2013 Canadian Grand Prix

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2013 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One World Championship
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
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 Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:25.425
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:16.182 on lap 69
Podium
First Red Bull-Renault
Second Ferrari
Third Mercedes
Lap leaders

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.

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[edit]

Background[edit]

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[edit]

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

Q1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2013 Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Weather information for the "2013 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. ^ "FIA Formula One calendar". FIA.com. Fedération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Sebastian Vettel wins in Canada in grand prix marred by marshal's death". The Guardian. 9 June 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Friends describe F1 marshal killed at Grand Prix as a major racing fan". CTV News. CTV Television Network. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  6. ^ "World auto-racing body identifies man killed at Canadian Grand Prix". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The Canadian Press. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Motor racing-Marshall killed at Canadian Grand Prix". Chicago Tribune. 9 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Revised Canadian GP grid after post-qualifying penalties". Autosport. 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  9. ^ Benson, Andrew (10 June 2013). "Dominant Vettel wins in Canada". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  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.
  12. ^ "2013 Canadian Grand Prix – Classifications". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 9 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013 – Provisional results". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. 9 June 2013. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  14. ^ a b "Canada 2013 – Championship • STATS F1". statsf1.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

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