2013 Australian Grand Prix

Formula One race February 2020 November 2018 F1 Australia Australian 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix 2013 03 17 y 2013 1 19 Albert_Lake_Park_Street_Circuit_in_Melbourne,_Australia.svg 200px 2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/australia_893/ Formula1.com Formula One Management 7 March 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130302021305/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/australia_893/ 2 March 2013 Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia Temporary street circuit 5.303 3.295 58 307.574 191.118 Scattered Clouds, Fine and Dry2013 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Race) http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/893/7191/live_timing_popup.html# formula1.com Formula One Administration 17 March 2013 18 March 2013March 2016 Air Temp 18 °C °F Track Temp 25 °C °F dropping to 19 °C °F 103,000Australian F1 GP (d4) http://www.austadiums.com/sport/event.php?eventid=13488# austadiums.com AUSTRALIAN STADIUMS & SPORT 17 March 2013 18 March 2013313209507788517376 ausgrandprix Thanks to the 323,000 fans who... 17 March 2013 Sebastian Vettel DEU Red Bull-Renault 1:27.407 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:29.274 56 FIN Kimi Räikkönen FIN Lotus-Renault Fernando Alonso ESP Ferrari Sebastian Vettel DEU Red Bull-Renault AUS The 2013 Australian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 17 March 2013 as the opening round of the 2013 World Championship.FIA Formula One calendar http://www.fia.com/championship/formula-1-world-championship/2013/calendar FIA.com Fedération Internationale de l'Automobile 7 March 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130208022708/http://www.fia.com/championship/formula-1-world-championship/2013/calendar 8 February 2013 The race was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park.2013 Formula One calendar http://www.formula1.com/races/calendar.html Formula1.com Formula One Management 7 March 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140618224048/http://www.formula1.com/races/calendar.html 18 June 2014 It was the 78th race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix – which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928 – and the 18th time the event has been held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. The race was won by Kimi Räikkönen with Fernando Alonso coming second and Sebastian Vettel coming third.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/21819227 Kimi Raikkonen wins ahead of Fernando Alonso 17 March 2013 BBC Sport 20 March 2013 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/9935529/Australian-Grand-Prix-2013-Kimi-Raikkonen-wins-opener-from-Fernando-Alonso-as-Sebastian-Vettel-takes-third.html Kimi Raikkonen wins opener from Fernando Alonso as Sebastian Vettel takes third 17 March 2013 Daily Telegraph 20 March 2013 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/mar/17/f1-kimi-raikkonen-australian-grand-prix Kimi Raikkonen defies tired tyres to win Australian Grand Prix 17 March 2013 Guardian UK 20 March 2013 This was the last time a Formula One race was won by a driver from a team other than Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull, until Pierre Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix driving for Scuderia AlphaTauri, 147 races later.https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.italian-gp-facts-and-stats-first-podium-since-2012-with-no-mercedes-ferrari.2OgKjMshP17ItqAS7Rys9n.html Italian GP Facts & Stats: First podium since 2012 with no Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull formula1.com 7 September 2020 It was also Lotus's last win, Kimi Räikkönen's last race victory until the 2018 United States Grand Prix, and also the last win for a Finnish driver until Valtteri Bottas, who made his debut in this race, won the 2017 Russian Grand Prix. The result also meant that it was the last time that Räikkönen occupied the lead in the Drivers' Championship until his retirement in 2021. Report Background Following the collapse of HRT F1 in December 2012,HRT fails to find buyer before 2013 Formula 1 entry deadline http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104673 Haymarket Publications Autosport.com 1 December 2012 7 March 2013 Edd Straw the grid for the season was reduced to twenty-two entries, necessitating changes to the structure of qualifying. The three-round knockout system introduced in 2006 remained in place, but only six cars, instead of seven, were eliminated during the first period of qualifying, with six more eliminated at the end of the second period. The third qualifying period remains unchanged with the ten fastest drivers all advancing to the final ten minutes of qualifying.2013 Formula One Sporting Regulations http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/regulation/file/1-2013%20SPORTING%20REGULATIONS%2031-10-2012.pdf FIA.