2013 Italian Grand Prix

The 2013 Italian Grand Prix (formally called the 2013 Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia) is the twelfth race of the 2013 Formula One Season. It was the 83rd Italian Grand Prix, the 63rd as a round of the Formula One World Championship race. It was held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, the 78th time the Italian Grand Prix has been held at Monza, and the 62nd time in a Formula One World Championship race.
Sebastian Vettel took pole position ahead of teammate Mark Webber, with Nico Hülkenberg taking a surprise third place on the grid.
Vettel won the race by five seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso, with Webber completing the podium. Lewis Hamilton took the fastest lap, however, he finished a disappointing ninth.
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==Background==
==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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15 	James Calado 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM06 	 	FO 108Z 	
21 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT03 	 	RS27-2013 	
22 	Rodolfo González 	Marussia F1 Team 	 	MR02 	 	CA2013 	
==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No	Driver 	Team	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	
No	Driver 	Team	Time 	Pos	Time 	Pos	Time 	Pos
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:25.753	4 	1:24.453	1 	1:24.360	1
2 	Mark Webber 	 	1:26.103	8 	1:25.076	2 	1:24.677	3
3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:25.600	2 	1:25.330	5 	1:24.643	2
4 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:26.449	14 	1:25.519	8 	1:24.995	7
5 	Jenson Button 	 	1:26.035	7 	1:25.532	9 	1:25.103	8
6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:26.007	6 	1:25.627	10 	1:24.864	5
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:25.941	5 	1:25.116	3 	1:25.120	10
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:26.295	12 	1:25.116	4 	1:25.499	14
9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:25.704	3 	1:25.367	7 	1:27.822	22
10	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:25.565	1 	1:25.340	6 	1:24.712	4
11	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:27.224	18 	1:26.385	16 	1:25.273	12
12	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	1:26.194	11 	1:25.888	12 	1:25.324	13
14	Paul di Resta 	 	1:26.594	15 	1:25.830	11 	1:26.120	17
15	Adrian Sutil 	 	DNP 	DNP	1:26.028	13 	1:25.702	16
15	James Calado 	 	1:27.041	17 	DNP 	DNP	DNP 	DNP
16	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:26.149	9 	1:26.138	14 	1:25.116	9
17	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:26.082	16 	1:27.198	18 	1:25.660	15
18	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	1:26.155	10 	1:26.224	15 	1:25.136	11
19	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:26.387	13 	1:26.599	17 	1:24.865	6
20	Charles Pic 	 	1:27.818	19 	1:27.696	20 	1:26.607	18
21	Giedo van der Garde	 	DNP 	DNP	1:27.771	21 	1:27.172	19
21	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	1:28.192	21 	DNP 	DNP	DNP 	DNP
22	Jules Bianchi 	 	DNP 	DNP	1:28.057	22 	1:27.605	20
22	Rodolfo González 	 	1:29.526	22 	DNP 	DNP	DNP 	DNP
23	Max Chilton 	 	1:27.869	20 	1:27.548	19 	1:27.665	21
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Team		Q1 	Q1 		Q2 	Q2 		Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Team		Pos	Time 		Pos	Time 		Pos	Time 	Grid
1 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 		1 	1:24.319		1 	1:23.977		1 	1:23.755	1
2 	2 	Mark Webber 	 		13 	1:24.923		3 	1:24.263		2 	1:23.968	2
3 	11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 		10 	1:24.776		5 	1:24.305		3 	1:24.065	3
4 	4 	Felipe Massa 	 		14 	1:24.950		7 	1:24.479		4 	1:24.132	4
5 	3 	Fernando Alonso 	 		7 	1:24.661		2 	1:24.227		5 	1:24.142	5
