2013 Japanese Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of Japan 2013 ( officially 2013 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix) was held on 13 October at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka place and was the 15th race of the Formula 1 season 2013.
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
After the Grand Prix of Korea Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' championship with 77 points ahead of Fernando Alonso and 105 points ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. Red Bull -Renault resulted in the constructors' championship with 118 points ahead of Ferrari and 119 points ahead of Mercedes.
At the Grand Prix of Japan presented the Pirelli P Zero tire compounds drivers the hardware (orange) and P Zero medium ( white ) and for wet Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue ) are available.
With Vettel ( three times), Alonso (twice), Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button ( once each ) were five former winners of this Grand Prix.
As race officials acted José Abed ( MEX), Garry Connelly (AUS), Takashi Mitarashi (JPN ) and Emanuele Pirro (ITA ).
On race day, the imaginary driver before the driver parade of the deceased on Friday former Formula 1 test driver María de Villota.
Training
In the first free practice Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of team- mate Nico Rosberg and Vettel. Heikki Kovalainen took over in this training the Caterham of Charles Pic. Jules Bianchi had an accident in the second Degner Curve. Yet his Marussia MR02 chassis has been irreparably damaged and he contracted a slight elbow injury. Cause of the accident was that Bianchi's arm between the seat shell and chassis was jammed. In other accidents Giedo van der Garde and Pastor Maldonado were involved. In the second free practice Vettel took the lead from his team- mate Mark Webber and Rosberg. Sergio Perez and Maldonado were unhurt in accidents.
In the third free practice Webber was fastest ahead of Hamilton and Rosberg. Vettel, who finished ninth, took no further part in the end, as his KERS battery was changed. Adrian Sutil slipped exit of the Spoon curve into the tire wall and damaged the front wing is doing.
Qualifying
The first segment of the session was interrupted for about three minutes before the end, as Jean- Éric Vergne had stopped with burning rear brakes. Romain Grosjean was the fastest driver. The Marussia and Caterham pilots and Vergne and Sutil dropped out. In the second section Vettel was fastest. The Williams driver Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Gutierrez, Paul di Resta and Perez resigned from. In the final segment Webber set the fastest time and achieved his first pole position of the season. It also succeeded for the first time, beating Vettel in qualifying in 2013. Vettel finished second, Hamilton third. Vettel had, however, as in the training KERS problems and he had in the last section in the final phase of qualifying waive the extra performance using the system.
Pic and Bianchi were assigned on the basis of three warnings from the previous race with a starting place penalty of ten grid positions. Sutil was because of premature gear change five positions offset to the rear.
Since Pic had run a red light in the first segment of qualifying, and he had already noticed in the previous race with a similar violation, it has been demonstrated for the race with a drive-through penalty, which he had to complete within the first five rounds. It was the first time that a drive-through penalty was pronounced before a race.
Race
Grosjean started from fourth place at best and took over the lead directly ahead of Webber and Vettel. Grosjean pulled over in the inside lane to the other pilots. Vettel, who was overtaken on the right side of Hamilton and on the left side of Grosjean, touched with his front wing to the rear tire of Hamilton. Here, Hamilton and Vettel's tires front wing was damaged. While Vettel drove on without repair, Hamilton suffered a puncture and went after the first lap to change tires on the box. In addition, there was at the first corner collision between Bianchi, Chilton and van der Garde excreting the Guard at the Bianchi and van. Van der Garde Marussia pilots was between the two have been caught, lost his front wing and drove consequently in the tire wall. In van der Gardes impact more than 20 g had on his body. Pic graduated from a drive-through penalty, which had been pronounced before the race in the first round.
While Grosjean led the race before the two Red Bull drivers, Hamilton gave up after seven rounds at the box because his vehicle was no longer intact and moved to the right. In midfield, there were at that time several position battles. Raikkonen went past Button and Rosberg, Felipe Massa, Alonso and Nico Hulkenberg were close together in the battle for fourth place. Ferrari asked Massa at this time, Alonso her pass, he ignored the order but because he considered a team orders in this phase of the race as not right.
