Round 3 · 2013

Chinese Grand Prix

CircuitShanghai International CircuitLocationShanghai, ChinaDates12 Apr – 14 Apr 2013Final

WinnerALOFerrari · from P3

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:36.808Vettel · L53

Most laps led32Alonso

Biggest gain+5Vettel P9→P4

Retirements4of 22 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3	+2	56	1:36:26.945	—	25
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	2	0	56	+10.170	—	18
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1	-2	56	+12.320	—	15
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	9	+5	56	+12.530 FL	—	12
5	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	8	+3	56	+35.290	—	10
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	5	-1	56	+40.830	—	8
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	7	0	56	+42.690	—	6
8	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	11	+3	56	+51.080	—	4
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	6	-3	56	+53.420	—	2
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	10	0	56	+56.600	—	1
11	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	12	+1	56	+1:03.860	—
12	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	15	+3	56	+1:12.600	—
13	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	16	+3	56	+1:33.860	—
14	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	14	0	56	+1:35.450	—
15	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	18	+3	55	+1 lap	—
16	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	20	+4	55	+1 lap	—
17	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	19	+2	55	+1 lap	—
18	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	21	+3	55	+1 lap	—
—	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	22		15	DNF · L15	—
—	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	4		21	DNF · L21	—
—	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	13		5	DNF · L5	—
—	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	17		4	DNF · L4	—

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:35.391	13
2	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:36.013	11
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:36.065	18
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:36.286	17
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:36.420	15
6	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:36.549	16
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:36.605	16
8	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:36.693	16
9	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	1:36.777	16
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	1:36.853	15
11	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:37.072	15
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:37.205	18
13	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:37.300	11
14	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:37.349	12
15	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:37.457	16
16	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:37.487	13
17	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:37.740	20
18	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:37.813	16
19	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:38.496	17
20	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	1:38.821	18
21	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:39.627	16
22	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:39.652	18

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:35.340	32
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:35.492	32
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:35.755	30
4	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:35.819	35
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:36.092	31
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:36.432	29
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:36.496	39
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:36.514	32
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:36.595	33
10	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:36.791	27
11	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	1:36.940	16
12	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:36.963	31
13	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:37.103	22
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:37.206	39
15	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:38.127	34
16	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:38.185	18
17	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	1:38.211	32
18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:38.276	34
19	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:38.725	29
20	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:39.271	21
21	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	1:39.814	27
22	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.227	5

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:36.717	21
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:37.171	20
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:37.658	21
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:37.942	20
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:37.965	17
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:38.069	24
7	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:38.095	14
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:38.125	21
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:38.398	17
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:38.561	15
11	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:38.790	16
12	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:39.057	19
13	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:39.158	22
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	1:39.180	21
15	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:39.336	19
16	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	1:39.360	20
17	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:39.392	21
18	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:40.032	22
19	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.966	16
20	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.056	18
21	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:42.083	21
22	Ma Qing Hua QHM	Caterham	1:43.545	20

Session schedule

Practice 1Final12 Apr 2013 02:00 UTC

Practice 2Final12 Apr 2013 06:00 UTC

Practice 3Final13 Apr 2013 03:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal13 Apr 2013 06:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal14 Apr 2013 07:00 UTC

Championship after round 3

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	52
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	49
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	43	▲3
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	40
5	Felipe Massa MAS	30
6	Mark Webber WEB	26	▼3
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	12
8	Jenson Button BUT	12	▲4

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2012	Chinese Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1
2011	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	3
2010	Chinese Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	5
2009	Chinese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2008	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1
2007	Chinese Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	2
2006	Chinese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	6
2005	Chinese Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	1