2013 Belgian Grand Prix

November 2020 F1 Belgium Belgian 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix 2013 Italian Grand Prix 2013 Belgian GP https://chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2013&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1 ChicaneF1 30 May 2022 Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg 250px Layout of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit 25 August 2013 2013 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prixhttp://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/belgium_904/circuit_diagram.html 2013 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix Formula1.com Formula One Administration 28 July 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130726125700/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/belgium_904/circuit_diagram.html 26 July 2013 11 19 Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFrancorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium2013 Belgian GP https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2013-belgian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 30 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 4.352 7.004 44 191.415 308.052 Cloudy Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2:01.012 GBR Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:50.756 40 DEU Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault DEU Fernando Alonso Ferrari ESP Lewis Hamilton Mercedes GBR BEL The 2013 Belgian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race on 25 August 2013 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium.FIA Formula One calendar http://www.fia.com/championship/formula-1-world-championship/2013/calendar FIA.com Fedération Internationale de l'Automobile 28 July 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130208022708/http://www.fia.com/championship/formula-1-world-championship/2013/calendar 8 February 2013 It was the eleventh round of the 2013 season, and the 69th running of the Belgian Grand Prix. The race was won by Sebastian Vettel in a Red Bull-Renault in a time of 1:23:42, registering an average speed of 220.80 km/h, thus extending his championship lead to 46 points. Second was Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari, and third was Lewis Hamilton (who had started from pole) in a Mercedes. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/belgian-grand-prix-sebastian-vettel-blows-away-lewis-hamiltons-title-challenge-inside-30-seconds-8784075.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/belgian-grand-prix-sebastian-vettel-blows-away-lewis-hamiltons-title-challenge-inside-30-seconds-8784075.html 1 May 2022 subscription Sebastian Vettel blows away Lewis Hamilton's title challenge inside 30 seconds 25 August 2013 The Independent 26 August 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/23832849 Sebastian Vettel wins with ease in Belgium, Lewis Hamilton third 25 August 2013 BBC Sport 26 August 2013 This was the first of 9 straight victories for Vettel, a Formula One record at the time. Report Background Like the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre. Qualifying thumb|Fernando Alonso at Q1 using intermediate tyres. Mercedes had taken 7 of the last 8 poles, but in practice, Red Bull had appeared to be the fastest team. A rain shower hit the track right before qualifying got underway, dropping the air temperature to only 22 °C and mixing things up even further. All the drivers started the session with intermediates, Lewis Hamilton set the first benchmark of 2:07.008. As the track continued drying, Nico Rosberg, Mark Webber, and Sebastian Vettel all hit the front briefly. After the midpoint, most drivers pitted for a new set of intermediate tyres while Giedo van der Garde took a gamble to switch onto the slicks. As times passing by, lap times improved rapidly, nearly pushing both Ferraris out of Q2. But Fernando Alonso managed to set the fastest time at the last moment, and his team-mate Felipe Massa also made it into the next session. Van der Garde's decision proved a big success, for he impressively finished 3rd. In fact, three of the four drivers from Caterham and Marussia squeezed into Q2, the only one that failed to do so was Charles Pic, who started the race from the last place on the grid. Also eliminated were the Williams duo, the two Toro Rossos, and the Sauber of Esteban Gutiérrez. At the beginning of the 15-minute period, drivers were divided into 2 groups, most of them used mediums, while several others, including Webber and Alonso, chose the hards. In the opening phase, Webber and Alonso were fighting for the top spot, their gap being merely two-thousandths of a second. At the same time, Vettel and Hamilton stayed in the pits until there were about 7 minutes left on the board. After that it was time for mediums, first the two Lotuses, then Sebastian Vettel, all challenging for the first place. But finally, Kimi Räikkönen put the fight to an end with a 1:48.296. Eliminated in Q2 were Sauber's Nico Hülkenberg, Force India's Adrian Sutil, McLaren's Sergio Pérez, Caterham's Giedo van der Garde who achieved the team's best qualifying result ever, and both the