2013 Spanish Grand Prix

 2013 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 19 races in the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Gran Premio de España 2013
Date:	May 12, 2013
Place:	Montmeló
Course:	Circuit de Catalunya
Length:	307.104 km in 66 laps of 4.655 km
Pole position
Driver:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time:	1: 20.718 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari
Time:	1: 26.217 min (lap 56)
Podium
First:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Second:	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault
Third:	Felipe Massa	Ferrari

The 2013 Grand Prix of Spain (officially Formula 1 Gran Premio de España 2013 ) took place on May 12th at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló and was the fifth race of the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship . Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari ) won ahead of Kimi Räikkönen ( Lotus ) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari).

Reports

backgrounds

After the Bahrain Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with ten points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and 27 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 16 points ahead of Lotus-Renault and with 32 points ahead of Ferrari .

At the Spanish 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 . The P Zero Hard mixture was modified in the run-up to the Grand Prix. In addition, there was a set of a new mix for the Friday training sessions.

With Raikkonen (twice), Fernando Alonso , Felipe Massa , Jenson Button , Mark Webber , Vettel and Pastor Maldonado (once each), seven former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were Silvia Bellot (ESP), Paul Gutjahr (CHE), Alan Jones (AUS) and Roger Peart (CAN).

training

At the beginning of the first free practice session, the track was wet and it was raining lightly. In the course of training, the track dried up and the drivers switched to slicks. Alonso set the fastest time ahead of his Ferrari teammates Massa and Jean-Éric Vergne . In this training, Heikki Kovalainen took over the Caterham from Charles Pic and Rodolfo González took over the Marussia from Max Chilton . Button did not complete a timed lap. In the second free practice session the track was dry. Vettel was the fastest pilot ahead of Alonso and Webber. Most of the teams tested updates of their vehicles. In the third free practice session, Massa took the lead from Raikkonen and Webber.

After the training sessions, Ferrari's technical director Pat Fry was hospitalized with appendicitis .

Qualifying

In the first part of qualifying, Hamilton was the fastest driver. The Caterham, Marussia and Williams pilots were eliminated. In the second segment, Hamilton stayed ahead. The Sauber and Toro Rosso pilots as well as Button and Adrian Sutil were eliminated. In the last part, Rosberg took the lead and achieved pole position in front of Hamilton and Vettel.

Following qualifying, Esteban Gutiérrez and Massa were each moved three positions back on the grid because they had obstructed an opponent. Gutiérrez in the first section Raikkonen and Massa in the second section Webber.

run

Pole setter Rosberg drove a relatively slow warm-up lap, so that the third-placed Vettel complained about him. At the start, Rosberg stayed in the lead. Vettel went past Hamilton into second position. Shortly thereafter, Hamilton lost another position to Alonso, whose teammate Massa had passed Sergio Pérez to sixth place on the first lap . In the next laps there were no overtaking maneuvers in the leading group and the drivers began to take care of their tires. In the seventh lap, Raikkonen also passed Hamilton and finally caught up with the leading trio. One lap later, Massa also passed Hamilton. Massa then pitted first in the leading group.

While Romain Grosjean gave up with a defective rear suspension, the rest of the leading group made their pit stops and switched from the softer to the harder mixture. In the meantime Gutiérrez took the lead. Rosberg initially stayed ahead of his opponents. Alonso managed to drive past Vettel at the stop. He put pressure on Rosberg in the next laps and finally passed him on the 13th lap. Rosberg was also overtaken by Vettel and Massa on this lap. Since Gutiérrez had pitted in the meantime, Alonso took over the lead of the race.

While the Mercedes drivers Rosberg and Hamilton gradually fell behind, Alonso took the lead. In the 21st lap, the phase of the second pit stops by Massa began. Alonso followed a lap later, so that Vettel took the lead. The two Ferrari drivers drove fast laps on the new tires, while Giedo van der Garde lost the left rear wheel and finally gave up at the pits. Van der Garde had previously noticed that his bike was not properly attached, but was instructed by his racing team to go back to the pits, even though this was a violation of the regulations. After Vettel was also in the pits, Raikkonen led briefly. However, Alonso caught up with him. However, there was no overtaking maneuver on the track, as Raikkonen pitted.

Alonso took the lead in the following laps. Massa was in second place, while Vettel and Räikkönen dueled for third place. On the 33rd lap, Raikkonen finally managed to drive past Vettel. However, he was already about 20 seconds behind Alonso. Shortly afterwards, the drivers who were planning a four-stop strategy made their third stop. Raikkonen, who was on a three-stop strategy, stayed outside and briefly took the lead. Alonso, who had new tires, overtook him after just a few laps. At the stops, however, there was a collision between Vergne and Nico Hülkenberg , who was given the signal too early to continue. Hülkenberg damaged his front wing in the process and had to pit again for a repair stop. He was also given a stop-and-go penalty. Shortly thereafter, Vergne suffered a tire damage as a result of the collision and pitted to stop repairs. He resumed the race but gave up in the pits a little later.

