Race · Round 2 of 19 · 24 March 2013

2013 Malaysian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Sepang International Circuit. 4 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 30 °C, 6.3 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Sepang International CircuitSepang, Malaysia
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Sergio Perez
Entries: 2218 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB9	1	56	Finished	25
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB9	5	56	Finished	18
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W04	4	56	Finished	15
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W04	6	56	Finished	12
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F138	2	56	Finished	10
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E21	11	56	Finished	8
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E21	10	56	Finished	6
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	C32	12	56	Finished	4
9	Sergio Perez	McLaren	MP4-28	9	56	Finished	2	fastest lap
10	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR8	17	56	Finished	1
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW35	18	56	Finished	0
12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	C32	14	55	Finished	0
13	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR02	19	55	Finished	0
14	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT03	20	55	Finished	0
15	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT03	22	55	Finished	0
16	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR02	21	54	Finished	0
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-28	7	53	Wheel	0
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR8	13	51	Exhaust	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW35	16	45	KERS failure	0
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM06	8	27	Wheel nut	0
DNF	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM06	15	22	Wheel nut	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F138	3	1	Collision damage	0

F1DB layout sepang-1 · 5.543 km · 15 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	1	1	56
Mark Webber	5	2	56
Sir Lewis Hamilton	4	3	56
Nico Rosberg	6	4	56
Felipe Massa	2	5	56
Romain Grosjean	11	6	56
Kimi Raikkonen	10	7	56
Nico Hulkenberg	12	8	56
Sergio Perez	9	9	56
Jean-Éric Vergne	17	10	56
Valtteri Bottas	18	11	56
Esteban Gutierrez	14	12	55
Jules Bianchi	19	13	55
Charles Pic	20	14	55
Giedo van der Garde	22	15	55
Max Chilton	21	16	54
Jenson Button	7	17	53
Daniel Ricciardo	13	18	51
Pastor Maldonado	16	DNF	45
Adrian Sutil	8	DNF	27
Paul di Resta	15	DNF	22
Fernando Alonso	3	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.899	1:37.245	1:49.674	—	0 m	—
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:37.712	1:36.874	1:50.587	+0.913	46 m	+0.913
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:37.314	1:36.877	1:50.727	+1.053	53 m	+0.140
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:37.513	1:36.517	1:51.699	+2.025	102 m	+0.972
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:37.619	1:36.449	1:52.244	+2.570	130 m	+0.545
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:37.239	1:36.190	1:52.519	+2.845	144 m	+0.275
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:36.959	1:36.640	1:52.970	+3.296	167 m	+0.451
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:37.487	1:37.117	1:53.175	+3.501	177 m	+0.205
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:36.809	1:36.834	1:53.439	+3.765	190 m	+0.264
10	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:37.702	1:37.342	1:54.136	+4.462	226 m	+0.697
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:37.363	1:37.636	—	—	83 m	—
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:37.931	1:38.125	—	—	112 m	—
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:37.722	1:38.822	—	—	152 m	—
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:37.707	1:39.221	—	—	175 m	—
15	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:37.493	1:44.509	—	—	479 m	—
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:37.867	—	—	—	61 m	—
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:38.157	—	—	—	77 m	—
18	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:38.207	—	—	—	80 m	—
19	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:38.434	—	—	—	93 m	—
20	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:39.314	—	—	—	143 m	—
21	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:39.672	—	—	—	164 m	—
22	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:39.932	—	—	—	179 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	56	4	5, 22, 32, 42	21.1, 21.3, 21.5, 20.8
Mark Webber	2	56	4	7, 19, 31, 43	21.0, 20.7, 20.9, 20.8
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	56	4	7, 21, 30, 41	24.9, 21.5, 21.5, 21.3
Nico Rosberg	4	56	4	8, 22, 31, 42	22.0, 21.1, 22.1, 21.2
Felipe Massa	5	56	4	5, 20, 33, 47	22.4, 21.6, 21.6, 21.0
Romain Grosjean	6	56	3	7, 20, 35	22.1, 21.8, 22.4
Kimi Raikkonen	7	56	3	6, 21, 34	25.9, 22.7, 21.9
Nico Hulkenberg	8	56	4	7, 21, 34, 44	23.0, 21.7, 22.6, 23.2
Sergio Perez	9	56	4	7, 22, 33, 54	21.6, 20.9, 21.3, 21.4
Jean-Éric Vergne	10	56	3	7, 26, 43	49.2, 21.6, 21.7
Valtteri Bottas	11	56	3	6, 22, 40	25.0, 28.0, 22.9
Esteban Gutierrez	12	55	4	7, 22, 36, 51	24.4, 22.6, 22.4, 22.5
Jules Bianchi	13	55	4	6, 17, 29, 43	26.5, 23.8, 22.0, 22.3
Charles Pic	14	55	4	7, 20, 32, 43	44.4, 25.0, 23.4, 23.8
Giedo van der Garde	15	55	4	6, 18, 28, 42	23.3, 22.7, 25.1, 22.7
Max Chilton	16	54	4	6, 19, 31, 41	30.4, 22.7, 22.1, 22.3
Jenson Button	17	53	3	7, 21, 35	22.4, 21.0, 104.8
Daniel Ricciardo	18	51	3	6, 19, 33	22.4, 22.4, 22.0
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	45	3	6, 13, 32	24.7, 32.6, 22.7
Adrian Sutil	DNF	27	2	6, 22	37.8, 89.4
Paul di Resta	DNF	22	2	6, 20	43.7, 123.1
Fernando Alonso	DNF	1	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
Sebastian Vettel · Mark Webber	1 · 5	1 · 2	5 · 7	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Felipe Massa	1 · 2	1 · 5	5 · 5	Same lap	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Mark Webber	4 · 5	3 · 2	7 · 7	Same lap	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Nico Rosberg	5 · 6	2 · 4	7 · 8	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	4 · 6	3 · 4	7 · 8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Nico Rosberg	2 · 6	5 · 4	5 · 8	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Jenson Button	6 · 7	4 · 17	8 · 7	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Romain Grosjean	2 · 11	5 · 6	5 · 7	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Romain Grosjean	10 · 11	7 · 6	6 · 7	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Nico Hulkenberg	11 · 12	6 · 8	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Kimi Raikkonen	9 · 10	9 · 7	7 · 6	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Hulkenberg	10 · 12	7 · 8	6 · 7	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Nico Hulkenberg	9 · 12	9 · 8	7 · 7	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Daniel Ricciardo	12 · 13	8 · 18	7 · 6	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Jean-Éric Vergne	9 · 17	9 · 10	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Jean-Éric Vergne · Valtteri Bottas	17 · 18	10 · 11	7 · 6	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Valtteri Bottas	14 · 18	12 · 11	7 · 6	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Jules Bianchi	18 · 19	11 · 13	6 · 6	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Esteban Gutierrez	13 · 14	18 · 12	6 · 7	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Jules Bianchi	14 · 19	12 · 13	7 · 6	Jules Bianchi	Kept their order
Jules Bianchi · Charles Pic	19 · 20	13 · 14	6 · 7	Jules Bianchi	Kept their order
Charles Pic · Giedo van der Garde	20 · 22	14 · 15	7 · 6	Giedo van der Garde	Kept their order
Charles Pic · Max Chilton	20 · 21	14 · 16	7 · 6	Max Chilton	Kept their order
Max Chilton · Giedo van der Garde	21 · 22	16 · 15	6 · 6	Same lap	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Max Chilton	7 · 21	17 · 16	7 · 6	Max Chilton	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Daniel Ricciardo	7 · 13	17 · 18	7 · 6	Daniel Ricciardo	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

