2013 Singapore Grand Prix

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2013 Singapore Grand Prix
Race 13 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One World Championship
Singapore street circuit v3.svg
Race details
Date22 September 2013
Official name 2013 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix [1]
Location Marina Bay Street Circuit
Marina Bay, Singapore
Course Street circuit
Course length 5.065 km (3.147 miles)
Distance 61 laps, 308.965 km (191.982 miles)
Weather Dry and 29 degrees
Attendance 262,527 (3-Day Total)
87,500 (3-Day Average) [2]
Pole position
Driver Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:42.841
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:48.574 on lap 46 (lap record)
Podium
First Red Bull-Renault
Second Ferrari
Third Lotus-Renault
Lap leaders
  • 2013 Singapore Grand Prix

The 2013 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix) [1] was a Formula One motor race that was held on Sunday, 22 September 2013 at 20:00 SST by the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. [3] The race was the thirteenth round of the 2013 season, and marked the 6th running of the night race, the Singapore Grand Prix.

Contents

Sebastian Vettel took his most dominant victory statistically.[ citation needed ] He took pole position, led every lap, scored the fastest lap, and won by more than 32.6 seconds; his third Grand Slam. With a nearly perfect start and good handling of the safety car situation, Fernando Alonso took second position from seventh on the grid. Räikkönen, despite a back injury and a start from 13th, climbed up to the final podium position. Nico Rosberg, who started on the front row alongside Vettel, was caught out by a failed tyre strategy to finish fourth while British teammate Lewis Hamilton followed him home for 5th place. [4] Felipe Massa took sixth, over a minute behind the race winner while Jenson Button slipped down the order in the last few laps to finish seventh with Sergio Pérez, Nico Hülkenberg and Adrian Sutil picking up the final points places. The results meant that Vettel again increased his championship lead to 60 points over Fernando Alonso with Lewis Hamilton a further 36 points behind and Kimi Räikkönen two behind Hamilton's total.[ citation needed ]

Background

The circuit layout was revised for the 2013 race, with the removal of the "Singapore Sling" chicane at Turn 10. The corner was condensed down to a single change in direction, with the large kerbs that had been used to mark the chicane removed entirely. [5]

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded supersoft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, as opposed to the previous year where soft and supersoft selection were provided.

Qualifying

Pirelli stated that their supersoft tyres are two seconds faster per lap than their medium compound, which meant that the teams had to establish a good tyre strategy for the weekend. Reigning triple world champion Sebastian Vettel took command in the final two practice sessions, while Lewis Hamilton was the fastest man in the first session. Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg and Romain Grosjean were also strong contenders for pole position.

Q1

The two Red Bull drivers and Grosjean successfully qualified for the next session with the medium compound tyres, leaving their three sets of supersoft tyres unused for the following two sessions. The two drivers from Caterham and Marussia as well as Pastor Maldonado and Paul di Resta were eliminated during this session.

Q2

The biggest surprise of Q2 was the elimination of Lotus's Kimi Räikkönen. It was later revealed that the Finn suffered from a trapped nerve in his lower back on a quite bumpy circuit. [6] Sauber's Esteban Gutiérrez qualified for Q3 for the first time in his young Formula One career. His teammate Nico Hülkenberg was on pace for a Q3 appearance as well, but the German suffered a DRS issue during his final flying lap, resulting in a Q2 exit. It was the first time this season that Hülkenberg could not out-qualify his teammate. Both Mercedes drivers qualified for Q3 on the set of supersoft tyres they previously used in Q1, which means that they joined Vettel, Grosjean and Mark Webber as the drivers who still had two sets of new supersoft tyres for Q3.

Q3

The five drivers with two unused sets of supersoft tyres went out on track early in the session for a first flying lap. Vettel was by far the fastest man of that group, lapping in 1:42.841, more than six-tenths of a second faster than Rosberg. As a result, the defending world champion elected to stay in the pits, while the others all went on track, either for a first or a second flying lap, except Esteban Gutiérrez, who opted to save his tyres for the race. What seemed to be a guaranteed pole position for Vettel proved to be very uncertain as the German watched Webber posting the fastest first sector time, quickly followed by successive fastest second sector times by Rosberg and Grosjean. Vettel's time still stood by less than a tenth, ahead of Rosberg and Grosjean. Webber took fourth in front of Hamilton. The Ferrari duo could only manage sixth and seventh, with Felipe Massa in front of Fernando Alonso. Jenson Button had to settle for eighth, while the impressive Daniel Ricciardo posted yet another Q3 appearance with ninth. Gutiérrez started in tenth place after not posting a lap time to save his tyres for the race.

Race

The race began Sunday, 22 September 2013 at 20:00 SST. Sebastian Vettel started from pole ahead of Nico Rosberg with Adrian Sutil the only driver starting on the medium compound 'Prime' tyre.

