Race · Round 14 of 19 ·
2013 Korean Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Korea International Circuit. 2 of the starters were not classified.
Dry, with cloud · High of 26 °C, 2.7 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)
How it is modelled
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- Circuit
- Korea International CircuitYeongam, South Korea
- Winner
- Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
- Pole
- Sebastian Vettel
- Fastest lap
- Sebastian Vettel
- Entries
- 2220 classified
Classification
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:38.683 | 1:37.569 | 1:37.202 | — | 0 m | — |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 10 | 1:38.574 | 1:37.824 | 1:37.420 | +0.218 | 13 m | +0.218 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 2 | 1:39.138 | 1:37.840 | 1:37.464 | +0.262 | 15 m | +0.044 |
| 4 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 | 1:39.065 | 1:38.076 | 1:37.531 | +0.329 | 19 m | +0.067 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 9 | 1:38.418 | 1:38.031 | 1:37.679 | +0.477 | 28 m | +0.148 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 3 | 1:38.520 | 1:37.978 | 1:38.038 | +0.836 | 48 m | +0.359 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 4 | 1:38.884 | 1:38.295 | 1:38.223 | +1.021 | 59 m | +0.185 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 11 | 1:38.427 | 1:37.913 | 1:38.237 | +1.035 | 60 m | +0.014 |
| 9 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 12 | 1:38.725 | 1:38.327 | 1:38.405 | +1.203 | 69 m | +0.168 |
| 10 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus F1 Team | 7 | 1:38.341 | 1:38.181 | 1:38.822 | +1.620 | 94 m | +0.417 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 6 | 1:39.049 | 1:38.362 | — | — | 46 m | — |
| 12 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | 1:38.882 | 1:38.365 | — | — | 46 m | — |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 19 | 1:38.525 | 1:38.417 | — | — | 49 m | — |
| 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 15 | 1:38.988 | 1:38.431 | — | — | 50 m | — |
| 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 14 | 1:39.185 | 1:38.718 | — | — | 66 m | — |
| 16 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 18 | 1:39.075 | 1:38.781 | — | — | 70 m | — |
| 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 17 | 1:39.470 | — | — | — | 64 m | — |
| 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 16 | 1:39.987 | — | — | — | 94 m | — |
| 19 | Charles Pic | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 20 | 1:40.864 | — | — | — | 144 m | — |
| 20 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 21 | 1:40.871 | — | — | — | 144 m | — |
| 21 | Jules Bianchi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 22 | 1:41.169 | — | — | — | 161 m | — |
| 22 | Max Chilton | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 23 | 1:41.322 | — | — | — | 170 m | — |
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.
Pit stops
Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.
A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.
Who stopped first, between neighbours
| Drivers, in grid order | Grid | Result | First recorded stop, lap | Stopped first | Grid to flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen | 1 · 9 | 1 · 2 | 11 · 11 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 1 · 2 | 1 · 5 | 11 · 9 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Romain Grosjean · Kimi Raikkonen | 3 · 9 | 3 · 2 | 10 · 11 | Romain Grosjean | Swapped places |
| Esteban Gutierrez · Kimi Raikkonen | 8 · 9 | 11 · 2 | 7 · 11 | Esteban Gutierrez | Swapped places |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Sergio Perez | 9 · 10 | 2 · 10 | 11 · 10 | Sergio Perez | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Romain Grosjean | 2 · 3 | 5 · 3 | 9 · 10 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Romain Grosjean · Nico Hulkenberg | 3 · 7 | 3 · 4 | 10 · 10 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Romain Grosjean · Nico Rosberg | 3 · 4 | 3 · 7 | 10 · 10 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Hulkenberg | 2 · 7 | 5 · 4 | 9 · 10 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Felipe Massa · Nico Hulkenberg | 6 · 7 | 9 · 4 | 6 · 10 | Felipe Massa | Swapped places |
| Nico Hulkenberg · Esteban Gutierrez | 7 · 8 | 4 · 11 | 10 · 7 | Esteban Gutierrez | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Fernando Alonso | 2 · 5 | 5 · 6 | 9 · 9 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Nico Rosberg · Fernando Alonso | 4 · 5 | 7 · 6 | 10 · 9 | Fernando Alonso | Swapped places |
| Fernando Alonso · Felipe Massa | 5 · 6 | 6 · 9 | 9 · 6 | Felipe Massa | Kept their order |
| Nico Rosberg · Jenson Button | 4 · 11 | 7 · 8 | 10 · 4 | Jenson Button | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Jenson Button | 6 · 11 | 9 · 8 | 6 · 4 | Jenson Button | Swapped places |
| Sergio Perez · Jenson Button | 10 · 11 | 10 · 8 | 10 · 4 | Jenson Button | Swapped places |