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:36.935	—	0 m	—	15
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:37.003	+0.068	4 m	+0.068	15
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.104	+0.169	10 m	+0.101	21
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:37.319	+0.384	22 m	+0.215	13
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:37.588	+0.653	37 m	+0.269	19
6	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:37.769	+0.834	48 m	+0.181	17
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:37.771	+0.836	48 m	+0.002	15
8	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:37.773	+0.838	48 m	+0.002	15
9	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:37.840	+0.905	52 m	+0.067	18
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:37.915	+0.980	56 m	+0.075	17
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:38.173	+1.238	71 m	+0.258	16
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:38.673	+1.738	99 m	+0.500	16
13	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:38.830	+1.895	108 m	+0.157	17
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:39.054	+2.119	121 m	+0.224	17
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:39.204	+2.269	130 m	+0.150	16
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:39.208	+2.273	130 m	+0.004	19
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:39.284	+2.349	134 m	+0.076	17
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:39.567	+2.632	151 m	+0.283	16
19	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:40.728	+3.793	217 m	+1.161	17
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:40.996	+4.061	232 m	+0.268	14
21	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:41.163	+4.228	242 m	+0.167	18
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:41.513	+4.578	262 m	+0.350	14

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	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:36.569	—	0 m	—	28
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:36.588	+0.019	1 m	+0.019	27
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:36.661	+0.092	5 m	+0.073	33
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:36.985	+0.416	24 m	+0.324	23
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:37.026	+0.457	26 m	+0.041	29
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:37.206	+0.637	37 m	+0.180	26
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:37.448	+0.879	50 m	+0.242	32
8	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:37.571	+1.002	58 m	+0.123	30
9	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:37.574	+1.005	58 m	+0.003	32
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:37.788	+1.219	70 m	+0.214	10
11	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:37.838	+1.269	73 m	+0.050	21
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:37.865	+1.296	74 m	+0.027	29
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:38.068	+1.499	86 m	+0.203	31
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:38.645	+2.076	119 m	+0.577	23
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:38.738	+2.169	124 m	+0.093	31
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:38.801	+2.232	128 m	+0.063	27
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:38.904	+2.335	134 m	+0.103	31
18	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:39.508	+2.939	169 m	+0.604	30
19	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:39.660	+3.091	177 m	+0.152	28
20	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:40.757	+4.188	240 m	+1.097	29
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:40.768	+4.199	241 m	+0.011	32
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:41.438	+4.869	279 m	+0.670	23

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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:36.435	—	0 m	—	20
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:36.568	+0.133	8 m	+0.133	17
3	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:36.588	+0.153	9 m	+0.020	19
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:36.613	+0.178	10 m	+0.025	20
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:36.806	+0.371	21 m	+0.193	19
6	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:36.807	+0.372	21 m	+0.001	18
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:36.822	+0.387	22 m	+0.015	16
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:36.946	+0.511	29 m	+0.124	14
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:36.949	+0.514	30 m	+0.003	25
10	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:37.302	+0.867	50 m	+0.353	14
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:37.359	+0.924	53 m	+0.057	11
12	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:37.538	+1.103	63 m	+0.179	12
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:37.685	+1.250	72 m	+0.147	23
14	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:37.690	+1.255	72 m	+0.005	14
15	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:37.936	+1.501	86 m	+0.246	16
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:38.294	+1.859	107 m	+0.358	17
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:38.376	+1.941	112 m	+0.082	16
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:38.425	+1.990	114 m	+0.049	15
19	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:38.995	+2.560	147 m	+0.570	18
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:39.717	+3.282	189 m	+0.722	21
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:40.209	+3.774	217 m	+0.492	18
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:40.495	+4.060	233 m	+0.286	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.

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Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 2013
Grand Prix: Malaysian Grand Prix
Dates: 24 Mar 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.