Marussias. In fear of the incoming shower, all bar Paul di Resta queued at the pit exit with medium tyres. However, just moments later, the Force India driver opted to use the inters. It soon turned out that the latter was right, as the other 9 drivers didn't even start a flying lap as the track was too wet for slicks and they had to pit immediately. Di Resta then set the fastest lap time, with Felipe Massa in second. Just when it looked like he was going to take his maiden pole position, the track started to dry out. As there were 3 minutes left, Räikkönen gave the first shot to come to 3rd, ahead of Alonso. And Rosberg behind them posted a 2:02.251 to take the provisional pole. But none of them could cross the line before the chequered flag. With the ever-improving track, polesitter would be decided among three that still had one timed lap to go—Webber, Vettel, and Hamilton. Webber finished first to reduce the quickest time by almost a second. Then Vettel beat his teammate by a further one tenth of a second, Lewis Hamilton subsequently secured his fourth successive pole. The Lotuses and the Ferraris had to settle in rows 4 and 5. Race thumb|Sebastian Vettel overtakes Lewis Hamilton on the Kemmel straight during the first lap. He will stay in the lead until the end of the race. Mark Webber suffered clutch problems right from the start and fell from third to sixth after one lap. On the other hand, Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso both enjoyed a great getaway, running in fourth and fifth places respectively. Sebastian Vettel had a great run up Eau Rouge and overtook pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton down Kemmel Straight on the first lap and quickly took a commanding lead over the Mercedes duo. Alonso and Webber both passed Button, and the Spaniard continued to fight his way up the field, overtaking Nico Rosberg for third place. Kimi Räikkönen was also working his way up the field, but excessive brake dust was coming out of Finn's left front wheel at an early stage in the race. On the eighth lap, Sergio Pérez was handed a drive through penalty for forcing Romain Grosjean off the track. As a result, Grosjean had to straightline Les Combes and fell from eight to tenth as Felipe Massa took advantage. Räikkönen's brakes ultimately failed as the Finn went off massively at the Chicane, nearly collecting Massa in the process. The Lotus driver retired the car, which meant that his record run of consecutive points finishes ended at 27. It was later discovered that a loose visor tear-off got stuck inside the left front brake duct, causing the disc to overheat.F1: Lotus confirms cause of Kimi Raikkonen's brake failure at Spa http://www.auto123.com/en/racing-news/f1-lotus-confirms-cause-of-kimi-raikkonens-brake-failure-at-spa?artid=159244 27 August 2013 31 August 2013 7 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230707103808/https://www.auto123.com/en/racing-news/f1-lotus-confirms-cause-of-kimi-raikkonens-brake-failure-at-spa?artid=159244 dead After the first round of pit stops, Hamilton successfully retained second place from Alonso, but the latter quickly found his way through. Further down the order, a battle involving Esteban Gutiérrez, Pastor Maldonado, and the Force India duo was raging. As the four cars were approaching the final chicane, the young Mexican successfully made his move on both Adrian Sutil and Maldonado. The German tried to follow but clipped the Williams driver's front wing. Maldonado dove for the pits only to collect the second Force India of Paul di Resta. As a result, the Venezuelan had to pit for a new front wing and received a ten seconds stop-and-go penalty while di Resta retired his car on the spot. thumb|Sebastian Vettel takes the checkered flag, winning the Belgian Grand Prix. Vettel won the race, ahead of Alonso and Hamilton. Nico Rosberg successfully fought off Webber for fourth, finishing less than three seconds behind his teammate. Button took sixth for McLaren, while the race-long scrap between Massa and Grosjean ended with the Brazilian in front for seventh. Sutil and Daniel Ricciardo took ninth and tenth respectively. Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position 1 10 GBR Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2:00.368 1:49.067 2:01.012 1 2 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 2:01.863 1:48.646 2:01.200 2 3 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 2:01.597 1:48.641 2:01.325 3 4 9 DEU Nico Rosberg Mercedes 2:01.099 1:48.552 2:02.251 4 5 14 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2:02.338 1:48.925 2:02.332 5 6 5 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2:01.301 1:48.641 2:03.075 6 7 8 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 2:02.476 1:48.649 2:03.081 7 8 7 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 2:01.151 1:48.296 2:03.390 8 9 3 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 2:00.190 1:48.309 2:03.482 9 10 4 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 2:01.462 1:49.020 2:04.059 10 11 11 GER Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 2:01.712 1:49.088 11 12 15 GER Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 