Race · Round 15 of 19 · 13 October 2013

2013 Japanese Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from 2nd on the grid at Suzuka Circuit. 3 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 24 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Mark Webber
Fastest lap: Mark Webber
Entries: 2219 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB9	2	53	Finished	25
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB9	1	53	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E21	4	53	Finished	15
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F138	8	53	Finished	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E21	9	53	Finished	10
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	C32	7	53	Finished	8
7	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	C32	14	53	Finished	6
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W04	6	53	Finished	4
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-28	10	53	Finished	2
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F138	5	53	Finished	1
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM06	12	53	Finished	0
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR8	17	52	Finished	0
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR8	16	52	Finished	0
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM06	22	52	Finished	0
15	Sergio Perez	McLaren	MP4-28	11	52	Finished	0
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW35	15	52	Finished	0
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW35	13	52	Finished	0
18	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT03	20	52	Finished	0
19	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR02	18	52	Finished	0
DNF	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W04	3	7	Collision damage	0
DNF	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT03	19	0	Collision	0
DNF	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR02	21	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout suzuka-2 · 5.807 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
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.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sebastian Vettel	2	1	53
Mark Webber	1	2	53
Romain Grosjean	4	3	53
Fernando Alonso	8	4	53
Kimi Raikkonen	9	5	53
Nico Hulkenberg	7	6	53
Esteban Gutierrez	14	7	53
Nico Rosberg	6	8	53
Jenson Button	10	9	53
Felipe Massa	5	10	53
Paul di Resta	12	11	53
Jean-Éric Vergne	17	12	52
Daniel Ricciardo	16	13	52
Adrian Sutil	22	14	52
Sergio Perez	11	15	52
Pastor Maldonado	15	16	52
Valtteri Bottas	13	17	52
Charles Pic	20	18	52
Max Chilton	18	19	52
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	DNF	7
Giedo van der Garde	19	DNF	0
Jules Bianchi	21	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:32.271	1:31.513	1:30.915	—	0 m	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:32.397	1:31.290	1:31.089	+0.174	11 m	+0.174
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:32.340	1:31.636	1:31.253	+0.338	22 m	+0.164
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:31.824	1:31.565	1:31.365	+0.450	29 m	+0.112
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:31.994	1:31.668	1:31.378	+0.463	30 m	+0.013
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:32.244	1:31.764	1:31.397	+0.482	31 m	+0.019
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:32.465	1:31.848	1:31.644	+0.729	47 m	+0.247
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:32.371	1:31.828	1:31.665	+0.750	48 m	+0.021
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:32.377	1:31.662	1:31.684	+0.769	49 m	+0.019
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:32.606	1:31.838	1:31.827	+0.912	58 m	+0.143
11	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:32.718	1:31.989	—	—	44 m	—
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:32.286	1:31.992	—	—	45 m	—
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:32.613	1:32.013	—	—	46 m	—
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:32.673	1:32.063	—	—	49 m	—
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:32.875	1:32.093	—	—	51 m	—
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:32.804	1:32.485	—	—	76 m	—
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:32.890	—	—	—	67 m	—
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:33.357	—	—	—	97 m	—
19	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:34.320	—	—	—	158 m	—
20	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:34.556	—	—	—	173 m	—
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:34.879	—	—	—	193 m	—
22	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:34.958	—	—	—	198 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

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. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sebastian Vettel	1	53	2	14, 37	22.9, 22.9
Mark Webber	2	53	3	11, 25, 42	23.6, 22.8, 23.1
Romain Grosjean	3	53	2	12, 29	23.3, 23.1
Fernando Alonso	4	53	2	13, 30	22.6, 22.8
Kimi Raikkonen	5	53	2	11, 31	23.3, 23.3
Nico Hulkenberg	6	53	2	10, 29	23.4, 23.8
Esteban Gutierrez	7	53	2	9, 30	23.9, 23.2
Nico Rosberg	8	53	4	12, 16, 24, 39	22.8, 17.8, 22.8, 22.6
Jenson Button	9	53	3	8, 23, 40	23.5, 26.3, 23.1
Felipe Massa	10	53	3	11, 28, 34	22.9, 22.9, 17.8
Paul di Resta	11	53	2	10, 26	23.5, 23.9
Jean-Éric Vergne	12	52	3	7, 21, 38	25.8, 24.1, 24.9
Daniel Ricciardo	13	52	3	21, 32, 44	24.6, 17.8, 24.2
Adrian Sutil	14	52	2	8, 27	23.8, 23.5
Sergio Perez	15	52	3	12, 30, 42	26.4, 27.7, 25.6
Pastor Maldonado	16	52	2	9, 28	23.5, 24.2
Valtteri Bottas	17	52	2	8, 27	23.4, 23.5
Charles Pic	18	52	3	1, 17, 35	17.9, 24.4, 24.4
Max Chilton	19	52	2	11, 29	23.6, 24.4
Sir Lewis Hamilton	DNF	7	1	1	25.3
Giedo van der Garde	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Jules Bianchi	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

