 +2 laps 19
18 20 France Charles Pic Malaysia Caterham-Renault 67 +3 laps 18
19 23 United Kingdom Max Chilton Russia Marussia-Cosworth 67 +3 laps 20
20* 12 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 63 Accident 15
Ret 11 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 45 Collision damage 9
Ret 21 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Malaysia Caterham-Renault 43 Collision 21
Source:[1]
  • * — Esteban Gutiérrez was classified despite retiring as he had completed 90% of the race distance.

Milestones[]

Standings after race[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos. Driver Pts
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel 132
2 Spain Fernando Alonso 96
3 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 88
4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 77
5 Australia Mark Webber 69
6 Germany Nico Rosberg 57
7 Brazil Felipe Massa 49
8 United Kingdom Paul di Resta 34
9 France Romain Grosjean 26
10 United Kingdom Jenson Button 25
11 Germany Adrian Sutil 17
12 Mexico Sergio Pérez 12
13 Australia Daniel Ricciardo 7
14 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 5
15 France Jean-Éric Vergne 5
16 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez 0
17 Finland Valtteri Bottas 0
18 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 0
19 France Jules Bianchi 0
20 France Charles Pic 0
21 United Kingdom Max Chilton 0
22 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde 0
Constructors' World Championship
Pos. Team Pts
1 Austria Red Bull-Renault 201
2 Italy Ferrari 145
3 Germany Mercedes 134
4 United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 114
5 India Force India-Mercedes 51
6 United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 37
7 Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 20
8 Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 5
9 United Kingdom Williams-Renault 0
10 Russia Marussia-Cosworth 0
11 Malaysia Caterham-Renault 0

Notes[]

V T E 2013 Formula One Season
Teams Red Bull • Ferrari • McLaren • Lotus • Mercedes • Sauber • Force India • Williams • Toro Rosso • Caterham • Marussia
Engines Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth
Drivers Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Alonso • 4 Massa • 5 Button • 6 Pérez • 7 Räikkönen • 7 Kovalainen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Rosberg • 10 Hamilton • 11 Hülkenberg • 12 Gutiérrez • 14 di Resta • 15 Sutil • 16 Maldonado • 17 Bottas • 18 Ricciardo • 19 Vergne • 20 Pic • 21 van der Garde • 22 Bianchi • 23 Chilton
Other Drivers Buemi • Félix da Costa • Sainz Jr. • Gené • De la Rosa • Rigon • Paffett • Turvey • Magnussen • d'Ambrosio • Prost • Valsecchi • Hartley • Bird • Frijns • Sato • Sirotkin • Rossiter • Calado • Wolff • Juncadella • Kvyat • Rossi • Ma • Stevens • Canamasas • Razia • González • Ellinas
Cars RB9 • F138 • MP4-28 • E21 • F1 W04 • C32 • VJM06 • FW35 • STR8 • CT03 • MR02
Tyres Pirelli
Races Australia • Malaysia • China • Bahrain • Spain • Monaco • Canada • Great Britain • Germany • Hungary • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • South Korea • Japan • India • Abu Dhabi • United States • Brazil
Tests Jerez • Barcelona 1 • Barcelona 2 • Young Driver Test
See also 2012 Formula One Season • 2014 Formula One Season • Category
V T E Canada Canadian Grand Prix
Circuits Mosport Park (1967, 1969, 1971–1974, 1976–1977), Mont-Tremblant (1968, 1970), Montreal (1978–1986, 1988–2008, 2010–present)
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