2:02.749 1:49.103 12 13 6 MEX Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 2:02.425 1:49.304 13 14 21 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 2:00.564 1:52.036 14 15 22 FRA Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 2:02.110 1:52.563 15 16 23 GBR Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 2:02.948 1:52.762 16 17 16 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 2:03.072 17 18 18 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2:03.300 18 19 19 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2:03.317 19 20 17 FIN Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 2:03.432 20 21 12 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 2:04.324 21 22 20 FRA Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 2:07.384 22 107% time: 2:08.603 Source:2013 Belgian Grand Prix qualifying results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/904/7244/ Formula One Administration 24 August 2013 24 August 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130827021638/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/904/7244/ 27 August 2013 Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 44 1:23:42.196 2 25 2 3 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 44 +16.869 9 18 3 10 GBR Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 44 +27.734 1 15 4 9 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 44 +29.872 4 12 5 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 44 +33.845 3 10 6 5 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 44 +40.794 6 8 7 4 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 44 +53.922 10 6 8 8 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 44 +55.846 7 4 9 15 GER Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 44 +1:09.547 12 2 10 19 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 44 +1:13.470 19 1 11 6 MEX Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 44 +1:21.936 13 12 18 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 44 +1:26.740 18 13 11 GER Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 44 +1:28.258 11 14 12 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 44 +1:40.436 21 15 17 FIN Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 44 +1:47.456 20 16 21 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 43 +1 Lap 14 17 16 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 43 +1 Lap 17 18 22 FRA Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 43 +1 Lap 15 19 23 GBR Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 42 +2 Laps 16 Ret Retired 14 GBR Paul di Resta Force India–Mercedes 26 Collision 5 Ret Retired 7 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 25 Brakes 8 Ret Retired 20 FRA Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 8 Oil leak 22 Source:Belgian GP: Sebastian Vettel scores routine win as weather stays dry http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109472 Autosport Haymarket Media Group 25 August 2013 25 August 2013 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 GER Sebastian Vettel 197 10px 1 2 ESP Fernando Alonso 151 10px 1 3 GBR Lewis Hamilton 139 10px 2 4 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 134 10px 5 AUS Mark Webber 115Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2013/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 2013 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 AUT Red Bull-Renault 312 10px 2 GER Mercedes 235 10px 3 ITA Ferrari 218 10px 4 GBR Lotus-Renault 187 10px 1 5 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 65Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Greenpeace protest Greenpeace used the Belgian Grand Prix as a main point of protests against Shell, a principal sponsor of the race. Greenpeace activists went to the track and put up a number of banners protesting against Shell drilling in the Arctic.It's time to separate the sponsor from the sport http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/its-time-to-separate-the-sponsor-from-the-spo/blog/46356/ Greenpeace 29 August 2013 These included two remote controlled banners which scrolled up in front of the podium celebrations,The video Shell doesn't want you to see http://vimeo.com/73215350 Greenpeace 29 August 2013 which were quickly disposed of by security, and a large banner on the main grandstand. The official world feed broadcast did not show any banner in detail.Greenpeace protest Shell at Belgian GP http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-motor-racing-prix-protest-idUKBRE97O07J20130825 Reuters 28 August 2013September 2024 medicmedicGreenpeace activists protest Shell plans as Sebastian Vettel wins at Spa 25 August 2013 https://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/25/sport/motorsport/greenpeace-shell-vettel-f1-motorsport CNN 28 August 2013 See also 2013 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round 2013 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round References External links Belgian Grand Prix 2013 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix 2013 Italian Grand Prix 2012 Belgian Grand Prix 2014 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Category:August 2013 sports events in Europe