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 7 March 2013July 2021 medicmedic During the winter off-season, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile introduced new rules restricting the use of the Drag Reduction System during free practice and qualifying, limiting its use to the circuit's designated DRS zones.Free use of DRS device banned in practice and qualifying for 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/20351041 Andrew Benson BBC F1 BBC 15 November 2012 17 March 2013 However, during Friday practice, the race stewards encountered a technical glitch in the telemetry system that controlled the availability of DRS, meaning that the system would be completely unrestricted. This forced the stewards to rely on drivers to use the system honestly, threatening penalties to any driver caught using DRS outside the designated areas.FIA telemetry glitch causes DRS problems http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/03/16/fia-telemetry-glitch-drs-problems/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 16 March 2013 17 March 2013 The same error meant that the stewards would be unable to notify drivers via telemetry of warning flags, instead relying on marshalls around the circuit to display them and teams to warn drivers up upcoming flags during the race. Tyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with the super-soft and medium compound tyres for the race, compared to the soft and medium selection offered in 2012.Collantine Keith Pirelli changes tyre choices for Australia and Bahrain http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/02/13/pirelli-tyre-choices-australia-bahrain/ F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 14 March 2013 13 February 2013 Qualifying thumb|New Mercedes teammates, Hamilton and Rosberg, negotiating turn 2 during a waterlogged qualifying session. Q1 Prior to the first qualifying session of the season, Melbourne had experienced a record heatwave and no rain for almost the entire month of March.http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/IDCJDW3050.latest.shtml Melbourne, Victoria March 2013 Daily Weather Observations Bureau of Meteorology 22 March 2013 These dry conditions, however, did not prevail with precipitation occurring over free practice, turning into heavy rainfalls just before qualifying. After an initial thirty-minute postponement from the official 17:00 (local time) start, the first session of qualifying eventually started and was held in wet conditions with all drivers on wet tyres. Conditions were tricky, resulting in some drivers taking off-field excursions. Lewis Hamilton lost control of his car during turn 2 and slid into the wall. He was able to reverse back onto the circuit and continue, albeit with minor damage to his rear wing. Felipe Massa also spun into the wall after turn 14, escaping with only a broken front wing. As the track dried out, however, drivers switched to intermediate tyres and lap times began dropping for over the remainder of the session. Esteban Gutiérrez spun at the same place as Massa had previously, stalling the engine. The incident ended his qualifying session and prejudiced the lap times of others drivers. At the end of Q1, six drivers were eliminated. Pastor Maldonado qualified seventeenth after going off the circuit, whilst Gutiérrez's crash meant that the Mexican was unable to continue and was subsequently eliminated in eighteenth place. Marussia's Jules Bianchi (on his Formula One debut) and Max Chilton qualified nineteenth and twentieth respectively, ahead of the Caterhams of Giedo van der Garde and Charles Pic. The latter failed to set a lap time within 107% of the fastest time, set by Nico Rosberg, meaning his participation in the race depended on dispensation from the race stewards. Q2 With debris from several accidents during Q1 scattered across the track, the break between Q1 and Q2 was extended to allow marshalls to clean up. Over this period, however, rain intensified forcing a postponement of the session. Marshalls resorted to brooms in a bid to remove puddles forming on the poorly drained public road surface. With qualifying and the race being run late in the afternoon to accommodate European television audiences, twilight approached and the stewards tried to schedule a restart at 18:30 and then finally 18:50. The rain continued, albeit very lightly, and stewards ultimately chose to suspend qualifying.Sunrise and sunset in Melbourne http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=152&month=3&year=2013&obj=sun&afl=-11&day=1 Timeanddate.com 22 March 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130817025308/http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=152&month=3&year=2013&obj=sun&afl=-11&day=1 17 August 2013 The final two sessions (Q2 and Q3) were thus rescheduled for Sunday morning.Qualifying in Australia postponed until Sunday http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/3/14351.html Formula1.com Formula One Management 16 March 2013 22 March 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130319102828/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/3/14351.html 19 March 2013 The Q2 session was scheduled to begin at 11:00 (local time) while the weather was cool and cloudy with an air temperature of only 15 °C °F. The track remained damp from overnight rain and was also cool 13 °C °F; humidity was hovering around 63%. In the end, it was Nico Hülkenberg, Adrian Sutil, Jean-Éric Vergne, Daniel Ricciardo, Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas who failed to make it through to Q3. Q3 The Red Bulls locked out the front row with Sebastian Vettel on pole and Mark Webber on second. Race The race began at 17:00 local time, with Nico Hülkenberg unable to take part in the race due to worries over a fuel feed problem in his Sauber C32. Sebastian Vettel got a perfect start from pole and went into the first corner unchallenged, but the same could not be said of teammate Mark Webber who started alongside him, as a problem with an ECU meant that he could not use his KERS off the start line and he ended up dropping down to seventh.McLaren Electronic Systems apologise for software