Round 1 · 2013

Australian Grand Prix

CircuitAlbert ParkLocationMelbourne, AustraliaDates15 Mar – 17 Mar 2013Final

WinnerRAILotus F1 · from P7

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:29.274Raikkonen · L56

Most laps led55Button

Biggest gain+6Raikkonen P7→P1

Retirements4of 22 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	7	+6	58	1:30:03.225 FL	—	25
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	5	+3	58	+12.450	—	18
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1	-2	58	+22.350	—	15
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	4	0	58	+33.580	—	12
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	3	-2	58	+45.560	—	10
6	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2	-4	58	+46.800	—	8
7	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	12	+5	58	+1:05.070	—	6
8	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	9	+1	58	+1:08.450	—	4
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	10	+1	58	+1:21.630	—	2
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	8	-2	58	+1:22.760	—	1
11	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	15	+4	58	+1:23.370	—
12	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	13	+1	58	+1:23.860	—
13	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	18	+5	57	+1 lap	—
14	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	16	+2	57	+1 lap	—
15	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	19	+4	57	+1 lap	—
16	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	22	+6	56	+2 laps	—
17	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	+3	56	+2 laps	—
18	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	21	+3	56	+2 laps	—
—	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	6		26	DNF · L26	—
—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	11		0	DNF · L0	—
—	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	17		24	DNF · L24	—
—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	14		40	DNF · L40	—

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	27
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	26
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	29
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	23
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	26
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	28
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	27
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	25
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	23
10	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	24
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	—	—	—	19
12	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	—	—	—	19
13	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	19
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	20
15	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	—	—	—	18
16	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	—	—	—	19
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	11
18	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	—	—	—	10
19	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	11
20	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	11
21	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	—	—	—	11
22	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	—	—	—	10

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:26.929	14
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:27.000	7
3	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:27.241	10
4	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:27.533	9
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:27.625	12
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:27.849	19
7	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:27.860	16
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:28.069	15
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	1:28.253	18
10	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:28.253	20
11	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:28.486	13
12	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:29.808	9
13	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:30.073	16
14	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:30.388	17
15	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:30.598	20
16	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	1:30.959	19
17	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:33.236	7
18	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	1:33.527	8
19	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:39.232	13
20	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:39.779	13
21	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.872	13
22	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:47.246	9

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:25.908	33
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:26.172	31
3	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:26.322	26
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:26.361	38
5	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:26.680	32
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:26.748	35
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:26.772	28
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:26.855	32
9	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:27.435	35
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	1:28.187	34
11	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:28.294	30
12	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:28.311	37
13	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	1:28.566	33
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:28.627	31
15	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:28.772	33
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:28.852	36
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:28.968	36
18	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:29.386	39
19	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:29.696	32
20	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	1:30.165	37
21	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:30.600	36
22	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:32.450	11

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:27.211	16
2	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:27.289	17
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:27.547	16
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:27.552	18
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:27.668	18
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:27.877	17
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:28.013	17
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:28.426	19
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:28.440	19
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:28.520	15
11	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	1:28.597	19
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	1:28.786	19
13	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:28.910	18
14	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:29.443	20
15	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:29.928	19
16	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:30.203	17
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:30.729	17
18	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:30.969	19
19	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:31.263	24
20	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:32.176	23
21	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	1:32.274	21
22	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:32.388	18

Session schedule

Practice 1Final15 Mar 2013 01:30 UTC

Practice 2Final15 Mar 2013 05:30 UTC

Practice 3Final16 Mar 2013 03:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal16 Mar 2013 06:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal17 Mar 2013 06:00 UTC

Championship after round 1

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	25
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	18
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	15
4	Felipe Massa MAS	12
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	10
6	Mark Webber WEB	8
7	Adrian Sutil SUT	6
8	Paul di Resta DIR	4

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Red Bull Racing	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Mark Webber WEB
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
Ferrari	Felipe Massa MAS	—	Fernando Alonso ALO
Lotus F1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Force India	Paul di Resta DIR	—	Adrian Sutil SUT
McLaren	Jenson Button BUT	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Sauber	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Esteban Gutierrez GUT
Toro Rosso	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC
Williams	Valtteri Bottas BOT	—	Pastor Maldonado MAL
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Jules Bianchi BIA	—	Max Chilton CHI
Caterham	Giedo van der Garde VDG	—	Charles Pic PIC

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2012	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	2
2011	Australian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2010	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	4
2009	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	Brawn GP	1
2008	Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1
2007	Australian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1
2006	Australian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	3
2005	Australian Grand Prix	Giancarlo Fisichella FIS	Renault (2002–10)	1