Race · Round 9 of 19 · 7 July 2013

2013 German Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from 2nd on the grid at Nurburgring (GP-Strecke). 3 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 23 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Nurburgring (GP-Strecke)Nurburg, Germany
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso
Entries: 2219 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB9	2	60	Finished	25
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E21	4	60	Finished	18
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E21	5	60	Finished	15
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F138	8	60	Finished	12	fastest lap
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W04	1	60	Finished	10
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-28	9	60	Finished	8
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB9	3	60	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	McLaren	MP4-28	13	60	Finished	4
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W04	11	60	Finished	2
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	C32	10	60	Finished	1
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM06	12	60	Finished	0
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR8	6	60	Finished	0
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM06	15	60	Finished	0
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	C32	14	60	Finished	0
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW35	18	60	Finished	0
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW35	17	59	Finished	0
17	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT03	22	59	Finished	0
18	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT03	20	59	Finished	0
19	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR02	21	59	Finished	0
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR8	16	22	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR02	19	21	Engine	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F138	7	3	Gearbox	0

F1DB layout nurburgring-4 · 5.148 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	2	1	60
Kimi Raikkonen	4	2	60
Romain Grosjean	5	3	60
Fernando Alonso	8	4	60
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	5	60
Jenson Button	9	6	60
Mark Webber	3	7	60
Sergio Perez	13	8	60
Nico Rosberg	11	9	60
Nico Hulkenberg	10	10	60
Paul di Resta	12	11	60
Daniel Ricciardo	6	12	60
Adrian Sutil	15	13	60
Esteban Gutierrez	14	14	60
Pastor Maldonado	18	15	60
Valtteri Bottas	17	16	59
Charles Pic	22	17	59
Giedo van der Garde	20	18	59
Max Chilton	21	19	59
Jean-Éric Vergne	16	DNF	22
Jules Bianchi	19	DNF	21
Felipe Massa	7	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:31.131	1:30.152	1:29.398	—	0 m	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:31.269	1:29.992	1:29.501	+0.103	6 m	+0.103
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:31.428	1:30.217	1:29.608	+0.210	12 m	+0.107
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:30.676	1:29.852	1:29.892	+0.494	28 m	+0.284
5	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:31.242	1:30.005	1:29.959	+0.561	32 m	+0.067
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:31.081	1:30.223	1:30.528	+1.130	65 m	+0.569
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:30.547	1:29.825	1:31.126	+1.728	100 m	+0.598
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:30.709	1:29.962	1:31.209	+1.811	104 m	+0.083
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:31.181	1:30.269	—	—	25 m	—
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:31.132	1:30.231	—	—	23 m	—
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:31.322	1:30.326	—	—	29 m	—
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:31.322	1:30.697	—	—	50 m	—
13	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:31.498	1:30.933	—	—	64 m	—
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:31.681	1:31.010	—	—	68 m	—
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:31.320	1:31.010	—	—	68 m	—
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:31.629	1:31.104	—	—	73 m	—
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:31.693	—	—	—	65 m	—
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:31.707	—	—	—	66 m	—
19	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:32.937	—	—	—	136 m	—
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:33.063	—	—	—	143 m	—
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:33.734	—	—	—	181 m	—
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:34.098	—	—	—	202 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	60	3	7, 24, 41	19.0, 20.0, 19.1
Kimi Raikkonen	2	60	3	8, 24, 49	19.4, 20.5, 19.4
Romain Grosjean	3	60	3	13, 24, 40	20.3, 20.0, 19.6
Fernando Alonso	4	60	3	12, 24, 49	20.2, 19.5, 19.5
Sir Lewis Hamilton	5	60	3	6, 22, 45	19.5, 19.3, 19.3
Jenson Button	6	60	2	21, 47	20.8, 19.7
Mark Webber	7	60	3	8, 23, 38	162.0, 20.0, 19.9
Sergio Perez	8	60	2	7, 24	20.4, 20.4
Nico Rosberg	9	60	3	16, 24, 48	19.7, 22.2, 19.7
Nico Hulkenberg	10	60	3	17, 37, 49	21.2, 20.4, 20.6
Paul di Resta	11	60	2	4, 24	20.5, 21.5
Daniel Ricciardo	12	60	3	5, 18, 40	19.8, 20.0, 20.2
Adrian Sutil	13	60	3	5, 24, 43	19.9, 20.2, 21.8
Esteban Gutierrez	14	60	3	6, 22, 41	19.8, 19.9, 21.2
Pastor Maldonado	15	60	2	21, 50	20.3, 36.2
Valtteri Bottas	16	59	2	22, 54	33.8, 45.7
Charles Pic	17	59	3	4, 24, 34	22.7, 21.4, 23.0
Giedo van der Garde	18	59	3	5, 19, 38	21.9, 21.0, 20.5
Max Chilton	19	59	4	8, 20, 26, 37	21.0, 20.0, 20.3, 21.4
Jean-Éric Vergne	DNF	22	1	4	23.1
Jules Bianchi	DNF	21	2	5, 18	20.8, 20.4
Felipe Massa	DNF	3	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
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 2	5 · 1	6 · 7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	2 · 4	1 · 2	7 · 8	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Mark Webber	2 · 3	1 · 7	7 · 8	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 4	7 · 2	8 · 8	Same lap	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Romain Grosjean	4 · 5	2 · 3	8 · 13	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Fernando Alonso	5 · 8	3 · 4	13 · 12	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Daniel Ricciardo	5 · 6	3 · 12	13 · 5	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Fernando Alonso	1 · 8	5 · 4	6 · 12	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Jenson Button	8 · 9	4 · 6	12 · 21	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Jenson Button	1 · 9	5 · 6	6 · 21	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Jenson Button	3 · 9	7 · 6	8 · 21	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Nico Hulkenberg	9 · 10	6 · 10	21 · 17	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Sergio Perez	3 · 13	7 · 8	8 · 7	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sergio Perez	11 · 13	9 · 8	16 · 7	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Sergio Perez	12 · 13	11 · 8	4 · 7	Paul di Resta	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Esteban Gutierrez	13 · 14	8 · 14	7 · 6	Esteban Gutierrez	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Nico Rosberg	10 · 11	10 · 9	17 · 16	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Paul di Resta	11 · 12	9 · 11	16 · 4	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Paul di Resta	10 · 12	10 · 11	17 · 4	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Paul di Resta	6 · 12	12 · 11	5 · 4	Paul di Resta	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Adrian Sutil	6 · 15	12 · 13	5 · 5	Same lap	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Adrian Sutil	14 · 15	14 · 13	6 · 5	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Pastor Maldonado	14 · 18	14 · 15	6 · 21	Esteban Gutierrez	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Pastor Maldonado	17 · 18	16 · 15	22 · 21	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Charles Pic	17 · 22	16 · 17	22 · 4	Charles Pic	Kept their order
Giedo van der Garde · Charles Pic	20 · 22	18 · 17	5 · 4	Charles Pic	Swapped places
Max Chilton · Charles Pic	21 · 22	19 · 17	8 · 4	Charles Pic	Swapped places
Giedo van der Garde · Max Chilton	20 · 21	18 · 19	5 · 8	Giedo van der Garde	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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:31.754	—	0 m	—	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:31.973	+0.219	12 m	+0.219	25
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:32.789	+1.035	58 m	+0.816	22
4	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:32.822	+1.068	60 m	+0.033	16
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:32.956	+1.202	67 m	+0.134	22
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:33.065	+1.311	74 m	+0.109	18
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:33.139	+1.385	78 m	+0.074	24
8	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33.213	+1.459	82 m	+0.074	20
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:33.260	+1.506	84 m	+0.047	27
10	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:33.456	+1.702	95 m	+0.196	18
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:33.493	+1.739	98 m	+0.037	18
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:33.810	+2.056	115 m	+0.317	20
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:33.901	+2.147	120 m	+0.091	23
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:33.976	+2.222	125 m	+0.075	26
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:34.025	+2.271	127 m	+0.049	20
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:34.200	+2.446	137 m	+0.175	22
17	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:34.437	+2.683	151 m	+0.237	24
18	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:35.674	+3.920	220 m	+1.237	23
19	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:35.987	+4.233	237 m	+0.313	19
20	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:36.078	+4.324	243 m	+0.091	23
21	Rodolfo González (never started a Grand Prix)	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:37.459	+5.705	320 m	+1.381	21
22	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	—	—	—	—	2

