2013 Canadian Grand Prix

The 2013 Canadian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013) was the seventh race of the season, the 34th time the Canadian Grand Prix had been held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and the 50th Formula One World Championship Canadian Grand Prix. It was held between June 7 and June 9, 2013.
Sebastian Vettel took pole position for in a wet qualifying, with ' Lewis Hamilton in second. Valtteri Bottas performed admirably to secure third place on the grid. His team, , had not yet scored a point in 2013.
Vettel produced a flawless drive on Sunday to win the race by nearly fifteen seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso, who himself drove a very strong race, picking off fellow frontrunners to minimise the points loss to his Championship rival. Hamilton managed to secure the final podium place, a second down on Alonso and ten seconds clear of Mark Webber. Bottas' race did not go as planned, the Finn finishing a lap down in fourteenth. Other strong performances came from Jean-Éric Vergne, who finished in sixth, his best finish to date; and Paul di Resta, who after qualifying a disappointing 17th, completed 57 laps on the medium compound, allowing him to finish in seventh place.
Vettel's win was both his and Red Bull's first in Canada.
The event was marred by the death of Mark Robinson, a track marshal, who was run over by a recovery vehicle while it was removing the of Esteban Gutiérrez. The accident did not kill Robinson instantly, he succumbed to his injuries in hospital. It was the first time anyone had died in F1 since the 2001 Australian Grand Prix.
==Background==
In the Drivers' Championship, Sebastian Vettel went into the Canadian Grand Prix with a 21 point lead over Kimi Räikkönen, with Fernando Alonso 8 points further adrift in third. led by 41 points in the Constructors' Championship.
For causing an avoidable accident at the , Romain Grosjean was to take a ten-place grid penalty at this event.
The FIA announced ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix that an International Tribunal will be held with regard to a test session conducted by on behalf of Pirelli prior to the Monaco Grand Prix. The event, which is the subject of formal protests by multiple teams, appears to contravene the Sporting Regulation banning teams from in-season testing with 2012 or 2013 season cars. However, Mercedes claim that the event was sanctioned under a contract between tyre manufacturer, Pirelli and the FIA. A similar protest was made against about another test that the Italian team conducted with Pirelli. Ferrari, however, were absolved of any blame when it was confirmed that they had used their 2011 car.
In addition to the Super Soft and Medium compounds, a third, experimental dry tyre will be made available to teams in Friday's practice sessions. This tyre, which is harder than the other two, and built on a kevlar base rather than the traditional steel, is being trialled ahead of a potential introduction at the .
The FIA have confirmed that the DRS zones for this event, as in 2011, were to be along the two long straights between the hairpin (turn 10) and the start-finish straight. These were to be fed by a single DRS-detection point before turn 10.
There have been only minor changes the circuit since last year, with the run-off to turn 8 being paved, and a large "sausage-kerb" put in place along the left hand kerb to discourage cutting off the corner (removed after FP2). There is also a large kerb along the left edge of the final chicane, also to discourage cutting.
==Entry list==
The full entry list for the is shown below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	RB9 	 	RS27-2013 	
2 	Mark Webber 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	RB9 	 	RS27-2013 	
3 	Fernando Alonso 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	F138 	 	056 	
4 	Felipe Massa 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	F138 	 	056 	
5 	Jenson Button 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-28 	 	FO 108Z 	
6 	Sergio Pérez 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-28 	 	FO 108Z 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Lotus F1 Team 	 	E21 	 	RS27-2013 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Lotus F1 Team 	 	E21 	 	RS27-2013 	
9 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W04 	 	FO 108Z 	
10 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W04 	 	FO 108Z 	
11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C32 	 	056 	
12 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C32 	 	056 	
14 	Paul di Resta 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM06 	 	FO 108Z 	
15 	Adrian Sutil 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM06 	 	FO 108Z 	
16 	Pastor Maldonado 	Williams F1 Team 	 	FW35 	 	RS27-2013 	
17 	Valtteri Bottas 	Williams F1 Team 	 	FW35 	 	RS27-2013 	
18 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR8 	 	056 	
19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR8 	 	056 	
20 	Charles Pic 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT03 	 	RS27-2013 	
21 	Giedo van der Garde 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT03 	 	RS27-2013 	
22 	Jules Bianchi 	Marussia F1 Team 	 	MR02 	 	CA2013 	
23 	Max Chilton 	Marussia F1 Team 	 	MR02 	 	CA2013 	
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20 	Alexander Rossi 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT03 	 	RS27-2013 	
==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
Following overnight rain, the morning session started out with a very wet track. As a result, the first few cars out all started off on the full wet tyre.
Of the 22 race drivers, the only absentee in FP1 was driver Charles Pic. The Frenchman was deputised by American youngster, Alexander Rossi who took control of an F1 car for the first time since FP1 at the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix.