| Jenson Button · Daniel Ricciardo | 11 · 12 | 8 · 19 | 4 · 18 | Jenson Button | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Sergio Perez | 6 · 10 | 9 · 10 | 6 · 10 | Felipe Massa | Kept their order |
| Esteban Gutierrez · Sergio Perez | 8 · 10 | 11 · 10 | 7 · 10 | Esteban Gutierrez | Swapped places |
| Esteban Gutierrez · Valtteri Bottas | 8 · 17 | 11 · 12 | 7 · 8 | Esteban Gutierrez | Kept their order |
| Jean-Éric Vergne · Valtteri Bottas | 16 · 17 | 18 · 12 | 12 · 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Swapped places |
| Valtteri Bottas · Pastor Maldonado | 17 · 18 | 12 · 13 | 8 · 7 | Pastor Maldonado | Kept their order |
| Pastor Maldonado · Charles Pic | 18 · 19 | 13 · 14 | 7 · 9 | Pastor Maldonado | Kept their order |
| Charles Pic · Giedo van der Garde | 19 · 20 | 14 · 15 | 9 · 10 | Charles Pic | Kept their order |
| Giedo van der Garde · Jules Bianchi | 20 · 22 | 15 · 16 | 10 · 10 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Giedo van der Garde · Max Chilton | 20 · 21 | 15 · 17 | 10 · 12 | Giedo van der Garde | Kept their order |
| Max Chilton · Jules Bianchi | 21 · 22 | 17 · 16 | 12 · 10 | Jules Bianchi | Swapped places |
| Jean-Éric Vergne · Max Chilton | 16 · 21 | 18 · 17 | 12 · 12 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Jean-Éric Vergne | 12 · 16 | 19 · 18 | 18 · 12 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Swapped places |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Adrian Sutil | 12 · 14 | 19 · 20 | 18 · 3 | Adrian Sutil | Kept their order |
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3
Practice 1
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 10 | 1:39.630 | — | 0 m | — | 20 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:39.667 | +0.037 | 2 m | +0.037 | 20 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 2 | 1:39.816 | +0.186 | 10 m | +0.149 | 19 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 9 | 1:40.117 | +0.487 | 27 m | +0.301 | 20 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | 1:40.215 | +0.585 | 33 m | +0.098 | 22 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 3 | 1:40.374 | +0.744 | 42 m | +0.159 | 18 |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 | 1:40.396 | +0.766 | 43 m | +0.022 | 19 |
| 8 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus F1 Team | 7 | 1:40.677 | +1.047 | 59 m | +0.281 | 15 |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 6 | 1:40.860 | +1.230 | 69 m | +0.183 | 20 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 4 | 1:40.880 | +1.250 | 70 m | +0.020 | 13 |
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 11 | 1:40.899 | +1.269 | 72 m | +0.019 | 20 |
| 12 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 15 | 1:41.432 | +1.802 | 102 m | +0.533 | 18 |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 16 | 1:41.482 | +1.852 | 104 m | +0.050 | 22 |
| 14 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 12 | 1:41.626 | +1.996 | 112 m | +0.144 | 21 |
| 15 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 18 | 1:41.924 | +2.294 | 129 m | +0.298 | 19 |
| 16 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 17 | 1:42.002 | +2.372 | 134 m | +0.078 | 20 |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 19 | 1:42.043 | +2.413 | 136 m | +0.041 | 18 |
| 18 | James Calado (never started a Grand Prix) | Force India | 14 | 1:43.008 | +3.378 | 190 m | +0.965 | 21 |
| 19 | Charles Pic | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 20 | 1:43.660 | +4.030 | 227 m | +0.652 | 20 |
| 20 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 21 | 1:43.883 | +4.253 | 240 m | +0.223 | 19 |
| 21 | Max Chilton | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 23 | 1:44.100 | +4.470 | 252 m | +0.217 | 14 |
| 22 | Rodolfo González (never started a Grand Prix) | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 22 | 1:46.810 | +7.180 | 405 m | +2.710 | 10 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 10 | 1:38.673 | — | 0 m | — | 31 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:38.781 | +0.108 | 6 m | +0.108 | 30 |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 9 | 1:38.797 | +0.124 | 7 m | +0.016 | 32 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 2 | 1:38.844 | +0.171 | 10 m | +0.047 | 35 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 4 | 1:39.114 | +0.441 | 25 m | +0.270 | 30 |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 | 1:39.226 | +0.553 | 31 m | +0.112 | 34 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 3 | 1:39.444 | +0.771 | 44 m | +0.218 | 31 |
| 8 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus F1 Team | 7 | 1:39.757 | +1.084 | 62 m | +0.313 | 33 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | 1:39.774 | +1.101 | 63 m | +0.017 | 29 |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 15 | 1:40.006 | +1.333 | 76 m | +0.232 | 34 |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 14 | 1:40.007 | +1.334 | 76 m | +0.001 | 34 |
| 12 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 6 | 1:40.152 | +1.479 | 84 m | +0.145 | 31 |
