2013 Brazilian Grand Prix

  2013 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details[1]
Race 19 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One season
Date	24 November 2013
Official name	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.309 km (2.677 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 305.909 km (190.067 mi)
Weather	Cloudy, Air Temp: 18°C
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:26.479
Fastest lap
Driver	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:15.436 on lap 51
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Third	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2013) was a Formula One motor race that was held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, in São Paulo, Brazil on 24 November 2013. The race, which was the last Grand Prix appearance for Australian driver Mark Webber, was the nineteenth and final round of the 2013 Formula One season, and marked the 42nd running of the Brazilian Grand Prix. This was also the last race for the 2.4 litre V8 naturally aspirated engines; they were replaced in 2014 with 1.6 litre V6 turbocharged engines with energy recovery systems.

The race, contested over 71 laps, was won by Sebastian Vettel, his ninth straight Grand Prix victory, driving a Red Bull.^[2][3] His team-mate Webber finished in second place on his final race, and Fernando Alonso finished third for Scuderia Ferrari.

The McLaren team had scored no podiums during the season for the first time since 1980.

Report

Background

Tyres

Like the previous Brazilian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli provided its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.

The teams will also be testing the company's new tyres for 2014 in the Friday Free Practice sessions.^[4][5]

Qualifying

All qualifying sessions were held in wet conditions. Intermediate tyres were mainly used for Q1 and Q2. Q3 was delayed 45 minutes because of rain, and all drivers started with full-wet tyres, but they ended the session with the intermediate tyres.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:25.381	1:26.420	1:26.479	1
2	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:25.556	1:26.626	1:27.102	2
3	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:26.656	1:26.590	1:27.539	3
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:26.689	1:26.963	1:27.572	4
5	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:25.342	1:26.698	1:27.677	5
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:26.453	1:26.161	1:27.737	6
7	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:27.209	1:27.078	1.28.052	7
8	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:27.124	1:27.363	1:28.081	8
9	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:26.817	1:27.049	1:28.109	9
10	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:26.071	1:27.441	1:29.582	10
11	7	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1:26.266	1:27.456		11
12	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.275	1:27.798		12
13	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:26.790	1:27.954		13
14	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.741	1:28.269		19^1
15	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.398	1:28.308		14
16	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.874	1:28.586		15
17	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:27.367			16
18	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.455			17
19	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:27.843			18
20	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:28.320			20
21	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1:28.366			21
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:28.950			22
107% time: 1:31.315
Source:[6]

Notes

^1  – Sergio Pérez qualified fourteenth, but was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.^[7]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	71	1:32:36.300	1	25
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	+10.452	4	18
3	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	+18.913	3	15
4	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+37.360	14	12
5	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	+39.048	2	10
6	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+44.051	19	8
7	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71	+49.110	9	6
8	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	71	+1:04.252	10	4
9	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+1:12.903	5	2
10	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	7	1
11	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	12
12	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	17
13	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	15
14	7	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	70	+1 Lap	11
15	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	8
16	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	70	+1 Lap	16
17	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	21
18	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	69	+2 Laps	20
19	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	22
Ret	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	58	Suspension	18
Ret	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	45	Collision	13
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	2	Engine	6
Source:[8]

Notes

Final F1 race for

• Mark Webber (after 215 starts)
• Heikki Kovalainen (after 111 starts)
• Paul di Resta (after 58 starts)
• Charles Pic (after 39 starts)
• Giedo van der Garde (after 19 starts)

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sebastian Vettel 397 2 Fernando Alonso 242 2 3 Mark Webber 199 1 4 Lewis Hamilton 189 1 5 Kimi Räikkönen 183

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Red Bull-Renault 596 2 Mercedes 360 3 Ferrari 354 4 Lotus-Renault 315 5 McLaren-Mercedes 122

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "2013 Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula One Management. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013.
2. Dawes, Mike (24 November 2013). "Unstoppable! Masterful Vettel takes Brazilian Grand Prix in season finale to match 60-year record of nine straight wins as Webber claims second in last ever race". Daily Mail (London: dmg media). Retrieved 25 November 2013.
3. Benson, Andrew (24 November 2013). "Sebastian Vettel wins record ninth consecutive race in Brazil". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 25 November 2013.
4. "Pirelli to bring prototype 2014 tyres to Brazilian GP season finale for teams to test". Sky Sports. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
5. "Formula 1 teams to try 2014 tyres in Brazilian Grand Prix practice". Autosport. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
6. "2013 Brazil Grand Prix Qualifying Results". Formula1.com (Formula One Management). 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
7. Noble, Jonathan (24 November 2013). "Sergio Perez gets gearbox change penalty after crash". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 24 November 2013.
8. "2013 Brazil Grand Prix Race Results". Formula1.com (Formula One Management). November 24, 2013. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013.

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