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No	Driver 	Team	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	
No	Driver 	Team	Time 	Pos	Time 	Pos	Time	Pos
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:23.047	9 	1:15.280	7 	 	
2 	Mark Webber 	 	1:23.131	10 	1:15.212	4 	 	
3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:21.308	4 	1:14.818	1 	 	
4 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:23.341	11 	1:15.254	6 	 	
5 	Jenson Button 	 	1:21.108	2 	1:15.422	9 	 	
6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:22.587	8 	1:15.661	12 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:21.608	5 	1:15.599	11 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:21.258	3 	1:15.083	3 	 	
9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:22.402	7 	1:15.249	5 	 	
10	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:25.054	16 	1:14.830	2 	 	
11	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:25.354	17 	1:16.929	18 	 	
12	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	1:23.957	15 	1:16.475	17 	 	
14	Paul di Resta 	 	1:21.020	1 	1:15.855	13 	 	
15	Adrian Sutil 	 	1:23.417	14 	1:15.396	8 	 	
16	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:27.522	21 	1:16.319	14 	 	
17	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:23.352	12 	1:16.374	16 	 	
18	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	1:23.386	13 	1:16.351	15 	 	
19	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:22.068	6 	1:15.566	10 	 	
20	Charles Pic 	 	DNP 	 	1:17.236	20 	 	
20	Alexander Rossi 	 	1:27.143	20 	DNP 	 	DNP 	
21	Giedo van der Garde	 	1:25.753	18 	1:18.392	22 	 	
22	Jules Bianchi 	 	1:29.306	22 	1:17.070	19 	 	
23	Max Chilton 	 	1:25.821	19 	1:17.888	21 	 	
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
===Grid===
*Grosjean qualified 19th, but was given a ten-place grid penalty for colliding with Daniel Ricciardo at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix.
†Räikkönen and Ricciardo both received two-pace grid penalties for lining up incorrectly at the pit exit at the restart of Q2.
==Race==
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	70 	1:32:09.143 	1 	25
2 	3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	70 	+14.408 	6 	18
3 	10 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	70 	+15.942 	2 	15
4 	2 	Mark Webber 	 	70 	+25.731 	5 	12
5 	9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	70 	+1:09.725 	4 	10
6 	18 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	69 	+1 lap 	7 	8
7 	14 	Paul di Resta 	 	69 	+1 lap 	17 	6
8 	4 	Felipe Massa 	 	69 	+1 lap 	16 	4
9 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	69 	+1 lap 	10 	2
10 	15 	Adrian Sutil 	 	69 	+1 lap 	8 	1
11 	6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	69 	+1 lap 	12 	
12 	5 	Jenson Button 	 	69 	+1 lap 	14 	
13 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	69 	+1 lap 	22 	
14 	17 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	69 	+1 lap 	3 	
15 	19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	68 	+2 laps 	11 	
16 	16 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	68 	+2 laps 	13 	
17 	22 	Jules Bianchi 	 	68 	+2 laps 	19 	
18 	20 	Charles Pic 	 	67 	+3 laps 	18 	
19 	23 	Max Chilton 	 	67 	+3 laps 	20 	
20* 	12 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	63 	Accident 	15 	
Ret 	11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	45 	Collision damage	9 	
Ret 	21 	Giedo van der Garde	 	43 	Collision 	21 	
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* * — Esteban Gutiérrez was classified despite retiring as he had completed 90% of the race distance.
==Milestones==
*Kimi Räikkönen's 9th place meant he finished his 24th consecutive race in the points, equaling Michael Schumacher's record.
*'s 100th race.
*Valtteri Bottas: Best grid position of his career to date (3rd).
*Jean-Éric Vergne: Best finish to date (6th).
* ended a streak of 64 consecutive points finishes, with Sergio Pérez 11th and Jenson Button 12th. This was the longest streak in Formula One history.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	132
2 	Fernando Alonso 	96
3 	Kimi Räikkönen 	88
4 	Lewis Hamilton 	77
5 	Mark Webber 	69
6 	Nico Rosberg 	57
7 	Felipe Massa 	49
8 	Paul di Resta 	34
9 	Romain Grosjean 	26
10 	Jenson Button 	25
11 	Adrian Sutil 	17
12 	Sergio Pérez 	12
13 	Daniel Ricciardo 	7
14 	Nico Hülkenberg 	5
15 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	5
16 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	0
17 	Valtteri Bottas 	0
18 	Pastor Maldonado 	0
19 	Jules Bianchi 	0
20 	Charles Pic 	0
21 	Max Chilton 	0
22 	Giedo van der Garde 	0
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts
1 	 	201
2 	 	145
3 	 	134
4 	 	114
5 	 	51
6 	 	37
7 	 	20
8 	 	5
9 	 	0
10 	 	0
11 	 	0
==Notes==
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