2013 Chinese Grand Prix
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3rd of 19 races in the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
Surname: | 2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix | |
Date: | April 14, 2013 | |
Place: | Shanghai | |
Course: | Shanghai International Circuit | |
Length: | 305.066 km in 56 laps of 5.451 km
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Pole position | ||
Driver: | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
Time: | 1: 34.484 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault |
Time: | 1: 36.808 min (lap 53) | |
Podium | ||
First: | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
Second: | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus Renault |
Third: | Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes
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Leadership laps
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The Chinese Grand Prix 2013 (officially 2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix ) took place on 14 April at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai instead and was the third race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2013 . Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari ) won the race ahead of Kimi Räikkönen ( Lotus-Renault ) and Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes ).
Reports
backgrounds
After the Malaysian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with nine points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and 14 points ahead of Mark Webber . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 26 points ahead of Lotus-Renault and Ferrari .
At the Chinese 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 .
Fernando Alonso started at this Grand Prix for the 200th time in Formula 1.
With Lewis Hamilton (twice), Alonso, Raikkonen, Vettel, Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg (once each), six former winners competed in this Grand Prix.
Mark Blundell (GBR), Garry Connelly (AUS), Steven Chopping (AUS) and Wang Feng (CHN) acted as race stewards.
training
In the first free practice, Rosberg set the fastest time in front of his teammates Hamilton and Webber. Sergio Pérez lost control of his vehicle at the end of practice and slipped into a pile of tires as he entered the pit lane. Qing Hua Ma replaced Charles Pic at Caterham in this training . He was the only pilot above the 107 percent time . In the second free practice, Felipe Massa drove the fastest lap ahead of Raikkonen and Alonso. During the training it was shown that the tires deteriorated significantly, especially during the full tank tests. Pérez was noticed again with a slip. Both Marussia pilots retired due to a technical defect. The team suspected a crack in the oil tank was the cause.
In the third free practice session, Alonso took the lead from Massa and Hamilton. Ferrari used a new front wing on both vehicles.
Qualifying
In the first qualifying segment, the drivers tried to drive just one fast lap to save tires. All drivers opted for the softer tire compound. Hamilton posted the fastest time. The Caterham and Marussia pilots as well as Esteban Gutiérrez and Valtteri Bottas were eliminated. In the second segment, the pilots continued to only use the softer mixture. Hamilton stayed in the lead. Webber stopped in this session with insufficient fuel pressure. The Force India pilots as well as Jean-Éric Vergne , Pastor Maldonado , Webber and Pérez were eliminated.
Hamilton was also the fastest in the third segment, achieving the first pole position for his new Mercedes team. Räikkönen and Alonso followed in second and third place. In the final section, only eight pilots drove a timed lap. Of these, the first seven drove with the softer tire compound. Button drove a time on the harder compound that was more than half a minute slower than the fastest lap, so as to start eighth ahead of the drivers who did not do a timed lap. Vettel and Nico Hülkenberg did not drive a timed lap and thus had a free choice of tires for the Grand Prix.
Since it was discovered after qualifying that Webber's car had too little fuel on board due to a fault in the tank system, he was excluded from qualifying. He was allowed to start from the last place on the grid. The team decided to make changes to the vehicle, so Webber started from the pit lane.
run
The Chinese Grand Prix was determined by the strategic approach of the teams and drivers.
Raikkonen got off to a bad start in the Grand Prix, so that both Ferrari drivers passed him. Hamilton retained the lead. Force India touched in midfield, but there was no damage. Webber, who had started out of the pits, went to the pits after the first lap and switched from the softer to the harder tire compound.
While Hülkenberg had overtaken Vettel, who followed the same strategy as Hülkenberg, in midfield, Alonso and Massa Hamilton overtook together on the start-finish straight on the fifth lap with the help of the Drag Reduction System (DRS). Hamilton pitted at the end of the lap, just like his teammate Rosberg. Both switched from the softer to the harder tire compound. In the meantime there was a collision between Gutiérrez and Sutil. Gutiérrez missed the braking point at the end of the long straight and drove Sutil into the rear, so that both of them retired. The race stewards investigated the incident after the race and imposed a five-position penalty for the next race against Gutiérrez.
