2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

October 2020 F1 UAE Abu Dhabi 2013 Indian Grand Prix 2013 United States Grand Prix 2013 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/abu_dhabi_910/circuit_diagram.html Formula1.com Formula One Management dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141111011244/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/abu_dhabi_910/circuit_diagram.html 11 November 2014 2013 11 03 y 2013 17 19 2013 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Circuit Yas-Island.svg 250px Yas Marina CircuitYas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Permanent racing facility 5.554 3.451 55 189.739 305.355 Clear Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:39.957 AUS Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:43.434 55 ESP Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault GER Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault AUS Nico Rosberg Mercedes GER ABU The 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held at the Yas Marina Circuit on 3 November 2013. The race was the seventeenth round of the 2013 season, and marked the 5th running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The race, contested over 55 laps, was won by Sebastian Vettel, driving a Red Bull. Mark Webber finished second, and by Nico Rosberg driving a Mercedes was third. Vettel won the race 30.8s ahead of his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber. Vettel's victory equalled Alberto Ascari and Michael Schumacher's record for most consecutive wins (7). This was Red Bull's 100th podium. Adrian Sutil scored his last World Championship points at this race, as well as Paul di Resta. Report Background Partial solar eclipse Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013 During the race it was possible to observe a partial solar eclipse from 17:22 local time to 17:39 local time when the Sun set, and this was shown briefly during the race live broadcast. Tyres Like the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre. Free practice Romain Grosjean and Lewis Hamilton were top in the first practice session.Grosjean fastest in Abu Dhabi first practice http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-motor-racing-prix-practice-idUKBRE9A00DV20131101 https://web.archive.org/web/20190422034652/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-motor-racing-prix-practice-idUKBRE9A00DV20131101 dead 22 April 2019 Reuters 2 November 2013 Red Bull drivers were fastest in the second practice session with Vettel leading Webber by a tenth of a second.Normal service continues as Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel dominate Abu Dhabi second practice https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/abu-dhabi-grand-prix-red-2665184 Daily Mirror 2 November 2013 During third practice Mercedes and Red Bull were close at the top and the session ended with Vettel two-tenths of a second ahead of Webber who in turn was less than a hundredth of a second faster than Hamilton's Mercedes.Red Bull ahead of Mercedes as practice ends http://www.nst.com.my/latest/vettel-again-fastest-in-3rd-practice-at-abu-dhabi-1.390441/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190422034645/https://www.nst.com.my/latest/vettel-again-fastest-in-3rd-practice-at-abu-dhabi-1.390441/ dead 22 April 2019 New Straits Times 2 November 2013 Qualifying Webber qualified in pole position ahead of his Red Bull teammate Vettel who qualified in second. The Mercedes drivers of Hamilton and Rosberg qualified on the second row of the grid. Fernando Alonso was the highest placed driver in the World Championship standings who failed to qualify for the final round of qualifying. Jules Bianchi was penalised before the start of qualifying five places on the grid for an unscheduled gearbox change.Qualifying — superb Webber beats Vettel to pole in Abu Dhabi http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/11/15195.html 2 November 2013 Formula1.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131103191741/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/11/15195.html 3 November 2013 Post-qualifying Kimi Räikkönen was excluded from qualifying and was relegated to twenty-second place on the grid having originally qualified fifth place on the grid after his car failed a floor deflection test.Kimi Raikkonen excluded from Abu Dhabi GP qualifying after Lotus car fails floor test http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/9005358/kimi-raikkonen-excluded-from-abu-dhabi-gp-qualifying-after-lotus-car-fails-floor-test 2 November 2013 Sky Sports F1 Race The race began with Vettel in second on the grid overtaking Webber into the first corner and then leading until the chequered flag. Rosberg moved up to second position, while Kimi Räikkönen, starting from the back of the grid, broke his front-right suspension after contact with Giedo van der Garde, causing Räikkönen to retire from the race. German Nico Hülkenberg, during his first pit-stop was deemed to have been unsafely released and was given a drive through penalty. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/10423551/Abu-Dhabi-Grand-Prix-2013-Sebastian-Vettel-triumphs-ahead-of-Mark-Webber-to-claim-seventh-consecutive-win.html Sebastian Vettel triumphs ahead of Mark Webber to claim seventh consecutive win 3 November 2013 The Daily Telegraph 5 November 2013 Grosjean, advanced from sixth on the grid to fourth after the start. During the first half of the race, Felipe Massa led his team-mate Alonso, but was overtaken by Alonso in the latter stages of the race. After Alonso's second pit-stop, he came out of the pitlane and moved around backmarker Jean-Éric Vergne, going off the racetrack with all four wheels in a move that consequently caused Massa to run wide into turn five. Vettel won the race by 30.8s over Webber. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/24795236 Sebastian Vettel takes crushing Abu Dhabi GP win for Red Bull 3 November 2013 BBC Sport 5 November 2013 Post race During the cool down lap Vettel and Webber performed doughnuts. As Vettel had done one after the previous race in India, this time he incurred no penalty from the stewards.Abu Dhabi GP: Sebastian Vettel unpunished after donut celebrations http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111115 4 November 2013 AutosportVettel wie im Rausch, aber auch geschockt https://www.kicker.de/vettel-wie-im-rausch-aber-auch-geschockt-594485/artikel 3 November 2013 Kicker de Alonso was sent for precautionary medical checks after a kerb impact measured at 25g.Formula 1 - Alonso had 'big hit' in Vergne moment http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/formula-1-alonso-big-hit-vergne-moment-182607846--f1.html 4 November 2013 Eurosport 3 November 2013 Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position 1 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:41.568 1:40.575 1:39.957 1 2 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:41.683 1:40.781 1:40.075 2 3 9 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:41.420 1:40.473 1:40.419 3 4 10 GBR Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:40.693 1:40.477 1:40.501 4 5 11 GER Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.631 1:40.931 1:40.576 5 6 8 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:41.447 1:40.948 1:40.997 6 7 4 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:41.254 1:40.989 1:41.015 7 8 6 MEX Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.687 1:40.812 1:41.068 8 9 19 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:41.884 1:40.852 1:41.111 9 10 3 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:41.397 1:41.093 10 11 14 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:41.676 1:41.133 11 12 5 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.817 1:41.200 12 13 18 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:41.692 1:41.279 13 14 16 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:41.365 1:41.395 14 15 17 FIN Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:41.862 1:41.447 15 16 12 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.999 16 17 15 GER Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:42.051 17 18 21 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:43.252 18 19 22 FRA Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:43.398 212 2 20 20 FRA Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:43.528 19 21 23 GBR Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:44.198 20 DSQ Disqualified 7 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:41.276 1:40.971 1:40.542 221 1 107% time: 1:47.741 Source:2013 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/910/7280/ 2 November 2013 Formula1.com Formula One Administration 2 November 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131103185620/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/910/7280/ 3 November 2013 Notes: 1 1 - Kimi Räikkönen qualified fifth, but was disqualified from qualifying when his car failed a floor deflection test. 2 2 - Jules Bianchi qualified twentieth, but penalised five grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change and started from twenty-first after Räikkönen was disqualified from qualifying.Raikkonen excluded from qualifying after failed floor test http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/11/15198.html 3 November 2013 Formula1.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131103201144/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/11/15198.html 3 November 2013 Race Pos. Qualifying position No. Car Number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Final grid position Points 1 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 55 1:38:06.106 2 25 2 2 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 55 +30.829 1 18 3 9 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 55 +33.650 3 15 4 8 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 55 +34.802 6 12 5 3 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +1:07.181 10 10 6 14 GBR Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 55 +1:18.174 11 8 7 10 GBR Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 55 +1:19.267 4 6 8 4 BRA Felipe Massa Ferrari 55 +1:22.886 7 4 9 6 MEX Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 55 +1:31.198 8 2 10 15 GER Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 55 +1:33.257 17 1 11 16 VEN Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 +1:35.989 14 12 5 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 +1:43.767 12 13 12 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1:44.295 16 14 11 GER Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 54 +1 Lap 5 15 17 FIN Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 54 +1 Lap 15 16 19 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 54 +1 Lap 9 17 18 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 54 +1 Lap 13 18 21 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 54 +1 Lap 18 19 20 FRA Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 54 +1 Lap 19 20 22 FRA Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 53 +2 Laps 21 21 23 GBR Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 53 +2 Laps 20 Ret Retired 7 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 0 Collision/Suspension 22 Source:2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/910/7281/ 3 November 2013 Formula1.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131103201226/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/910/7281/ 3 November 2013 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 GER Sebastian Vettel 347 10px 2 ESP Fernando Alonso 217 10px 3 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 183 10px 4 GBR Lewis Hamilton 175 10px 5 AUS Mark Webber 166Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2013/abou-dhabi/championnat.aspx Abu Dhabi 2013 - Championship www.statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 AUT Red Bull-Renault 513 10px 2 GER Mercedes 334 10px 3 ITA Ferrari 323 10px 4 GBR Lotus-Renault 297 10px 5 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 95Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. The 2013 champions are marked in bold. See also 2013 Yas Marina GP2 Series round 2013 Yas Marina GP3 Series round References External links Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2013 2013 Indian Grand Prix 2013 United States Grand Prix 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi Category:2013 in Emirati motorsport Category:Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Category:November 2013 sports events in Asia