Rosberg got a better start than Vettel into the first corner but ran wide allowing Vettel back through. Fernando Alonso who started seventh got a good start to move up to third. Vettel gained a five-second advantage over Rosberg in the first three laps and continued to pull away as Rosberg also pulled away from Alonso. Mark Webber overtook Romain Grosjean early on using DRS to move back up to fourth. Lewis Hamilton had a bad start falling behind both Ferraris. He overtook Massa back soon after but the move was deemed to be an illegal overtake by the stewards as it took place off the track, meaning he had to give the position back. After the first few laps Vettel led from Rosberg, Alonso, Webber, Grosjean, Massa, Hamilton, Button, Hülkenberg and Pérez.

Kimi Räikkönen who started 13th and had a bad back quickly moved up the order overtaking Esteban Gutiérrez and Daniel Ricciardo who both started in the top 10. Webber chased down Alonso before being instructed to stay around two seconds behind Alonso so he would not overheat his tyres or engine. The race was then mostly uneventful as Vettel extended his lead to around seven seconds before Räikkönen became the first driver to stop on lap 11. This sparked a chain reaction showing the tyres had not lasted as long as expected. Hamilton jumped Massa in this first round of stops. Paul di Resta kept going until lap 21 before stopping to change his worn option tyres and in doing so slowed down Alonso and allowed Webber, Grosjean and Rosberg to bunch up behind Alonso. Räikkönen used his early stop to move into the points ahead of Hülkenberg, Pérez and Button but at the front Vettel stretched out the lead even further to over 10 seconds until Ricciardo, Vettel's Red Bull teammate for 2014, crashed under the grandstand bringing out the safety car. This meant that the safety car had been used in every Singapore Grand Prix. Shortly after the safety car came in, Grosjean had pneumatic problems in his engine and have to retire after a failed rescuing repair attempt. Vettel quickly pulled away from the rest by about two seconds per lap until he is able to pit without losing the lead. Di Resta was running in 10th before he crashed into the barriers. Webber's car discovered a water leak which slowed him down before it caught fire on the final lap.

Post-race

Alonso stopped in the middle of Turn 7 to pick up Webber, who had retired on the final lap of the race. The stewards gave reprimands to the both of them for their actions. Crucially, Webber earned his third reprimand of the season, thus triggering an automatic 10-place grid penalty at the next race in Korea. [7]

A controversy developed after some spectators booed at Sebastian Vettel during the podium ceremony, prompting the TV interviewer Martin Brundle to break off and tell the jeering crowd to be quiet politely. [8] [9] The crowd's behaviour, which was not the first such incident directed at Vettel during the 2013 season, drew condemnation from Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, fellow driver Lewis Hamilton and former world champion Niki Lauda, among others. [9] [10] [11]

Classification

Mercedes team during qualifying Formula One Grand Prix Singapore 2013 - Mercedes 1.jpg
Mercedes team during qualifying
Toro Rosso during qualifying Formula One Grand Prix Singapore 2013 - Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR8 2.jpg
Toro Rosso during qualifying
Sebastian Vettel was criticized after the race, but he was defended by Christian Horner among others. Formula One Grand Prix Singapore 2013 - Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Renault 1.jpg
Sebastian Vettel was criticized after the race, but he was defended by Christian Horner among others.

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3Grid
11 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:45.3761:42.9051:42.8411
29 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:45.2081:43.8921:42.9322
38 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:45.8511:43.9571:43.0583
42 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:45.2711:43.2721:43.1524
510 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:44.1961:43.9201:43.2545
64 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:45.6581:44.3761:43.8906
73 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:45.1151:44.1531:43.9387
85 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.0091:44.4971:44.2828
919 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:45.3791:44.4071:44.4399
1012 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:45.4831:44.245no time10
1111 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:45.3811:44.55511
1218 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:45.6571:44.58812
137 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:45.5221:44.65813
146 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.1641:44.75214
1515 Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:45.9601:45.18515
1617 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:45.9821:45.38816
1714 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:46.12117
1816 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:46.61918
1920 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:48.11119
2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:48.32020
2122 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:48.83021
2223 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:48.93022
107% time:1:51.489
Source: [12]

Race

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 611:59:13.132125
23 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Ferrari 61+32.627718
37 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 61+43.9201315
49 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes 61+51.155212
510 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 61+53.159510
64 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Ferrari 61+1:03.87768
75 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 61+1:23.35486
86 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 61+1:23.820144
911 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 61+1:24.261112
1015 Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 61+1:24.688151
1116 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 61+1:28.47918
1212 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 61+1:37.89410
1317 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 61+1:45.16116
1418 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 61+1:53.51212
152 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 60Engine 1 4
1621 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 60+1 Lap20
1723 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 60+1 Lap22
1822 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 60+1 Lap21
1920 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 60+1 Lap19
2014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 54Accident 1 17
Ret8 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 37Pneumatics3
Ret19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 23Accident9
Source: [13] [14]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

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