In the eighth round, the phase of pit stops began. The top group waited a little longer. Webber went into the eleventh, Grosjean in the twelfth and Vettel on the 14th lap to the pits. Changed to the first three positions by the pit stops nothing. Rosberg had nearly collided with his stop with Pérez, since he was released too early. As a result, he received a drive-through penalty. Hulkenberg passed by the stops at the Ferraris of Massa and Alonso was behind Ricciardo, who started on the harder tire compound and was not on the box, on the fifth position.
In the 20th round, there were in this group, several position changes. Hülkenberg before the 130R past Ricciardo and Alonso overtook Ricciardo little later, after he had already passed by Massa. Also in the 130R Raikkonen went past Gutiérrez and Rosberg button.
In the 25th round Webber went for the second time to the box. He was on a three-stop strategy; unlike Grosjean and Vettel, who had planned two stops. Grosjean went in the 29th round to the pits and handed over the leadership in order to Vettel. Vettel remained, although he pursued the same strategy as Grosjean until the 37th lap on the track and then moved for the last time his tires. Webber took the lead. Meanwhile Ricciardo had received a drive-through penalty for an overtaking maneuver against Sutil, in which he had left the track in the 130R, Massa also had to serve a drive through penalty because he had been too fast in the pit lane. In the second pit stops were at two McLaren drivers a problem with the wheel nut, rear left, so this stops lasted a little longer.
Vettel took after his stop with the fresher tires quickly Grosjean on and overtook it in the 41th round at the start -finish straight. Webber, who had about 15 seconds ahead of Vettel went a lap later to the pits, so Vettel again took the lead of the race. Webber chose the softer tire compound for his last stint in contrast to Vettel and Grosjean. Webber finished in the next rounds also on Grosjean, but initially could not pass. On the penultimate lap Webber Grosjean was able to overtake at the first corner. In addition, there were several duels on the track. Pérez suffered a puncture after a battle with Rosberg, in which tires and front wing touched. Hulkenberg was first overtaken in the last ten laps of Alonso and shortly before the finish by Raikkonen. On the final lap Button walked past Massa.
Vettel eventually won his fifth race in a row. He is the sixth pilot after Alberto Ascari, Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Nigel Mansell and Michael Schumacher, have managed this. Webber was second ahead of Grosjean, who this season a podium placement achieved for the first time, without having been beaten there by his teammate Räikkönen. Alonso finished fourth and thus prevented the early title win Vettel. Raikkonen was fifth. The top 10 was completed by Hulkenberg, Gutiérrez, Rosberg, Button and Massa. It was Gutierrez ' first points and his first top- 10 ranking in Formula 1
Vettel extended his lead in the drivers' world championship on 90 points ahead of Alonso so on. To win the title on their own Vettel were missing at this time in four races to ten points. Alonso would have to win the World Cup win at least three of the four remaining races and even finish second, while Vettel is likely to bring a maximum of two points. Also in the constructors' world championship, the first three positions remained unchanged. Red Bull also had the opportunity to win the world title in the next race on their own.
Comments of the first three riders
"It was a very rewarding win today - a great feeling. I love this track and it's fantastic to win here. To be honest we had a horrible start. We have found ourselves in third place and wanted to delay the first stint after. After I had Romain outdated, I had a great traction, and the only danger was Mark, who was stuck behind Romain. We were then able to hold out until the end of our lead. The championship course is a big goal, but the season is still very long, and the best way to stow it is not to think about it. I am happy that I can now go and relax for a while home before we go to India. This is an impressive country, and I am looking forward to racing there in a few weeks. "
"We were a little caught off guard by Romains great start. I wanted to put pressure on him so that I can win. Sebastian was on a different strategy that has paid off in the end. It is difficult to know which strategy was the right thing, but we have tried to cover Romain. I did my best, and in the end it was a good result. "
" Today was a very, very good race. What a start! It was great to walk past two Red Bull. This is one of my best memories of the year. The car was fantastic on the first set of tires, and we were able to pull away. But the Red Bull were able to catch up with us again later. In the end, we were the only car that the cops had almost gotten. It was a great home race for my engineer; it's always nice to come to Japan and it is really great to be back on the podium. "
Message list
Classifications
Qualifying
Race
WM stands after the race
, The first ten of the race were 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s).