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The 2013 Chinese Grand Prix was the third race of the 2013 Formula One Season. It was held over the weekend of April 12–14th 2013 at the Shanghai International Circuit in the Jaiding District of Shanghai, China. It was the tenth running of the Chinese Grand Prix, all of which have been held at the Shanghai circuit.

The event marked Fernando Alonso's 200th Grand Prix start, and after qualifying in third place, the Spaniard won the race by a clear ten seconds over Kimi Räikkönen, whose nosecone and front wing were damaged in a collision with Sergio Pérez. Polesitter Lewis Hamilton managed to finish third, fending off a late charge by Sebastian Vettel.


Background[]

After the Malaysian round of the championship, Sebastian Vettel took the lead from Kimi Räikkönen to put his at 9 points. Mark Webber was third after Malayasia after he finished 2nd in the race. But it wasn't without it hiccups as Mark Webber said that we would round out the season at Red Bull, even though for the mishap.

Entry list[]

The full entry list for the 2013 Chinese 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 China Ma Qinghua Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT03 Renault RS27-2013 P

Practice Overview[]

FP1[]

FP2[]

FP3[]

Practice Results[]

No. Driver Constructor FP1 FP2 FP3
Time Pos Time Pos Time Pos
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 01:37.942 4 01:36.791 10 01:36.286 4
2 Australia Mark Webber 01:37.658 3 01:36.092 5 01:36.420 5
3 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:37.965 5 01:35.755 3 01:35.391 1
4 Brazil Felipe Massa 01:38.095 7 01:35.340 1 01:36.013 2
5 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:38.069 6 01:36.432 6 01:36.693 8
6 Mexico Sergio Pérez 01:39.360 16 01:36.940 11 01:36.777 9
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 01:38.790 11 01:35.492 2 01:36.605 7
8 France Romain Grosjean 01:38.398 9 01:36.963 12 01:37.813 18
9 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:36.717 1 01:35.819 4 01:37.349 14
10 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 01:37.171 2 01:36.496 7 01:36.065 3
11 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 01:39.180 14 01:38.211 17 01:36.853 10
12 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez 01:40.032 18 01:37.103 13 01:37.740 17
14 United Kingdom Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 01:38.561 10 01:36.595 9 01:37.487 16
15 Germany Adrian Sutil 01:38.125 8 01:36.514 8 01:36.549 6
16 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 01:39.158 13 01:38.276 18 01:37.300 13
17 Finland Valtteri Bottas 01:39.392 17 01:38.185 16 01:37.457 15
18 France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:39.057 12 01:38.127 15 01:37.012 11
19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo 01:39.336 15 01:37.206 14 01:37.205 12
20 France Charles Pic Caterham-Renault DNP 01:39.814 21 01:38.821 20
China Ma Qinghua 01:43.545 22 DNP DNP
21 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde 01:42.083 21 01:39.271 20 01:39.652 22
22 France Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 01:41.966 19 01:38.725 19 01:38.496 19
23 United Kingdom Max Chilton 01:42.056 20 01:43.227 22 01:39.627 21

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

Q2[]

Q3[]

Qualifying Results[]

Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
Pos Time Pos Time Pos Time
1 10 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 1 1:35.793 1 1:35.078 1 1:34.484 1
2 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 12 1:37.046 6 1:35.659 2 1:34.761 2
3 3 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 5 1:36.253 2 1:35.148 3 1:34.788 3
4 9 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 2 1:35.959 5 1:35.537 4 1:34.861 4
5 4 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 3 1:35.972 4 1:35.403 5 1:34.933 5
6 8 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 8 1:36.929 8 1:36.065 6 1:35.364 6
7 19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 11 1:36.993 9 1:36.258 7 1:35.998 7
8 5 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 7 1:36.667 7 1:35.784 8 2:05.673 8
9 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 6 1:36.537 3 1:35.343 9 DNF 9
10 11 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 10 1:36.985 10 1:36.261 10 DNF 10
11 14 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India-Mercedes 15 1:37.478 11 1:36.287 11
12 6 Mexico Sergio Pérez United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 9 1:36.952 12 1:36.314 12
13 15 Germany Adrian Sutil India Force India-Mercedes 14 1:37.349 13 1:36.405 13
14 2 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 4 1:36.148 14 1:36.679 22
15 16 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Williams-Renault 13 1:37.281 15 1:37.139 14
16 18 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16 1:37.508 16 1:37.199 15
17 17 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams-Renault 17 1:37.769 16
18 12 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 18 1:37.990 17
19 22 France Jules Bianchi Russia Marussia-Cosworth 19 1:38.780 18
20 23 United Kingdom Max Chilton Russia Marussia-Cosworth 20 1:39.537 19
21 20 France Charles Pic Malaysia Caterham-Renault 21 1:39.614 20
22 21 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Malaysia Caterham-Renault 22 1:39.660 21

Grid[]

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

* Mark Webber qualified 14th, but was excluded from qualifying and put to the back of the grid after not having enough fuel in the car to supply a one-litre post-qualifying sample.

Race[]

Results[]

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

Milestones[]

Standings after race[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos. Driver Pts
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel 52
2 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 49
3 Spain Fernando Alonso 43
4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 40
5 Brazil Felipe Massa 30
6 Australia Mark Webber 26
7 Germany Nico Rosberg 12
8 United Kingdom Jenson Button 12
9 France Romain Grosjean 11
10 United Kingdom Paul di Resta 8
11 Australia Daniel Ricciardo 6
12 Germany Adrian Sutil 6
13 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 5
14 Mexico Sergio Pérez 2
15 France Jean-Éric Vergne 1
16 Finland Valtteri Bottas 0
17 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez 0
18 France Jules Bianchi 0
19 France Charles Pic 0
20 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 0
21 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde 0
22 United Kingdom Max Chilton 0
Constructors' World Championship
Pos. Team Pts
1 Austria Red Bull-Renault 78
2 Italy Ferrari 73
3 United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 60
4 Germany Mercedes 52
5 United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 14
6 India Force India-Mercedes 14
7 Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7
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 China Chinese Grand Prix
Circuits Shanghai International Circuit (2004–present)
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