| 13 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 12 | 1:40.186 | +1.513 | 86 m | +0.034 | 33 |
| 14 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 11 | 1:40.210 | +1.537 | 87 m | +0.024 | 34 |
| 15 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 18 | 1:40.446 | +1.773 | 101 m | +0.236 | 30 |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 19 | 1:40.552 | +1.879 | 107 m | +0.106 | 26 |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 16 | 1:41.117 | +2.444 | 139 m | +0.565 | 35 |
| 18 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 17 | 1:41.289 | +2.616 | 149 m | +0.172 | 34 |
| 19 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 21 | 1:42.461 | +3.788 | 216 m | +1.172 | 36 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 20 | 1:42.798 | +4.125 | 235 m | +0.337 | 35 |
| 21 | Jules Bianchi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 22 | 1:43.108 | +4.435 | 252 m | +0.310 | 31 |
| 22 | Max Chilton | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 23 | 1:43.441 | +4.768 | 271 m | +0.333 | 29 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:37.881 | — | 0 m | — | 17 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 2 | 1:38.018 | +0.137 | 8 m | +0.137 | 17 |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 9 | 1:38.318 | +0.437 | 25 m | +0.300 | 16 |
| 4 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 10 | 1:38.332 | +0.451 | 26 m | +0.014 | 15 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 3 | 1:38.486 | +0.605 | 35 m | +0.154 | 13 |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 | 1:38.701 | +0.820 | 47 m | +0.215 | 19 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 4 | 1:38.816 | +0.935 | 54 m | +0.115 | 14 |
| 8 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus F1 Team | 7 | 1:38.857 | +0.976 | 56 m | +0.041 | 17 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 11 | 1:38.961 | +1.080 | 62 m | +0.104 | 16 |
| 10 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 5 | 1:39.114 | +1.233 | 71 m | +0.153 | 14 |
| 11 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 12 | 1:39.128 | +1.247 | 72 m | +0.014 | 15 |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 16 | 1:39.196 | +1.315 | 75 m | +0.068 | 16 |
| 13 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 15 | 1:39.204 | +1.323 | 76 m | +0.008 | 17 |
| 14 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 6 | 1:39.274 | +1.393 | 80 m | +0.070 | 15 |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 19 | 1:39.327 | +1.446 | 83 m | +0.053 | 17 |
| 16 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 14 | 1:39.371 | +1.490 | 85 m | +0.044 | 19 |
| 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 18 | 1:39.665 | +1.784 | 102 m | +0.294 | 15 |
| 18 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 17 | 1:40.128 | +2.247 | 129 m | +0.463 | 17 |
| 19 | Charles Pic | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 20 | 1:41.360 | +3.479 | 200 m | +1.232 | 19 |
| 20 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 21 | 1:41.614 | +3.733 | 214 m | +0.254 | 20 |
| 21 | Jules Bianchi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 22 | 1:41.646 | +3.765 | 216 m | +0.032 | 14 |
| 22 | Max Chilton | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 23 | 1:42.267 | +4.386 | 252 m | +0.621 | 17 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 3
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
The cars in this race
The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.
Red Bull RB9
Sebastian Vettel 2013 Malaysia FP2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Lotus E21
Kimi Raikkonen 2013 Malaysia FP2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Sauber C32
Nico Hulkenberg 2013 Malaysia FP2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Mercedes F1 W04
Lewis Hamilton 2013 Malaysia FP2 1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Ferrari F138
Fernando Alonso 2013 Malaysia FP2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
McLaren MP4-28
Jenson Button 2013 Malaysia FP2 1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · uncheckedA photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
5 more photographs
Williams FW35
Pastor Maldonado 2013 Malaysia FP2 1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Caterham CT03
Charles Pic 2013 Malaysia FP2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Marussia MR02
Jules Bianchi 2013 Malaysia FP2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Toro Rosso STR8
Jean-Eric Vergne 2013 Malaysia FP2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Force India VJM06
Adrian Sutil 2013 Malaysia FP2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 14 of 2013
- Grand Prix
- Korean Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
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- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Red Bull Racing
- Entrant
- Red Bull-Renault
- Confidence
- reference
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