Raikkonen pitted for the last time on lap 46. In doing so, he fell behind Massa. Alonso made his final stop on lap 50 and this time had such a big lead that he kept the lead over Massa. Alonso preferred this stop because he had a creeping flat tire. Shortly thereafter, Massa pitted, again swapping positions with Raikkonen. While the drivers at the front drove a little slower on the final laps, Gutiérrez achieved the fastest race lap.

Alonso won the Spanish Grand Prix for the second time in his career after 2006 ahead of Raikkonen and Massa. It was Massa's only podium finish in the 2013 season and also his last for Scuderia Ferrari. Vettel was fourth, Webber fifth. Pole setter Rosberg crossed the finish line in sixth place. The top 10 were completed by Paul di Resta , Button, Pérez and Daniel Ricciardo . Hamilton, who started from second place, finished the race in twelfth place. Alonso, who started from fifth place, won the Formula 1 race for the first time since 1996 at the Circuit de Catalunya who did not start the race from the front row. In addition, fifth place is the worst starting place for a Formula 1 winner on this track.

At the Spanish Grand Prix, the tires were heavily used, so that most drivers pitted four times and all drivers had to spare the tires. The biggest difference in performance compared to qualifying was with the Mercedes drivers.

In the drivers' world championship, the first two positions remained unchanged. Alonso took third place from Hamilton. In the constructors' category, Ferrari passed Lotus in second place.

Comments from the first three drivers

“Even if this is the third time I've won a home race, the emotions are still very high, as if this had never happened before. It's nice to be able to present this victory to all of Spain, especially at a time when the country is in crisis for many people. It is not possible for them to come here to support us. I thank everyone for their support and the team for doing a fantastic job.
After a far from easy qualifying, everything went perfectly, the start, the strategy, the pit stops and the management of the tires. At the start I had to make up a few places, after overtaking half the straight there was no more room for it. So I turned KERS off so I could use it into the third corner. After watching the GP2 race, I realized that it is possible to attack from outside there.
We had to bring the last stop forward as there was a creeping flat tire that meant that the right rear wheel lost pressure in the last part of the lap. Fortunately, this didn't affect the bottom line.
I believe that we can fight for the world championship with this car because we finished second in five races and had two wins. From now on we have to show a consistent performance and get as many points as possible because we are all aware that we are not the fastest. To change that, a lot of people work on the track and in Maranello day and night. "

- Fernando Alonso

“Unfortunately it's second place again, so it's not time to celebrate so much. The car felt good and we pretty much gave our all today but didn't have the speed to challenge Fernando.
I drove to the maximum and it is good for the championship that Sebastian crossed the finish line behind us. It's nice for me and the team to be on the podium. Let's see what we can achieve in Monaco. "

- Kimi Raikkonen

“I am very satisfied with this podium. It was a really nice and fantastic result for the team. If you start from far behind, things are even more difficult, but I managed to get around well and immediately had fantastic speed.
During the first lap, thanks to the fact that the car was very competitive, I did a couple of overtaking maneuvers, which meant that I could be aggressive while being careful with the tires.
Until the end, I thought that it would be possible to fight Kimi. But when we put on the last set of hard tires, the ones we thought would be the best since they were new, I had oversteer and started losing the rear much sooner than I expected.
At the same time, I'm very satisfied with our performance on this track. Now we are on our way to Monaco, a completely different route where overtaking is very difficult. We know we don't have the fastest car, but all we can do is keep working hard with the same effort because I'm sure we are working in the right direction. "

