2013 United States Grand Prix

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2013 United States Grand Prix
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Austin circuit.svg
Layout of the Circuit of the Americas
Race details [1]
Date 17 November 2013 (2013-11-17)
Official name 2013 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
Location Circuit of the Americas
Travis County, Austin, Texas
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.513 km (3.426 miles)
Distance 56 laps, 308.405 km (191.634 miles)
Weather Partly cloudy, warm
Temperatures reaching up to 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds approaching speeds of 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h) [2]
Attendance 250,324 (Weekend) [3] 113,162 (Race Day) [4]
Pole position
Driver Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:36.338
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:39.856 on lap 54
Podium
First Red Bull-Renault
Second Lotus-Renault
Third Red Bull-Renault
Lap leaders
  • 2013 United States Grand Prix

The 2013 United States Grand Prix is a Formula One motor race that was held at the Circuit of the Americas on 17 November 2013. The race was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2013 season, and marks the second running of the United States Grand Prix in Austin. The race was won by Red Bull-Renault's Sebastian Vettel, for his eighth consecutive win, a new F1 record for consecutive wins within a single season. [5] [6]

Contents

This would be Red Bull's last win at the Circuit of the Americas until the 2021 United States Grand Prix.

Report

Background

Driver changes

Kimi Räikkönen announced a week before the Grand Prix that he would be missing the final two races of 2013, in order to have back surgery. [7] He had wanted to delay the operation until the off-season, but suffered increasing discomfort over the previous races. Räikkönen's decision meant that the previous race was his last race competing for Lotus, having agreed to join Ferrari for the 2014 season. His place was taken by Heikki Kovalainen, who signed a two-race deal with the team. [8]

Tyres

Like the previous United States Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli will bring its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.

Free practice

Jenson Button was given a three-place grid penalty for the race, after overtaking under red flags during the opening practice session. [9] Charles Pic was given a five-place penalty for the race after Caterham changed the gearbox in his car. [10]

Qualifying

Esteban Gutiérrez and Max Chilton were given penalties for impeding other drivers in the first qualifying session. Gutiérrez, who blocked Pastor Maldonado was handed a ten-place grid penalty; Chilton had served a drive-through penalty within the first five laps of the race after he impeded both Maldonado and Adrian Sutil. [11]

Race

At the start, Sebastian Vettel led away but soon after the safety car was deployed after Pastor Maldonado and Adrian Sutil collided, sending the latter into the barriers. At the restart on lap 5, Vettel quickly built up his lead and was never challenged en route to his 8th consecutive victory, taking the fastest lap with two laps remaining. Behind him Lotus driver Romain Grosjean held off Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber, for 2nd. [12]

Post-race

Jean-Éric Vergne was given a 20-second penalty for a collision with Esteban Gutiérrez on the final lap of the race. He moved down from 12th to 16th as a result. [13]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3Grid
11 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:38.5161:37.0651:36.3381
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:38.1611:37.3121:36.4412
38 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:38.6761:37.5231:37.1553
411 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.3391:37.8281:37.2964
510 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.9591:37.8541:37.3455
63 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.9291:37.3681:37.3766
76 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.3671:38.0401:37.4527
87 Flag of Finland.svg Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:38.3751:38.0781:37.7158
917 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:37.8211:37.4391:37.8369
1012 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.0821:38.0311:38.03420 1
1119 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.8821:38.13110
1214 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:38.8941:38.13911
135 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.5881:38.21715 2
149 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.7431:38.36412
154 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.0941:38.59213
1618 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.8801:38.69614
1715 Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:39.25016
1816 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.35117
1921 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:40.49118
2022 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.52819
2120 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:40.59622 3
2223 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.40121
107% time: 1:44.668
Source: [14]

Notes:

^1  Esteban Gutiérrez qualified 10th, but was given a ten-place grid penalty for the race after blocking Pastor Maldonado during qualifying. [11]
^2  Jenson Button qualified 13th, but was given a three-place grid penalty for the race, after overtaking under red flags during the opening practice session. [9]
^3  Charles Pic qualified 21st, but was given a five-place penalty for the race after a gearbox change. [10]

Race

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 561:39:17.148125
28 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 56+ 6.284318
32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56+ 8.396215
410 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56+ 27.358512
53 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56+ 29.592610
611 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 56+ 30.40048
76 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 56+ 46.69276
817 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 56+ 54.50994
99 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56+ 59.141122
105 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56+ 1:17.278151
1119 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56+ 1:21.00410
124 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Ferrari 56+ 1:26.91413
1312 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 56+ 1:31.70720
147 Flag of Finland.svg Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 56+ 1:35.0638
1514 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 56+ 1:36.85311
1618 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56+ 1:44.574 1 14
1716 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55+ 1 Lap17
1822 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 55+ 1 Lap19
1921 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 55+ 1 Lap18
2020 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 55+ 1 Lap22
2123 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 54+ 2 Laps21
Ret15 Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 0Collision16
Source: [15]

Notes:
^1  Jean-Éric Vergne was penalised 20 seconds post-race for colliding with Esteban Gutiérrez. [13]

Championship standings after the race

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