Round 15 · 2013

Japanese Grand Prix

CircuitSuzuka CircuitLocationSuzuka, JapanDates11 Oct – 13 Oct 2013Final

WinnerVETRed Bull Racing · from P2

PoleWEB

Fastest lap1:34.587Webber · L44

Most laps led25Grosjean

Biggest gain+8Sutil P22→P14

Retirements3of 22 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2	+1	53	1:26:49.301	2	25
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1	-1	53	+7.130 FL	3	18
3	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	4	+1	53	+9.910	2	15
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	8	+4	53	+45.610	2	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	9	+4	53	+47.330	2	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	7	+1	53	+51.620	2	8
7	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	14	+7	53	+1:11.630	2	6
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	6	-2	53	+1:12.020	4	4
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	10	+1	53	+1:20.820	3	2
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	5	-5	53	+1:29.260	3	1
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	12	+1	53	+1:38.570	2
12	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	17	+5	52	+1 lap	3
13	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	16	+3	52	+1 lap	3
14	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	22	+8	52	+1 lap	2
15	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	11	-4	52	+1 lap	3
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	15	-1	52	+1 lap	2
17	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	13	-4	52	+1 lap	2
18	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	20	+2	52	+1 lap	3
19	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	18	-1	52	+1 lap	2
—	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	19		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	3		7	DNF · L7	2
—	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21		0	DNF · L0	0

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:32.053	17
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:32.187	18
3	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:32.355	18
4	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:32.707	26
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:32.800	14
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:32.815	14
7	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:32.869	17
8	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:32.946	25
9	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:33.036	8
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	1:33.076	12
11	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	1:33.158	15
12	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:33.260	15
13	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:33.490	16
14	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:33.638	17
15	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:33.660	19
16	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:33.732	15
17	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:33.955	18
18	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:34.773	8
19	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:35.473	20
20	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	1:35.518	18
21	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:35.844	16
22	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:39.378	20

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:33.852	35
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:34.020	35
3	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:34.114	36
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:34.202	17
5	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:34.411	30
6	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:34.442	36
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:34.473	30
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:34.698	35
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:34.912	34
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:35.087	32
11	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:35.089	36
12	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:35.109	34
13	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	1:35.182	34
14	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:35.275	35
15	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:35.341	25
16	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	1:35.709	8
17	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:36.136	41
18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:36.722	6
19	Charles Pic PIC	Caterham	1:37.630	31
20	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:37.905	36
21	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:38.121	33
22	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:34.157	19
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:34.487	19
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:34.768	24
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:34.787	20
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:35.126	14
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:35.154	16
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:35.179	15
8	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:35.364	17
9	Sergio Pérez PER	McLaren	1:35.450	27
10	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:35.635	19
11	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:35.868	22
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Sauber	1:35.900	18
13	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:36.066	20
14	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:36.165	19
15	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:36.178	12
16	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:36.340	23
17	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:36.399	18
18	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:36.760	22
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:37.595	22
20	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.629	8
21	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:38.025	15
22	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:38.763	18

Session schedule

Practice 1Final11 Oct 2013 01:00 UTC

Practice 2Final11 Oct 2013 05:00 UTC

Practice 3Final12 Oct 2013 02:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal12 Oct 2013 05:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal13 Oct 2013 06:00 UTC

Championship after round 15

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	297
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	207
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	177
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	161
5	Mark Webber WEB	148
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	126
7	Felipe Massa MAS	90
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	87

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2012	Japanese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2011	Japanese Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	2
2010	Japanese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2009	Japanese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2006	Japanese Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	5
2005	Japanese Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	McLaren	17
2004	Japanese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1
2003	Japanese Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Ferrari	1