2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Racing data
17th of 19 races in the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2013 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Date:	3rd November 2013
Place:	Yas Island
Course:	Yas Marina Circuit
Length:	305.355 km in 55 laps of 5.554 km
Pole position
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 39.957 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Time:	1: 43.434 min (lap 55)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes

The Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi in 2013 (officially 2013 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ) took place on 3 November at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island instead and was the 17th race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2013 .

Reports

background

After the Indian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' championship with 115 points ahead of Fernando Alonso and 139 points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen . Red Bull-Renault led in the constructors' championship with 157 points ahead of Mercedes and 161 points ahead of Ferrari . Vettel and Red Bull-Renault were already established as world champions ahead of time.

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

Lotus used two different specifications of the Lotus E21 at this Grand Prix . Romain Grosjean drove the version with a longer wheelbase that was used by both pilots in the previous races, while Raikkonen used the version with a shorter wheelbase that was used at the beginning of the season.

With Vettel (twice), Lewis Hamilton and Raikkonen (once each), all former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Khaled Bin Shaiban (ARE), Martin Donnelly (GBR), Tim Mayer (USA) and Lars Österlind (SWE) acted as race stewards .

A partial solar eclipse was observed during the race .

training

In the first free practice, Grosjean was the fastest driver ahead of Hamilton and Vettel. This training took James Calado the Force India of Adrian Sutil , Heikki Kovalainen the Caterham of Giedo van der Garde and Rodolfo González the Marussia of Max Chilton . In the second free practice, Vettel took the lead from Mark Webber and Hamilton. Several pilots had problems with their braking systems.

In the third free practice session, the first three positions remained unchanged. In an accident in the first corner, Jules Bianchi damaged his vehicle so badly that the gearbox had to be changed, so that he was moved back on the starting grid.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Hamilton set the fastest time. The second and the eighteenth were less than a second apart. The Marussia and Caterham pilots as well as Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutiérrez were eliminated. In the second segment, Rosberg took the lead. The Williams pilots as well as Jean-Éric Vergne , Jenson Button , Paul di Resta and Alonso were eliminated. In the final section, Webber set the fastest time and achieved pole position in front of Vettel and Rosberg.

After qualifying, a technical check on Raikkonen's Lotus revealed that the underbody did not conform to the rules, so that it was excluded from the classification. Lotus stated that the subfloor was damaged in contact with a curb. However, this could not be proven. Raikkonen was allowed to start the race.

run

Vettel won the race ahead of his teammates Webber and Rosberg. Vettel led the race throughout and crossed the finish line with a lead of over 30 seconds.

Fernando Alonso suffered minor back injuries after driving over the curbs off the track.

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	Kimi Raikkonen	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	James Calado
		Adrian Sutil
Williams F1 team	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams FW35	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	17th	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Toro Rosso	18th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso STR8	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	19th	Daniel Ricciardo
Caterham F1 team	20th	Charles Pic	Caterham CT03	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	21st	Heikki Kovalainen
		Giedo van der Garde
Marussia F1 Team	22nd	Jules Bianchi	Marussia MR02	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	23	Rodolfo González
		Max Chilton

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Calado drove the Force India with the number 15 in the first free practice. Sutil then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Kovalainen 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 23 in the first free practice. Chilton then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 41.568	1: 40.575	1: 39.957	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 41.683	1: 40.781	1: 40.075	02
03	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 41.420	1: 40.473	1: 40.419	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 40.693	1: 40.477	1: 40.501	04th
05	Nico Hulkenberg	Clean Ferrari	1: 41.631	1: 40.931	1: 40.576	05
06th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 41.447	1: 40.948	1: 40.997	06th
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 41.254	1: 40.989	1: 41.015	07th
08th	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 41.687	1: 40.812	1: 41.068	08th
09	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 41.884	1: 40.852	1: 41.111	09
10	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 41.397	1: 41.093	-	10
11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 41.676	1: 41.133	-	11
12	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 41.817	1: 41,200	-	12
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 41.692	1: 41.279	-	13
14th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1: 41.365	1: 41.395	-	14th
15th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1: 41.862	1: 41.447	-	15th
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	1: 41.999	-	-	16
17th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 42.051	-	-	17th
18th	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1: 43.252	-	-	18th
19th	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 43.398	-	-	21st
20th	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1: 43.528	-	-	19th
21st	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 44.198	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 47.741 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 40.693 min)
EX	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	1: 41.276	1: 40.971	1: 40.542	22nd

Remarks

1. ↑ Jules Bianchi was moved five positions back due to a gear change.
2. ↑ Kimi Räikkönen was excluded from the rating due to a non-compliant sub-floor. He was allowed to start the race.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	55	2	1: 38: 06.106	02	1: 43.893 (51.)
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	55	2	+ 30.829	01	1: 44.364 (49.)
03	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	2	+ 33,650	03	1: 44,458 (51st)
04th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	55	2	+ 34.802	06th	1: 44,301 (54.)
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	2	+1: 07.181	10	1: 43.434 (55.)
06th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	1	+1: 18.174	11	1: 45.786 (55th)
07th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	55	2	+1: 19.267	04th	1: 45.463 (47th)
08th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	2	+1: 22.886	07th	1: 45.447 (52nd)
09	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	55	2	+1: 31.198	08th	1: 45.435 (51.)
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	1	+1: 33.257	17th	1: 45,609 (48th)
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	55	2	+1: 35.989	14th	1: 45,530 (55.)
12	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	2	+1: 43.767	12	1: 46.336 (43.)
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	55	2	+1: 44.295	16	1: 45.974 (43.)
14th	Nico Hulkenberg	Clean Ferrari	54	3	+ 1 lap	05	1: 45,570 (52nd)
15th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	54	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 44,351 (54th)
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	54	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 46.042 (46.)
17th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	54	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 44,517 (53.)
18th	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	54	2	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 46.592 (48th)
19th	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	54	2	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 46.432 (50th)
20th	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	53	2	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 47.619 (52nd)
21st	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	53	2	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 47.707 (52nd)
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	00	0	DNF	22nd	-

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 347 02  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 217 03  Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Renault 183 04th  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 175 05  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 166 06th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 159 07th  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 114 08th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 106 09  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 60 10  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 48 11  Nico Hulkenberg Clean Ferrari 39

Item driver constructor Points 12  Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 35 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  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1 18th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 0 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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 513 02  Mercedes 334 03  Ferrari 323 04th  Lotus Renault 297 05  McLaren-Mercedes 95 06th  Force India-Mercedes 77

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ferrari 45 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 32 09  Williams-Renault 1 10  Marussia-Cosworth 0 11  Caterham-Renault 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Abu Dhabi: Hembery expects more stops than last year". Motorsport-Total.com, October 29, 2013, accessed November 1, 2013 . 
2. ^ Christian Menath: "Formula 1 - Grosjean and Räikkönen: Different Cars". Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 1, 2013, accessed November 2, 2013 . 
3. ^ Sophie Jane Evans: "The sun has got his patch on: Rare 'hybrid' solar eclipse excites watchers across the globe". dailymail.co.uk, November 3, 2013, accessed November 4, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Roman Wittemeier: "Abu Dhabi: Grosjean sets the first best time". Motorsport-Total.com, November 1, 2013, accessed November 1, 2013 . 
5. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 1, 2013, accessed November 1, 2013 . 
6. ^ Roman Wittemeier: "Friday in Abu Dhabi: Vettel fastest, but ..." Motorsport-Total.com, November 1, 2013, accessed on November 2, 2013 . 
7. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 1, 2013, accessed November 2, 2013 . 
8. ↑ Roman Wittemeier: "Final training: Vettel stays ahead". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2013, accessed November 2, 2013 . 
9. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2013, accessed November 2, 2013 . 
10. ^ Roman Wittemeier: "Gear change: penalty for Bianchi". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2013, accessed November 3, 2013 . 
11. ↑ Roman Wittemeier: “Surprise in Abu Dhabi: Webber beats Vettel”. Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2013, accessed November 3, 2013 . 
12. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: "Underbody not compliant with the rules: Raikkonen disqualified". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2013, accessed November 3, 2013 .