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

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	1:30.416	—	0 m	—	39
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:30.651	+0.235	13 m	+0.235	38
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:30.683	+0.267	15 m	+0.032	41
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:30.843	+0.427	24 m	+0.160	32
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:30.848	+0.432	25 m	+0.005	27
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:31.056	+0.640	36 m	+0.208	39
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:31.059	+0.643	37 m	+0.003	41
8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:31.304	+0.888	51 m	+0.245	35
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:31.568	+1.152	66 m	+0.264	37
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:31.797	+1.381	79 m	+0.229	40
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:31.824	+1.408	80 m	+0.027	34
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:31.855	+1.439	82 m	+0.031	42
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:32.055	+1.639	93 m	+0.200	39
14	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:32.086	+1.670	95 m	+0.031	36
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:32.495	+2.079	118 m	+0.409	39
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:32.762	+2.346	134 m	+0.267	44
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:32.879	+2.463	140 m	+0.117	35
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:32.880	+2.464	140 m	+0.001	36
19	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:33.695	+3.279	187 m	+0.815	38
20	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:33.804	+3.388	193 m	+0.109	40
21	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:34.017	+3.601	205 m	+0.213	10
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:34.667	+4.251	242 m	+0.650	39

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	1:29.517	—	0 m	—	19
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	1:30.193	+0.676	39 m	+0.676	19
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:30.211	+0.694	40 m	+0.018	18
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	1:30.621	+1.104	63 m	+0.410	16
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	4	1:30.639	+1.122	65 m	+0.018	17
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	7	1:30.671	+1.154	66 m	+0.032	19
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1:30.744	+1.227	71 m	+0.073	20
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:30.781	+1.264	73 m	+0.037	18
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	11	1:30.966	+1.449	83 m	+0.185	20
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	15	1:31.009	+1.492	86 m	+0.043	18
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	1:31.326	+1.809	104 m	+0.317	22
12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	12	1:31.405	+1.888	109 m	+0.079	20
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	14	1:31.733	+2.216	127 m	+0.328	21
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:31.855	+2.338	134 m	+0.122	18
15	Sergio Perez	McLaren	6	1:31.855	+2.338	134 m	+0.000	23
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:31.898	+2.381	137 m	+0.043	19
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	16	1:31.969	+2.452	141 m	+0.071	20
18	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	1:32.036	+2.519	145 m	+0.067	23
19	Charles Pic	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:33.230	+3.713	214 m	+1.194	19
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	22	1:33.470	+3.953	227 m	+0.240	22
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:33.964	+4.447	256 m	+0.494	21
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	23	1:34.683	+5.166	297 m	+0.719	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: 9 of 2013
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 7 Jul 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.