One lap after Hamilton, Alonso and Raikkonen also pitted, one lap later Massa, who was in the lead for one lap. Everyone switched from the softer to the harder mixture. After the top group had completed their pit stop, Hülkenberg led in front of Vettel, Button, Pérez, di Resta and Alonso. The first five drivers all started on the harder tires and stayed out longer. Massa fell behind Webber due to his stop, but overtook him a little later.
Alonso passed di Resta and Pérez in the next few laps and was finally in second place behind Button, as Hülkenberg and Vettel pitted. Because Hülkenberg had problems stopping, Vettel passed him at the pits. Vettel had not previously managed to drive past Hulkenberg on the route, which is why he was unable to get the planned advantage.
Meanwhile there were two collisions in midfield. Webber pulled up next to Vergne and collided with him. Vettel overtook both. Webber pit for a repair stop while Vergne fell by the wayside. When changing the front wing, the tires on Webber's vehicle were also changed. His right rear wheel was not properly attached. Webber drove slowly around the course until the wheel came loose just before the pit entrance. Webber dropped out. The race management investigated the collision between him and Vergne after the race and imposed a starting place penalty of three positions on Webber. Red Bull was fined € 5,000 for driving on with the loose tire. The other collision occurred between Raikkonen and Pérez. Raikkonen damaged the tip of the front wing, which was now open, when it came into contact with the rear of Pérez. The damage did not require repair and the impact on Raikkonen's racing pace was marginal. Neither driver involved was sanctioned for this collision.
Shortly before the second pit stops, Alonso passed Button, who had not yet stopped, and took the lead of the race. At this point, Alonso was about 13 seconds ahead of the drivers who were on the same strategy as him. Alonso and Button went to the pits a little later, so Vettel took the lead. However, it did not take long before Alonso had caught up with Vettel and overtook him. Vettel had previously been asked by his team to pay attention to his lap times and not to duel with Alonso, as both pursued different strategies. During their second pit stops, Vettel and Hülkenberg decided on different tires. Hulkenberg switched to the softer mixture so that he could use the harder one at the end of the race. Vettel stayed on the harder tire, so he had to make another stop. In the meantime, Rosberg had given up with a defect in the rear stabilizer.
Alonso extended his lead over Raikkonen and Hamilton, who were third and fourth, but used the same strategy as Alonso, in this racing phase and also stayed longer on the track. After his third and final pit stop, Alonso lost the lead for one lap to Vettel. Vettel, who, unlike Alonso, had to come back to change tires, let Alonso pass without any problems shortly afterwards, so that neither of them lost any time. For similar reasons, Button let Raikkonen and Hamilton pass without resistance.
While Alonso led the race in the final phase with about ten seconds ahead of Raikkonen and was asked by the team to conserve the material, Vettel drove the fastest laps with the softer tires after a late last pit stop and shortened the gap to Hamilton in front of him whose tires deteriorated more in the race and had to save fuel in the first corner. Vettel caught up with Hamilton, but it was no longer enough for an overtaking maneuver, as the race was over when Vettel was in direct striking distance.
Alonso won the race ahead of Raikkonen, Hamilton and Vettel. At a greater distance followed in the other top 10 places Button, Massa, Ricciardo, di Resta, Grosjean and Hülkenberg. Ricciardo achieved his best result in Formula 1 to date with seventh place. Button was the only driver in the top 10 who implemented a two-stop strategy instead of using a three-stop strategy.
With his 31st Formula 1 victory, Alonso drew level with Nigel Mansell in fourth position in the all-time best list of Formula 1 winners .
In the world championship, Vettel kept the lead from Raikkonen. Alonso took third position. Red Bull stayed in the lead among the constructors. Ferrari passed Lotus into second place.
Comments from the first three drivers
“It couldn't have gone better today! I haven't won since Germany and that is a special feeling because it was a difficult race full of incidents. Together with the second place I took in Australia, this result shows that this car is competitive and that we are working in the right direction to always fight for the podium.
I have to thank the team for their tremendous efforts, both here and at home in the factory. You worked so hard to get me into this situation where I can fight on an equal footing with the others.
