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]

2013 United States Grand Prix
Race 18 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One World Championship
Layout of the Circuit of the Americas
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 Germany 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

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

Report

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 serve 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. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:38.516 1:37.065 1:36.338 1
2 2 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:38.161 1:37.312 1:36.441 2
3 8 France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:38.676 1:37.523 1:37.155 3
4 11 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.339 1:37.828 1:37.296 4
5 10 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.959 1:37.854 1:37.345 5
6 3 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.929 1:37.368 1:37.376 6
7 6 Mexico Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.367 1:38.040 1:37.452 7
8 7 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:38.375 1:38.078 1:37.715 8
9 17 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:37.821 1:37.439 1:37.836 9
10 12 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.082 1:38.031 1:38.034 201
11 19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.882 1:38.131 10
12 14 United Kingdom Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:38.894 1:38.139 11
13 5 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.588 1:38.217 152
14 9 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.743 1:38.364 12
15 4 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.094 1:38.592 13
16 18 France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.880 1:38.696 14
17 15 Germany Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:39.250 16
18 16 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.351 17
19 21 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:40.491 18
20 22 France Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.528 19
21 20 France Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:40.596 223
22 23 United Kingdom Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.401 21
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. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 56 1:39:17.148 1 25
2 8 France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 56 + 6.284 3 18
3 2 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56 + 8.396 2 15
4 10 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 + 27.358 5 12
5 3 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 + 29.592 6 10
6 11 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 56 + 30.400 4 8
7 6 Mexico Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 56 + 46.692 7 6
8 17 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 56 + 54.509 9 4
9 9 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 + 59.141 12 2
10 5 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56 + 1:17.278 15 1
11 19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 + 1:21.004 10
12 4 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 + 1:26.914 13
13 12 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 56 + 1:31.707 20
14 7 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 56 + 1:35.063 8
15 14 United Kingdom Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 56 + 1:36.853 11
16 18 France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 + 1:44.5741 14
17 16 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 + 1 Lap 17
18 22 France Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 55 + 1 Lap 19
19 21 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 55 + 1 Lap 18
20 20 France Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 55 + 1 Lap 22
21 23 United Kingdom Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 54 + 2 Laps 21
Ret 15 Germany Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 0 Collision 16
Source:[15]

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

Championship standings after the race
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  • Those in bold and with an asterisk are 2013 World Champions.

References
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