issue http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/3/14374.html Formula1.com Formula One Management 19 March 2013 22 March 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023015/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/3/14374.html 22 March 2013 The chief beneficiaries of this were the Ferraris, with Felipe Massa moving from fourth to second and Alonso to third after overtaking Lewis Hamilton around the outside of Turn 3. Kimi Räikkönen moved up to fifth ahead of Nico Rosberg and Webber and on the second lap took fourth from Hamilton by passing him at Turn 11. His Lotus teammate Romain Grosjean went backwards from eighth to eleventh, losing places to Paul di Resta, Jenson Button and Adrian Sutil. All the jostling behind Vettel helped him to gain a two-second lead by the end of the first lap. That was soon erased out by Massa and Alonso who rapidly caught up. Jenson Button made his first pit stop to switch from the super-softs to the medium tyres after just four laps and was followed by many others. Webber lost even further time and places during this period with a slow pitstop due to an issue with his jacks. The leaders elected to stay longer than the others, Vettel waiting for seven laps before pitting, Massa eight and Alonso and Räikkönen two laps further. The quartet rejoined in the same order, but more spread out due to Vettel and Massa gaining an extra lap on the new set of tyres. Hamilton and Rosberg, having realized that they did not have the pace of those in front, ran till lap 13 and 14 respectively in order to attempt a two-stop strategy. This left Sutil and Sergio Pérez, two of the drivers who elected to start the race on mediums out in front ahead of Vettel, Massa, Alonso and Räikkönen. Pérez was unable to make the mediums last and was quickly dispatched by the quartet on fresher mediums. Sutil was a totally different prospect. Vettel was unable to pass him despite having closed rapidly and this soon helped bring Massa and Alonso back on to his tail. Neither of them were able to make any direct impression. Räikkönen began to rapidly close in as well. Neither Webber nor Grosjean had got out of the midfield after their poor starts, with the former in ninth and the latter in eleventh. On lap 20, Alonso decided to make an early second pitstop for new tyres. Sutil and Vettel came in a lap later, but the lap on fresh tyres was enough for the Spanish driver to jump both Germans. Massa stayed out for too long and dropped to the back of the group. Räikkönen, Hamilton and Rosberg now held the top three places, all three of them attempting two-stop strategies. Alonso was fourth, Vettel fifth having passed Sutil and Massa dropped to seventh. The two Mercedes started to experience a drop-off in their lap times but Räikkönen was still able to drive at a consistent speed despite having pitted for the tyres four laps before the Mercedes drivers. The tyre issue became academic for Rosberg when he retired close to half-distance with an electrical failure. Hamilton was now vulnerable to the drivers with newer tyres. Alonso attacked and passed Hamilton on lap 32 despite his best efforts to defend. The Briton flatspotted his tyre and had to pit immediately and rejoined in sixth place just ahead of di Resta and Webber. With a clear track in front of him, Alonso now started to rapidly close in on Räikkönen's 16 second lead. The Finn responded by making his second pitstop on lap 34, rejoining in fifth. During this stint, Alonso was able to drop Vettel and build a five-second gap over the German driver, who in turn was building a similar gap to Sutil. Massa, like Vettel earlier, was held up behind Sutil unable to pass despite having a faster car. The frustrated Brazilian made his final pit stop early as a result on lap 36. Vettel followed suit to cover him next lap, whereas Alonso, now having the cushion of a gap was able to wait until lap 39. On the same lap, after releasing Button from 11th place, Daniel Ricciardo was forced to retire with a broken exhaust. Sutil now led from Räikkönen and Alonso but could do little to keep them behind with older tyres. Räikkönen took full advantage when Alonso got held up behind Sutil as the Finn had a seven-second gap to the Spaniard. Hamilton decided that a two-stop strategy was not going to work once Vettel and Massa passed him. He made a third stop for fresh tyres, again rejoining in front of di Resta and Webber. When Sutil made his final pitstop on lap 46 while running third, he had to switch to the super-soft tyres as he had started on the mediums unlike the leaders. He rejoined fifth, but quickly found out that the super-softs wore out rapidly. Sutil was defenseless when first Hamilton and then a recovering Webber attacked him on lap 51. Despite the newer tyres, neither Alonso nor Vettel were able to make an impression on leader Räikkönen. Räikkönen hammered the point home by setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 56, which was the 23rd lap on the same set of tyres. Alonso backed off and settled for second after almost crashing into the back of Charles Pic while lapping the Caterham driver. Räikkönen won from Alonso and Vettel completed the podium. Massa was fourth after having to back off in the latter stages to conserve his tyres. Hamilton fifth ahead of Webber. Sutil, despite the badly worn super-softs, still held on for seventh ahead of his teammate di Resta. The battle for ninth was ultimately won by Button, with Grosjean taking the final point, holding off Pérez and Jean-Éric Vergne. Esteban Gutiérrez was the best placed rookie in 13th, one place ahead of Valtteri Bottas. Jules Bianchi was 15th, comfortably ahead of his teammate and the two Caterhams. Ferrari took the lead in the Constructor's Championship, with Lotus-Renault second and Red Bull-Renault third. The win was the twentieth of Räikkönen's career, tying him with Finnish compatriot Mika Häkkinen. It was also his last until the 2018 United States Grand Prix. Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position 1 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:44.657 1:36.745 1:27.407 1 2 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:44.472 1:36.524 1:27.827 2 3 10 GBR Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:45.456 1:36.625 1:28.087 3 4 4 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:44.635 1:36.666 1:28.490 4 5 3 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:43.850 1:36.691 1:28.493 5 6 9 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:43.380 1:36.194 1:28.523 6 7 7 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:45.545 1:37.517 1:28.738 7 8 8 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:44.284 1:37.641 1:29.013 8 9 14 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:45.601 1:36.901 1:29.305 9 10 5 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.688 1:36.644 1:30.357 10 11 11 GER Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:45.930 1:38.067 11 12 15 GER Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:47.330 1:38.134 12 13 18 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:44.871 1:38.778 13 14 19 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:46.450 1:39.042 14 15 6 MEX Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.400 1:39.900 15 16 17 FIN Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:47.328 1:40.290 16 17 16 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:47.614 17 18 12 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:47.776 18 19 22 FRA Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:48.147 19 20 23 GBR Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:48.909 20 21 21 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:49.519 21 107% time: 1:50.616 22 20 FRA Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:50.626 221 1 Source:Australian GP qualifying postponed to Sunday morning http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/03/16/australian-gp-qualifying-postponed-sunday-morning/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 16 March 2013 16 March 2013 Notes 1 1 — Charles Pic failed to set a time within 107% of the fastest time in the session, but was allowed to start by the race stewards. Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 58 1:30:03.225 7 25 2 3 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 58 +12.451 5 18 3 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 58 +22.346 1 15 4 4 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 +33.577 4 12 5 10 GBR Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 58 +45.561 3 10 6 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 58 +46.800 2 8 7 15 GER Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 58 +1:05.068 12 6 8 14 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 58 +1:08.449 9 4 9 5 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 58 +1:21.630 10 2 10 8 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 58 +1:22.759 8 1 11 6 MEX Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 58 +1:23.367 15 12 18 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 58 +1:23.857 13 13 12 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 57 +1 lap 18 14 17 FIN Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 57 +1 lap 16 15 22 FRA Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 57 +1 lap 19 16 20 FRA Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 56 +2 laps 22 17 23 GBR Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 56 +2 laps 20 18 21 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 56 +2 laps 21 Ret Retired 19 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 39 Exhaust 14 Ret Retired 9 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 26 Electrical 6 Ret Retired 16 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 24 Spun off 17 DNS Did not start 11 GER Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 0 Fuel system 11 Source:2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix — Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/893/ Formula1.com Formula One Administration 17 March 2013 20 March 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130320194903/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/893/ 20 March 2013 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 1 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 25 2 ESP Fernando Alonso 18 3 DEU Sebastian Vettel 15 4 BRA Felipe Massa 12 5 GBR Lewis Hamilton 10Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2013/australie/championnat.aspx Australia 2013 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 7 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari 30 2 GBR Lotus-Renault 26 3 AUT Red Bull-Renault 23 4 GER Mercedes 10 5 IND Force India-Mercedes 10Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2013 MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge References External links Australian Grand Prix 2013 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix 2012 Australian Grand Prix 2014 Australian Grand Prix Australian Category:Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Australian Grand Prix Category:Motorsport at Albert Park