- Felipe Massa

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	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	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham CT03	Renault 2.4 V8	P
		Charles Pic
	21st	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} Kovalainen 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.
2. ↑ ^{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	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 21.913	1: 21.776	1: 20.718	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 21.728	1: 21.001	1: 20.972	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 22.158	1: 21.602	1: 21.054	03
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	1: 22.210	1: 21.676	1: 21.177	04th
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 22.264	1: 21.646	1: 21.218	05
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 22.492	1: 21.978	1: 21.219	09
07th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 22.613	1: 21.998	1: 21.308	06th
08th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 22.342	1: 21.718	1: 21.570	07th
09	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 23.116	1: 21.790	1: 22.069	08th
10	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 22.663	1: 22.019	1: 22.233	10
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 22.905	1: 22.127	-	11
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 22.775	1: 22.166	-	12
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 22,952	1: 22.346	-	13
14th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 23.166	1: 22.355	-	14th
15th	Nico Hulkenberg	Clean Ferrari	1: 23.058	1: 22.389	-	15th
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	1: 23.218	1: 22.793	-	19th
17th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1: 23.260	-	-	16
18th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1: 23.318	-	-	17th
19th	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1: 24.661	-	-	18th
20th	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 24.713	-	-	20th
21st	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1: 24.996	-	-	21st
22nd	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1: 25.070	-	-	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 27.448 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 21.728 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Felipe Massa was moved three starting positions back because of Mark Webber's handicap.
2. ↑ Esteban Gutiérrez was moved three starting positions back because of Kimi Raikkonen's handicap.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	66	4th	1: 39: 16.596	05	1: 26.681 (53rd)
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus Renault	66	3	+ 9.338	04th	1: 26.757 (47th)
03	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	66	4th	+ 26.049	09	1: 26.394 (56.)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	66	4th	+ 38.273	03	1: 27.036 (55th)
05	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	66	4th	+ 47.963	07th	1: 27.017 (55th)
06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	66	3	+1: 08.020	01	1: 27.591 (56.)
07th	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	66	4th	+1: 09.988	10	1: 26.776 (55th)
08th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	66	3	+1: 19.506	14th	1: 27,957 (55.)
09	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	66	4th	+1: 21.738	08th	1: 27.251 (55.)
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	65	4th	+ 1 lap	11	1: 28.083 (55th)
11	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	65	4th	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 26.217 (56.)
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	65	4th	+ 1 lap	02	1: 27.895 (53.)
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	65	4th	+ 1 lap	13	1: 26,564 (38th)
14th	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	65	5	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 27.849 (56.)
15th	Nico Hulkenberg	Clean Ferrari	65	6th	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 26,586 (58th)
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	65	3	+ 1 lap	16	1: 29.747 (27.)
17th	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	65	3	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 29,362 (43rd)
18th	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	64	4th	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 28.884 (55.)
19th	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	64	3	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 28.011 (49.)
-	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	4th	DNF	12	1: 28.231 (41.)
-	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	21st	2	DNF	18th	1: 30.597 (11.)
-	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	08th	0	DNF	06th	1: 31.136 ( 05.)

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 89 02  Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Renault 85 03  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 72 04th  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 50 05  Felipe Massa Ferrari 45 06th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 42 07th  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 26th 08th  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 26th 09  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 22nd 10  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 17th 11  Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 12

Item driver constructor Points 12  Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7th 13  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 6th 14th  Nico Hulkenberg Clean Ferrari 5 15th  Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1 16  Esteban Gutiérrez Clean Ferrari 0 17th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 0 18th  Pastor Maldonado 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 131 02  Ferrari 117 03  Lotus Renault 111 04th  Mercedes 72 05  Force India-Mercedes 32 06th  McLaren-Mercedes 29

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8th 08th  Clean Ferrari 5 09  Williams-Renault 0 10  Marussia-Cosworth 0 11  Caterham-Renault 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Fischer: "From Barcelona: Pirelli changes the toughest mix". Motorsport-Total.com, April 25, 2013, accessed May 3, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Alonso the fastest on the drying track". Motorsport-Total.com, May 10, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
3. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, May 10, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "The afternoon in Barcelona: Vettel in front of Alonso and Webber". Motorsport-Total.com, May 10, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
5. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, May 10, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "'Dress rehearsal' in Barcelona: Massa just before Räikkönen". Motorsport-Total.com, May 10, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
7. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, May 11, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
8. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "Fry: Hospital instead of command post". Motorsport-Total.com, May 11, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
9. ↑ Fabian Hust: "Ferrari is building on the race again". Motorsport-Total.com, May 11, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
10. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Opponent hindered: Starting place penalties for Gutierrez and Massa". Motorsport-Total.com, May 11, 2013, accessed May 11, 2013 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} "GP Spain in Barcelona / Race". Motorsport-Total.com, May 12, 2013, accessed February 17, 2014 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Fabian Hust: "Lotus: Strong Raikkonen - Grosjean unlucky". Motorsport-Total.com, May 12, 2013, accessed February 17, 2014 . 
13. ^ ^{A b c d} Stefan Ziegler: "Fiesta for Fernando: Alonso wins the home race". Motorsport-Total.com, May 12, 2013, accessed February 17, 2014 . 
14. ↑ Fabian Hust: "Toro Rosso: Just a little consolation in Barcelona". Motorsport-Total.com, May 12, 2013, accessed February 17, 2014 . 
15. ^ ^{A b c} Fabian Hust: "Ferrari celebrates dominant Barcelona victory". Motorsport-Total.com, May 12, 2013, accessed February 17, 2014 .