# 2013 United States Grand Prix

The 2013 United States Grand Prix is a Formula One motor race that was held at the Circuit of the Americas on 17 November 2013. The race was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2013 season, and marks the second running of the United States Grand Prix in Austin. The race was won by Red Bull-Renault's Sebastian Vettel, for his eighth consecutive win, a new F1 record for consecutive wins within a single season.
This would be Red Bull's last win at the Circuit of the Americas until the 2021 United States Grand Prix.

## Report
### Background
#### Driver changes

Kimi Räikkönen announced a week before the Grand Prix that he would be missing the final two races of 2013, in order to have back surgery. He had wanted to delay the operation until the off-season, but suffered increasing discomfort over the previous races. Räikkönen's decision meant that the previous race was his last race competing for Lotus, having agreed to join Ferrari for the 2014 season. His place was taken by Heikki Kovalainen, who signed a two-race deal with the team.

#### Tyres

Like the previous United States Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli will bring its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.

### Free practice

Jenson Button was given a three-place grid penalty for the race, after overtaking under red flags during the opening practice session. Charles Pic was given a five-place penalty for the race after Caterham changed the gearbox in his car.

### Qualifying

Esteban Gutiérrez and Max Chilton were given penalties for impeding other drivers in the first qualifying session. Gutiérrez, who blocked Pastor Maldonado was handed a ten-place grid penalty; Chilton had served a drive-through penalty within the first five laps of the race after he impeded both Maldonado and Adrian Sutil.

### Race

At the start, Sebastian Vettel led away but soon after the safety car was deployed after Pastor Maldonado and Adrian Sutil collided, sending the latter into the barriers. At the restart on lap 5, Vettel quickly built up his lead and was never challenged en route to his 8th consecutive victory, taking the fastest lap with two laps remaining. Behind him Lotus driver Romain Grosjean held off Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber, for 2nd.

### Post-race

Jean-Éric Vergne was given a 20-second penalty for a collision with Esteban Gutiérrez on the final lap of the race. He moved down from 12th to 16th as a result.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:38.516 | 1:37.065 | 1:36.338 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:38.161 | 1:37.312 | 1:36.441 | 2 |
| 3 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.676 | 1:37.523 | 1:37.155 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.339 | 1:37.828 | 1:37.296 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37.959 | 1:37.854 | 1:37.345 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38.929 | 1:37.368 | 1:37.376 | 6 |
| 7 | 6 | Sergio Pérez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.367 | 1:38.040 | 1:37.452 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.375 | 1:38.078 | 1:37.715 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:37.821 | 1:37.439 | 1:37.836 | 9 |
| 10 | 12 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.082 | 1:38.031 | 1:38.034 | 20 |
| 11 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:38.882 | 1:38.131 | | 10 |
| 12 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.894 | 1:38.139 | | 11 |
| 13 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.588 | 1:38.217 | | 15 |
| 14 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.743 | 1:38.364 | | 12 |
| 15 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:39.094 | 1:38.592 | | 13 |
| 16 | 18 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:38.880 | 1:38.696 | | 14 |
| 17 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:39.250 | | | 16 |
| 18 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:39.351 | | | 17 |
| 19 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:40.491 | | | 18 |
| 20 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:40.528 | | | 19 |
| 21 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:40.596 | | | 22 |
| 22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:41.401 | | | 21 |
| 107% time: 1:44.668 ||||||||
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Notes:
    ^1 – Esteban Gutiérrez qualified 10th, but was given a ten-place grid penalty for the race after blocking Pastor Maldonado during qualifying.
    ^2 – Jenson Button qualified 13th, but was given a three-place grid penalty for the race, after overtaking under red flags during the opening practice session.
    ^3 – Charles Pic qualified 21st, but was given a five-place penalty for the race after a gearbox change.

### Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 56 | 1:39:17.148 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 56 | + 6.284 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 56 | + 8.396 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 56 | + 27.358 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 56 | + 29.592 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 11 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 56 | + 30.400 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 | Sergio Pérez | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | + 46.692 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 56 | + 54.509 | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 56 | + 59.141 | 12 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | + 1:17.278 | 15 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | + 1:21.004 | 10 | |
| 12 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 56 | + 1:26.914 | 13 | |
| 13 | 12 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 56 | + 1:31.707 | 20 | |
| 14 | 7 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 56 | + 1:35.063 | 8 | |
| 15 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | + 1:36.853 | 11 | |
| 16 | 18 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | + 1:44.574 | 14 | |
| 17 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 55 | + 1 Lap | 17 | |
| 18 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 55 | + 1 Lap | 19 | |
| 19 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 55 | + 1 Lap | 18 | |
| 20 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 55 | + 1 Lap | 22 | |
| 21 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 54 | + 2 Laps | 21 | |
| Ret | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 0 | Collision | 16 | |
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Notes: ^1 – Jean-Éric Vergne was penalised 20 seconds post-race for colliding with Esteban Gutiérrez.

## Championship standings after the race

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Sebastian Vettel* | 372 |
| | 2 | Fernando Alonso | 227 |
| 1 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | 187 |
| 1 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | 183 |
| | 5 | Mark Webber | 181 |
| Source: ||||
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Red Bull-Renault* | 553 |
| | 2 | Mercedes | 348 |
| | 3 | Ferrari | 333 |
| | 4 | Lotus-Renault | 315 |
| | 5 | McLaren-Mercedes | 102 |
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* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
* Those in bold and with an asterisk are 2013 World Champions.