We had a good feeling throughout the weekend and finishing third in qualifying gave us the opportunity to fight for top positions. In addition, we may deserve a little luck. Together with all these important factors such as the setup, the strategy, the decision for the pit stops and the pit stops themselves, everything worked perfectly. All of this together produced a victory that was not easy in the end.
We made the most of our speed and did a good job keeping the tires up. That was definitely the most dangerous aspect. Since nobody is dominating the championship, it is extremely interesting, even if we are of course aware that this is only the third race. We are not under any illusions and have to continue to concentrate, give everything to keep improving. "
“Second place wasn't exactly what we wanted. But under these circumstances it was the best we could achieve today. I'm not 100 percent happy because we didn't win, but that's the way it is and second place is a good result after a bad start and the incident with Sergio Pérez.
It was pretty difficult out there because of course the car isn't designed that way, otherwise we would of course use it all the time. However, I was surprised at how good it was. Of course there were a few problems with the handling, which wasn't ideal, but we just had to try to live with it and, amazingly, we still had good speed. "
“That was a good race for me. Of course I would have preferred to win, but I'm very happy with this third place and my second podium in a row. Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen were a bit faster than us in the race today.
In the end, my tires deteriorated a lot when I tried to stay ahead of Sebastian Vettel. I saw him getting bigger and bigger in the rearview mirror, so it was all the nicer to defend third place against him.
The guys have done a great job this weekend to put us in that position. We got absolutely everything out of the car today - that's a very nice feeling. In terms of overall pace, we're not quite where we want to be. But everyone in the team is working very hard on it and I am convinced that we can do it. "
Registration list
- Remarks
- ↑ a b Ma drove the Caterham with the number 20 in the first free practice. Pic then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
Classifications
Qualifying
Item | driver | constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | begin |
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1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1: 35.793 | 1: 35.078 | 1: 34.484 | 1 |
2 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus Renault | 1: 37.046 | 1: 35.659 | 1: 34.761 | 2 |
3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1: 36.253 | 1: 35.148 | 1: 34.788 | 3 |
4th | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1: 35.959 | 1: 35.537 | 1: 34.861 | 4th |
5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1: 35.972 | 1: 35.403 | 1: 34.933 | 5 |
6th | Romain Grosjean | Lotus Renault | 1: 36.929 | 1: 36.065 | 1: 35.364 | 6th |
7th | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1: 36.993 | 1: 36.258 | 1: 35.998 | 7th |
8th | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1: 36.667 | 1: 35.784 | 2: 05.673 | 8th |
9 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1: 36.537 | 1: 35.343 | no time | 9 |
10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Clean Ferrari | 1: 36.985 | 1: 36.261 | no time | 10 |
11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1: 37.478 | 1: 36.287 | - | 11 |
12 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1: 36.952 | 1: 36.314 | - | 12 |
13 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1: 37.349 | 1: 36.405 | - | 13 |
14th | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1: 37.281 | 1: 37.139 | - | 14th |
15th | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1: 37.508 | 1: 37.199 | - | 15th |
16 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1: 37.769 | - | - | 16 |
17th | Esteban Gutiérrez | Clean Ferrari | 1: 37.990 | - | - | 17th |
18th | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1: 38.780 | - | - | 18th |
19th | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1: 39.537 | - | - | 19th |
20th | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1: 39.614 | - | - | 20th |
21st | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1: 39.660 | - | - | 21st |
107 percent time : 1: 42.498 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 35.793 min) | ||||||
EX | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1: 36.148 | 1: 36.679 | - | box |
- Remarks
- ↑ Mark Webber was excluded from qualifying because his car had stopped running in the second section without fuel. He was allowed to start from the last place on the grid. Since Red Bull decided to make changes to the car, Webber had to start from the pit lane.