6 	9 	Nico Rosberg 	 		2 	1:24.527		6 	1:24.393		6 	1:24.192	6
7 	19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 		6 	1:24.655		4 	1:24.290		7 	1:24.209	7
8 	6 	Sergio Pérez 	 		5 	1:24.635		10 	1:24.592		8 	1:24.502	8
9 	5 	Jenson Button 	 		9 	1:24.739		8 	1:24.563		9 	1:24.515	9
10 	18 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 		4 	1:24.630		9 	1:24.575		10 	1:28.050	10
11 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 		11 	1:24.819		11 	1:24.610		 	 	11
12 	10 	Lewis Hamilton 	 		3 	1:24.589		12 	1:24.803		 	 	12
13 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 		8 	1:24.737		13 	1:24.848		 	 	13
14 	15 	Adrian Sutil 	 		16 	1:25.030		14 	1:24.932		 	 	17*
15 	16 	Pastor Maldonado 	 		12 	1:24.905		15 	1:25.011		 	 	14
16 	14 	Paul di Resta 	 		15 	1:25.009		16 	1:25.077		 	 	15
17 	12 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 		17 	1:25.226		 	 		 	 	16
18 	17 	Valtteri Bottas 	 		18 	1:25.291		 	 		 	 	18
19 	21 	Giedo van der Garde	 		19 	1:26.406		 	 		 	 	19
20 	20 	Charles Pic 	 		20 	1:26.563		 	 		 	 	20
21 	22 	Jules Bianchi 	 		21 	1:27.085		 	 		 	 	21
22 	23 	Max Chilton 	 		22 	1:27.480		 	 		 	 	22
===Grid===
*Adrian Sutil qualified 14th but was penalised three places for impeding Lewis Hamilton in Q2.
==Race==
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Grid	Points
1 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	53 	1:18:33.352 	1 	25
2 	3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	53 	+5.467 	5 	18
3 	2 	Mark Webber 	 	53 	+6.350 	2 	15
4 	4 	Felipe Massa 	 	53 	+9.361 	4 	12
5 	11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	53 	+10.355 	3 	10
6 	9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	53 	+10.999 	6 	8
7 	19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	53 	+32.329 	7 	6
8 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	53 	+33.130 	13 	4
9 	10 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	53 	+33.527 	12 	2
10 	5 	Jenson Button 	 	53 	+38.327 	9 	1
11 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	53 	+38.695 	11 	
12 	6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	53 	+39.765 	8 	
13 	12 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	53 	+40.880 	16 	
14 	16 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	53 	+49.085 	14 	
15 	17 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	53 	+56.827 	18 	
16 	15 	Adrian Sutil 	 	52 	+1 Lap(Brake failure)	17 	
17 	20 	Charles Pic 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	20 	
18 	21 	Giedo van der Garde	 	52 	+1 Lap 	19 	
19 	22 	Jules Bianchi 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	21 	
20 	23 	Max Chilton 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	22 	
Ret 	18 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	14 	Engine 	10 	
Ret 	14 	Paul di Resta 	 	0 	Collision 	15 	
==Milestones==
* Sergio Pérez: 50th entry (49th start).
* Nico Hülkenberg: 50th start (51st entry).
* Sebastian Vettel: 40th pole position.
* : 50th pole position.
* Mark Webber: best Monza qualifying performance.
* First time in the season that one driver had won two consecutive races.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	222
2 	Fernando Alonso 	169
3 	Lewis Hamilton 	141
4 	Kimi Räikkönen 	134
5 	Mark Webber 	130
6 	Nico Rosberg 	104
7 	Felipe Massa 	79
8 	Romain Grosjean 	57
9 	Jenson Button 	48
10 	Paul di Resta 	36
11 	Adrian Sutil 	25
12 	Sergio Pérez 	18
13 	Daniel Ricciardo 	18
14 	Nico Hülkenberg 	17
15 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	13
16 	Pastor Maldonado 	1
17 	Valtteri Bottas 	0
18 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	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 	 	352
2 	 	248
3 	 	245
4 	 	191
5 	 	66
6 	 	61
7 	 	31
8 	 	17
9 	 	1
10 	 	0
11 	 	0
==Notes==
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