2013 Canadian Grand Prix

The 2013 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013)^[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 9 June 2013 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[3] The race was the seventh round of the 2013 season, and marked the 50th running of the Canadian Grand Prix.

2013 Canadian Grand Prix
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Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details
Date	9 June 2013
Official name	Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013[1]
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course	Street circuit
Course length	4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance	70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather	Mild with temperatures approaching 23 °C (73 °F); wind speeds up to 15 kilometres per hour (9.3 mph)[2]
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:25.425
Fastest lap
Driver	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:16.182 on lap 69
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Third	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Lap leaders

After taking pole position, Sebastian Vettel took his and Red Bull's first victory at the Canadian Grand Prix, just over 14 seconds ahead of second-placed Fernando Alonso.^[4]

The event was marred by the death of track marshal Mark Robinson,^[5][6] who was run over by a recovery vehicle. The accident happened while marshals were removing the Sauber of Esteban Gutiérrez after the Mexican had spun off during the closing stages of the race. Robinson died later in hospital,^[7] and became the first trackside death in Formula One since that of marshal Graham Beveridge at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix.^{[citation needed]}

Report

Background

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded supersoft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, as opposed to the previous year where soft and supersoft selection were provided.

Qualifying

The three qualifying sessions were held on 8 June. All qualifying was rain-affected.

Q1

Force India's Paul di Resta, Caterham's Charles Pic, Lotus's Romain Grosjean, Marussia's Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton, and Caterham's Giedo van der Garde were all knocked out in Q1.

Q2

Sauber's Nico Hülkenberg, McLaren's Sergio Pérez, Williams' Pastor Maldonado, McLaren's Jenson Button, Sauber's Esteban Gutiérrez, and Ferrari's Felipe Massa were all eliminated in Q2. Massa caused a red flag after crashing into the barriers in turn 3. Williams' Valtteri Bottas became the first rookie driver in 2013 to make it into Q3.

Q3

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix with a time of 1:25.425, beating Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton by 0.087 seconds. Williams' Valtteri Bottas was a surprise third. At the time, Williams hadn't scored a single point in their 2013 season.

Kimi Räikkönen and Daniel Ricciardo were given two-place penalties for not lining up in the designated 'fast lane' at the pit exit in the rush to get out after the Q2 red flag. Räikkönen would start from 10th and Ricciardo 11th on the grid.^[8]

Race

Vettel led away at the start with Hamilton trailing in his wake, in turn Hamilton held off his teammate Nico Rosberg, behind them was Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso. At the first round of pit stops Mercedes chose to fit super-softs to Lewis Hamilton while Webber and Alonso fitted the more durable medium tyres and they soon caught and passed Hamilton. However, Webber then damaged his car when lapping the Caterham of Giedo van der Garde, the latter was given a 10-second stop-and-go penalty, Webber continued but was then passed by Alonso. After the second round of pit stops Alonso was again behind Lewis Hamilton but on Lap 63 he passed the Mercedes driver to claim 2nd behind a dominant Vettel, Hamilton held onto 3rd place. Near the end of the race Esteban Gutiérrez spun off and track worker Mark Robinson, who had fallen over trying to pick up a radio he dropped, was run over by the recovery vehicle. He later died from his injuries in hospital, several drivers led tributes to the track worker on Twitter.^[9]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:22.318	1:28.166	1:25.425	1
2	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:23.801	1:27.649	1:25.512	2
3	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:23.446	1:28.419	1:25.897	3
4	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:23.840	1:28.420	1:26.008	4
5	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:23.247	1:28.145	1:26.208	5
6	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:23.224	1:28.788	1:26.504	6
7	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:24.159	1:28.527	1:26.543	7
8	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:24.551	1:28.799	1:27.348	8
9	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:24.451	1:28.667	1:27.432	101
10	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:24.770	1:29.359	1:27.946	111
11	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:23.899	1:29.435		9
12	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.176	1:29.761		12
13	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:24.776	1:29.917		13
14	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.021	1:30.068		14
15	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:24.408	1:30.315		15
16	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:23.735	1:30.354		16
17	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:24.908			17
18	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:25.626			18
19	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:25.716			222
20	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1:26.508			19
21	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:27.062			20
22	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:27.110			21
107% time:1:28.080
Source:[10]

• ^1  — Kimi Räikkönen and Daniel Ricciardo were each given a two-place grid penalty for failing to queue in the fast lane at the resumption on the second qualifying session.^[11]
• ^2  — Romain Grosjean was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident in the previous race.

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	70	1:32:09.143	1	25
2	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	70	+14.408	6	18
3	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	+15.942	2	15
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	70	+25.731	5	12
5	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	70	+1:09.725	4	10
6	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	69	+1 lap	7	8
7	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	69	+1 lap	17	6
8	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	69	+1 lap	16	4
9	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	69	+1 lap	10	2
10	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	69	+1 lap	8	1
11	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	69	+1 lap	12
12	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	69	+1 lap	14
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	69	+1 lap	22
14	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	69	+1 lap	3
15	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	68	+2 laps	11
16	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	68	+2 laps	13
17	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	68	+2 laps	19
18	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	67	+3 laps	18
19	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	67	+3 laps	20
203	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	63	Accident	15
Ret	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	45	Collision damage	9
Ret	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	43	Collision damage	21
Source:[12][13]

• ^3  — Esteban Gutiérrez was classified despite retiring as he had completed 90% of the race distance.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sebastian Vettel 132 1 2 Fernando Alonso 96 1 3 Kimi Räikkönen 88 4 Lewis Hamilton 77 5 Mark Webber 69 Source:[14]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Red Bull-Renault 201 2 Ferrari 145 1 3 Mercedes 134 1 4 Lotus-Renault 114 5 Force India-Mercedes 51 Source:[14]

References

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10. "Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013 – Provisional Results". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
11. "Raikkonen and Ricciardo hit with grid penalties". ESPN F1. 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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