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap |
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1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 56 | 3 | 1: 36: 26.945 | 3 | 1: 39.506 (46.) |
2 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus Renault | 56 | 3 | + 10.168 | 2 | 1: 39.955 (51st) |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 56 | 3 | + 12,322 | 1 | 1: 39.981 (50th) |
4th | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 56 | 3 | + 12.525 | 9 | 1: 36.808 (53.) |
5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | 2 | + 35.285 | 8th | 1: 38.058 (56th) |
6th | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 56 | 3 | + 40.827 | 5 | 1: 40.284 (55.) |
7th | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | 3 | + 42.691 | 7th | 1: 40,240 (55.) |
8th | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | 3 | + 51.084 | 11 | 1: 40.101 (55.) |
9 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus Renault | 56 | 3 | + 53.423 | 6th | 1: 40,563 (55.) |
10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Clean Ferrari | 56 | 3 | + 56.598 | 10 | 1: 40.630 (31st) |
11 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | 2 | +1: 03.860 | 12 | 1: 41.281 (55.) |
12 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | 3 | +1: 12.604 | 15th | 1: 40.138 (56.) |
13 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 56 | 3 | +1: 33.861 | 16 | 1: 38,200 (53rd) |
14th | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 56 | 3 | +1: 35.453 | 14th | 1: 40.968 (54th) |
15th | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 55 | 3 | + 1 lap | 18th | 1: 41,537 (35.) |
16 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 55 | 3 | + 1 lap | 20th | 1: 41,997 (48th) |
17th | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 55 | 3 | + 1 lap | 19th | 1: 41.978 (39.) |
18th | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 55 | 3 | + 1 lap | 21st | 1: 42,357 (42nd) |
- | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 21st | 3 | DNF | 4th | 1: 43.378 ( | 7.)
- | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 15th | 2 | DNF | box | 1: 43.416 (12.) |
- | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 5 | 0 | DNF | 13 | 1: 44.257 ( | 3rd)
- | Esteban Gutiérrez | Clean Ferrari | 4th | 0 | DNF | 17th | 1: 44.775 ( | 2nd)
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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Pirelli calls tire allocation for the first races of the season". Motorsport-Total.com, February 13, 2013, accessed February 18, 2013 .
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Mercedes dominates the start of training in China". Motorsport-Total.com, April 12, 2013, accessed April 12, 2013 .
- ^ "GP China in Shanghai / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, April 12, 2013, accessed April 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Tire poker in China: Massa on Friday ahead". Motorsport-Total.com, April 12, 2013, accessed April 13, 2013 .
- ^ "GP China in Shanghai / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, April 12, 2013, accessed April 13, 2013 .
- ↑ "China: Ferrari dominates the final training". Motorsport-Total.com, April 13, 2013, accessed April 13, 2013 .
- ^ "GP China in Shanghai / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, April 13, 2013, accessed April 13, 2013 .
- ↑ Norman Fischer: "Red Bull: Error in the tank system does not deliver enough fuel". Motorsport-Total.com, April 13, 2013, accessed April 13, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Christian Nimmervoll: "Sovereign victory of Alonso in China". Motorsport-Total.com, April 14, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .
- ^ A b c Andrew Benson: “Classy Fernando Alonso takes China victory for Ferrari”. bbc.com, April 14, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h "GP China in Shanghai / Race - Chronology". Motorsport-Total.com, April 14, 2013, accessed April 14, 2013 .
- ↑ Kerstin Hasenbichler: "Formula 1 - Sutil-Crash: Stewards punish Gutierrez". Five starting positions back. Motorsport-Magazin.com, May 14, 2013, accessed May 14, 2013 .
- ↑ Michael Wittershagen: "With unbeatable devotion". faz.net, April 14, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .
- ↑ Kerstin Hasenbichler: "Formula 1 - Mark Webber will be transferred to Bahrain". Collision with Vergne. Motorsport-Magazin.com, April 14, 2013, accessed April 14, 2013 .
- ↑ Kerstin Hasenbichler: "Formula 1 - Red Bull has to pay 5,000 euros". Unsafe release. Motorsport-Magazin.com, April 14, 2013, accessed April 14, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Fabian Hust: "Mercedes: Tire damage and technology cost chances to win". Motorsport-Total.com, April 14, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .
- ↑ "Chinese Grand Prix: Alonso wins superior, Vettel gambled away". spiegel.de, April 14, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .
- ↑ Fabian Hust: "Ferrari: A Victory and Homework for Ferrari". Motorsport-Total.com, April 14, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .
- ↑ Fabian Hust: "Lotus: Raikkonen with a wounded car second". Motorsport-Total.com, April 14, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .