2013 USA Grand Prix

 2013 USA Grand Prix

Racing data
18th of 19 races in the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2013 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
Date:	17th November 2013
Place:	Austin
Course:	Circuit of The Americas
Length:	308.405 km in 56 laps of 5.513 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 36.338 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 39.856 min (lap 54)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault
Third:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault

The 2013 USA Grand Prix (officially 2013 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix ) took place on November 17th at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin and was the 18th race of the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' championship with 130 points ahead of Fernando Alonso and 164 points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen . Red Bull-Renault led in the constructors' championship with 179 points ahead of Mercedes and 190 points ahead of Ferrari . Vettel and Red Bull-Renault were already established as world champions ahead of time.

At Lotus there was a driver change for health reasons. After suffering from severe back pain for a long time, Raikkonen decided to have an operation that ended his season prematurely. Lotus initially submitted an offer to Sauber driver Nico Hülkenberg for the last two races of the season in 2013; However, Hulkenberg declined this offer after Sauber paid part of Hulkenberg's outstanding salary. Heikki Kovalainen eventually got the cockpit, moving from Caterham to Lotus. He was a test driver at Caterham in 2013 and had participated in free practice six times - most recently in Abu Dhabi. Kovalainen last raced at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix for Caterham.

At the US Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (orange) and P Zero Medium (white) as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

With Lewis Hamilton (twice) a former winner competed at this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were José Abed (MEX), Paul Gutjahr (SUI), Nigel Mansell (GBR) and Tim Mayer (USA).

training

Due to fog, the first free training started late and was shortened to 60 minutes. Since there was no rescue helicopter on the route, the training should not have started, but it was only noticed after 15 minutes, whereupon the training was interrupted. After the rescue helicopter finally got there, there were about 31 minutes left. Alonso was the fastest driver ahead of Jenson Button and Valtteri Bottas . Daniil Kwjat took over the Toro Rosso from Jean-Éric Vergne in this training session and was used for the first time on a Formula 1 weekend. In addition, Alexander Rossi took over the Caterham from Giedo van der Garde and Rodolfo González took over the Marussia from Jules Bianchi . In the second free practice session, Vettel took the lead from Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg .

In the third free practice session, Vettel stayed ahead of Webber. Hamilton took third position.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying Bottas was the fastest driver. Adrian Sutil stopped in the final phase with a brake defect. He failed to jump into the next part of the timed practice. Alongside him, the Marussia and Caterham pilots and Pastor Maldonado were eliminated. In the second segment, Vettel took the lead. The Toro Rosso pilots as well as Felipe Massa , Rosberg, Button and Paul di Resta were eliminated. In the final section, Vettel stayed in front and achieved the 44th pole position of his career ahead of Webber and Romain Grosjean .

Charles Pic was moved five positions down due to a gearbox change, and Button was moved three positions back on the grid due to overtaking under red flags in the first free practice. Esteban Gutiérrez was moved ten places down due to a blocking maneuver against Maldonado in the first qualifying segment. Max Chilton was given a drive-through penalty for the race, also for blocking, which he has to complete within the first five laps.

run

Vettel won the race ahead of Grosjean and Webber. Vettel led the race consistently after adjusting for pit stops.

It was Vettel's eighth straight win in one season. With that he set a new record of consecutive victories within one season.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Infiniti Red Bull Racing	01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB9	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	02	Mark Webber
Scuderia Ferrari	03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari F138	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	04th	Felipe Massa
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	05	Jenson Button	McLaren MP4-28	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	06th	Sergio Perez
Lotus F1 Team	07th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus E21	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	08th	Romain Grosjean
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	09	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes F1 W04	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	10	Lewis Hamilton
Sauber F1 Team	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Clean C32	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	12	Esteban Gutiérrez
Sahara Force India F1 Team	14th	Paul di Resta	Force India VJM06	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	15th	Adrian Sutil
Williams F1 team	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams FW35	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	17th	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Toro Rosso	18th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso STR8	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
		Jean-Éric Vergne
	19th	Daniel Ricciardo
Caterham F1 team	20th	Charles Pic	Caterham CT03	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	21st	Alexander Rossi
		Giedo van der Garde
Marussia F1 Team	22nd	Rodolfo González	Marussia MR02	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
		Jules Bianchi
	23	Max Chilton

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kwjat drove the Toro Rosso with the number 18 in the first free practice. Vergne then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Rossi drove the Caterham with the number 21 in the first free practice. Van der Garde then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
3. ↑ ^{a b} González drove the Marussia with the number 22 in the first free practice. Bianchi then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 38.516	1: 37.065	1: 36.338	01
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 38.161	1: 37.312	1: 36.441	02
03	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 38.676	1: 37.523	1: 37.155	03
04th	Nico Hulkenberg	Clean Ferrari	1: 38.339	1: 37.828	1: 37.296	04th
05	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 37.959	1: 37.854	1: 37.345	05
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 38.929	1: 37.368	1: 37.376	06th
07th	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 38.367	1: 38.040	1: 37.452	07th
08th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 38.375	1: 38.078	1: 37.715	08th
09	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1: 37.821	1: 37.439	1: 37.836	09
10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	1: 38.082	1: 38.031	1: 38.034	20th
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 38.882	1: 38.131	-	10
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 38.894	1: 38.139	-	11
13	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 38.588	1: 38.217	-	15th
14th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 38.743	1: 38.364	-	12
15th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 39.094	1: 38.592	-	13
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 38.880	1: 38.696	-	14th
17th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 39.250	-	-	16
18th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1: 39.351	-	-	17th
19th	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1: 40.491	-	-	18th
20th	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 40.528	-	-	19th
21st	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1: 40.596	-	-	22nd
22nd	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 41.401	-	-	21st
107 percent time : 1: 44.668 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 37.821 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Esteban Gutiérrez was moved ten positions back due to a blockage in qualifying.
2. ↑ Jenson Button was moved three positions back due to an overtaking maneuver under red flags in the first training session.
3. ↑ Charles Pic was moved five positions back due to a gear change.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	1: 39: 17,148	01	1: 39.856 (54.)
02	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	56	+ 6.284	03	1: 40.445 (52nd)
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	+ 8.396	02	1: 40.591 (52nd)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+ 27.358	05	1: 40.818 (50.)
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+ 29,592	06th	1: 41,186 (52nd)
06th	Nico Hulkenberg	Clean Ferrari	56	+ 30,400	04th	1: 40,952 (54.)
07th	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+ 46.692	07th	1: 41.830 (47th)
08th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	56	+ 54.509	09	1: 40.492 (54th)
09	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+ 59.141	12	1: 41.133 (51.)
10	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+1: 17.278	15th	1: 41.285 (50.)
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1: 21.004	10	1: 42,119 (45.)
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+1: 26.914	13	1: 41.209 (53.)
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	56	+1: 31.707	20th	1: 41,401 (51.)
14th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	56	+1: 35.063	08th	1: 41.028 (52nd)
15th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1: 36.853	11	1: 41.148 (54.)
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1: 44.574	14th	1: 41,320 (52nd)
17th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	55	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 43.058 (42nd)
18th	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 43,419 (45th)
19th	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	55	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 43.933 (45th)
20th	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	55	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 43.968 (48th)
21st	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	54	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 43.775 (48th)
-	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	00	DNF	16	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 372 02  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 227 03  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 187 04th  Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Renault 183 05  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 181 06th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 161 07th  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 132 08th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 106 09  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 61 10  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 48 11  Nico Hulkenberg Clean Ferrari 47 12  Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 41

Item driver constructor Points 13  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 29 14th  Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 19th 15th  Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 13 16  Esteban Gutiérrez Clean Ferrari 6th 17th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 4th 18th  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1 19th  Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 0 20th  Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 0 21st  Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 0 22nd  Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 0 23  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Renault 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 553 02  Mercedes 348 03  Ferrari 333 04th  Lotus Renault 315 05  McLaren-Mercedes 102 06th  Force India-Mercedes 77

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ferrari 53 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 32 09  Williams-Renault 5 10  Marussia-Cosworth 0 11  Caterham-Renault 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Lotus confirms: Raikkonen no longer drives in 2013". Motorsport-Total.com, November 10, 2013, accessed November 12, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Hülkenberg rejects the Lotus offer (for the time being)". Motorsport-Total.com, November 12, 2013, accessed November 12, 2013 . 
3. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: Sauber & Hülkenberg: "We also paid money". Motorsport-Total.com, November 15, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 . 
4. ^ Pablo Elizalde: "Lotus confirms Heikki Kovalainen to replace Kimi Raikkonen". autosport.com, November 14, 2013, accessed November 14, 2013 . 
5. ↑ "Conservative, Conservative, Pirelli: Hard and Medium in Austin". Motorsport-Total.com, November 12, 2013, accessed November 12, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Roman Wittemeier: "Austin: The slightly different training start". Motorsport-Total.com, November 15, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 . 
7. ^ "GP USA in Austin / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 15, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 . 
8. ↑ Roman Wittemeier: "Afternoon in Austin: Red Bull is back". Motorsport-Total.com, November 15, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 . 
9. ^ "GP USA in Austin / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 15, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 . 
10. ↑ Roman Wittemeier: "Final training: Red Bull in front, Hülkenberg strong". Motorsport-Total.com, November 16, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 . 
11. ^ "GP USA in Austin / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 16, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 . 
12. ↑ Fabian Hust: "Force India: Sutil stopped by a brake disc defect". Motorsport-Total.com, November 16, 2013, accessed November 17, 2013 . 
13. ^ Roman Wittemeier: "Gear change: penalty for Pic". Motorsport-Total.com, November 16, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 . 
14. ^ Roman Wittemeier: "Overtaking under red: penalty for button". Motorsport-Total.com, November 15, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 . 
15. ^ ^{A b} Roman Wittemeier: "Blocking: Punishments for Gutierrez and Chilton". Motorsport-Total.com, November 16, 2013, accessed November 17, 2013 .