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

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Mark Webber · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 2	2 · 1	11 · 14	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Romain Grosjean	1 · 4	2 · 3	11 · 12	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Fernando Alonso	4 · 8	3 · 4	12 · 13	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Felipe Massa	4 · 5	3 · 10	12 · 11	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Fernando Alonso	7 · 8	6 · 4	10 · 13	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Kimi Raikkonen	8 · 9	4 · 5	13 · 11	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Kimi Raikkonen	7 · 9	6 · 5	10 · 11	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Jenson Button	9 · 10	5 · 9	11 · 8	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Nico Hulkenberg	6 · 7	8 · 6	12 · 10	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Esteban Gutierrez	7 · 14	6 · 7	10 · 9	Esteban Gutierrez	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Esteban Gutierrez	6 · 14	8 · 7	12 · 9	Esteban Gutierrez	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Esteban Gutierrez	13 · 14	17 · 7	8 · 9	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Pastor Maldonado	14 · 15	7 · 16	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Nico Rosberg	5 · 6	10 · 8	11 · 12	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Jenson Button	6 · 10	8 · 9	12 · 8	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Jenson Button	5 · 10	10 · 9	11 · 8	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Sergio Perez	10 · 11	9 · 15	8 · 12	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Paul di Resta	5 · 12	10 · 11	11 · 10	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Paul di Resta	11 · 12	15 · 11	12 · 10	Paul di Resta	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Jean-Éric Vergne	12 · 17	11 · 12	10 · 7	Jean-Éric Vergne	Kept their order
Paul di Resta · Valtteri Bottas	12 · 13	11 · 17	10 · 8	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Jean-Éric Vergne	16 · 17	13 · 12	21 · 7	Jean-Éric Vergne	Swapped places
Jean-Éric Vergne · Max Chilton	17 · 18	12 · 19	7 · 11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Daniel Ricciardo	15 · 16	16 · 13	9 · 21	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Adrian Sutil	16 · 22	13 · 14	21 · 8	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Adrian Sutil	11 · 22	15 · 14	12 · 8	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Pastor Maldonado	11 · 15	15 · 16	12 · 9	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Pastor Maldonado	13 · 15	17 · 16	8 · 9	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Charles Pic	13 · 20	17 · 18	8 · 1	Charles Pic	Kept their order
Max Chilton · Charles Pic	18 · 20	19 · 18	11 · 1	Charles Pic	Swapped places

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

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:34.157	—	0 m	—	19
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:34.487	+0.330	20 m	+0.330	19
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:34.768	+0.611	38 m	+0.281	24
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:34.787	+0.630	39 m	+0.019	20
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:35.126	+0.969	60 m	+0.339	14
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:35.154	+0.997	61 m	+0.028	16
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:35.179	+1.022	63 m	+0.025	15
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:35.364	+1.207	74 m	+0.185	17
9	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:35.450	+1.293	80 m	+0.086	27
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:35.635	+1.478	91 m	+0.185	19
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:35.868	+1.711	106 m	+0.233	22
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:35.900	+1.743	107 m	+0.032	18
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:36.066	+1.909	118 m	+0.166	20
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:36.165	+2.008	124 m	+0.099	19
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:36.178	+2.021	125 m	+0.013	12
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:36.340	+2.183	135 m	+0.162	23
17	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:36.399	+2.242	138 m	+0.059	18
18	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:36.760	+2.603	161 m	+0.361	22
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:37.595	+3.438	212 m	+0.835	22
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:37.629	+3.472	214 m	+0.034	8
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:38.025	+3.868	239 m	+0.396	15
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:38.763	+4.606	284 m	+0.738	18

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33.852	—	0 m	—	35
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:34.020	+0.168	10 m	+0.168	35
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:34.114	+0.262	16 m	+0.094	36
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:34.202	+0.350	22 m	+0.088	17
5	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:34.411	+0.559	35 m	+0.209	30
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:34.442	+0.590	37 m	+0.031	36
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:34.473	+0.621	38 m	+0.031	30
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:34.698	+0.846	52 m	+0.225	35
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:34.912	+1.060	66 m	+0.214	34
10	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:35.087	+1.235	76 m	+0.175	32
11	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:35.089	+1.237	77 m	+0.002	36
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:35.109	+1.257	78 m	+0.020	34
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:35.182	+1.330	82 m	+0.073	34
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:35.275	+1.423	88 m	+0.093	35
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:35.341	+1.489	92 m	+0.066	25
16	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:35.709	+1.857	115 m	+0.368	8
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:36.136	+2.284	141 m	+0.427	41
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:36.722	+2.870	178 m	+0.586	6
19	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:37.630	+3.778	234 m	+0.908	31
20	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:37.905	+4.053	251 m	+0.275	36
21	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:38.121	+4.269	264 m	+0.216	33

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:32.053	—	0 m	—	17
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:32.187	+0.134	8 m	+0.134	18
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:32.355	+0.302	19 m	+0.168	18
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:32.707	+0.654	41 m	+0.352	26
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:32.800	+0.747	47 m	+0.093	14
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:32.815	+0.762	48 m	+0.015	14
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:32.869	+0.816	51 m	+0.054	17
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:32.946	+0.893	56 m	+0.077	25
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33.036	+0.983	62 m	+0.090	8
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:33.076	+1.023	65 m	+0.040	12
11	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:33.158	+1.105	70 m	+0.082	15
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:33.260	+1.207	76 m	+0.102	15
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:33.490	+1.437	91 m	+0.230	16
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:33.638	+1.585	100 m	+0.148	17
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:33.660	+1.607	101 m	+0.022	19
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:33.732	+1.679	106 m	+0.072	15
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:33.955	+1.902	120 m	+0.223	18
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:34.773	+2.720	172 m	+0.818	8
19	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:35.473	+3.420	216 m	+0.700	20
20	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:35.518	+3.465	219 m	+0.045	18
21	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:35.844	+3.791	239 m	+0.326	16
22	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:39.378	+7.325	462 m	+3.534	20

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 2013
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Oct 2013
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.