2013 Belgian Grand Prix

The 2013 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2013 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix) was the eleventh race of the 2013 Formula One Season. It was the 69th Belgian Grand Prix – the 58th as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race was held on August 25 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, the 46th time that Formula One has visited the circuit.
 driver, Lewis Hamilton started on pole for the fourth consecutive race. It was the British driver's seventh consecutive front-row start, and the ninth consecutive race to feature a Mercedes on the front row. drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber started in second and third respectively.
On the first lap, Vettel took the lead and raced clear to win by nearly 17 seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso, who have started in ninth. Vettel spent the entire race in first place. Hamilton took the final podium position.
==Background==
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is unchanged in layout from last year, with only minor off-track changes being made. The most significant of these is the run-off to the long, off-camber turn 5, which has been changed from gravel to tarmac.
There are two DRS zones for the race. The first is along the Kemmel Straight, starting beyond Radillon and ending at Les Combes. The second DRS zone lies along the much shorter start-finish straight, from the tight final chicane to La Source.
Sebastian Vettel leads the World Drivers' Championship by 38 points from Kimi Räikkönen. lead the Constructors' Championship by 69 points from . Both parties will retain their position regardless of the result of this race.
==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 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT03 	 	RS27-2013 	
==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 	 	1:55.636	6 	1:49.331	1 	1:48.327	1
2 	Mark Webber 	 	1:58.929	19 	1:49.390	2 	1:48.533	3
3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:55.198	1 	1:50.510	7 	1:48.432	2
4 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:56.863	11 	1:50.164	4 	1:48.788	5
5 	Jenson Button 	 	1:57.281	14 	1:51.595	15 	1:48.882	6
6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:55.518	4 	1:50.536	8 	1:49.417	16
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:59.441	21 	1:50.318	6 	1:49.008	10
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	2:03.176	22 	1:50.149	3 	1:48.967	8
9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:55.614	5 	1:50.601	9 	1:48.993	9
10	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:57.358	15 	1:50.751	12 	1:49.046	12
11	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:56.110	8 	1:50.972	13 	1:49.478	17
12	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	1:55.954	7 	1:51.644	18 	1:48.930	7
14	Paul di Resta 	 	1:55.224	2 	1:50.611	10 	1:49.226	15
15	Adrian Sutil 	 	1:55.373	3 	1:50.629	11 	1:49.122	13
16	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:57.081	12 	1:50.991	14 	1:50.418	18
17	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:56.858	10 	1:51.568	17 	1:49.177	14
18	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	1:57.084	13 	1:50.253	5 	1:48.776	4
19	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:56.770	9 	1:51.447	16 	1:49.035	11
20	Charles Pic 	 	DNP 	DNP	1:53.251	20 	1:51.416	19
20	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	1:57.821	16 	DNP 	DNP	DNP 	DNP
21	Giedo van der Garde	 	1:57.887	17 	1:53.157	19 	1:51.800	20
22	Jules Bianchi 	 	1:59.209	20 	1:53.481	21 	1:52.221	21
23	Max Chilton 	 	1:58.600	18 	1:54.418	22 	1:53.507	22
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
===Grid===
==Race==
===Results===
===Race===
 	 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	44 	1:23:42.196 	2 	25
2 	3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	44 	+16.869 	9 	18
3 	10	Lewis Hamilton 	 	44 	+27.734 	1 	15
4 	9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	44 	+29.872 	4 	12
5 	2 	Mark Webber 	 	44 	+33.845 	3 	10
6 	5 	Jenson Button 	 	44 	+40.794 	6 	8
7 	4 	Felipe Massa 	 	44 	+53.922 	10 	6
8 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	44 	+55.846 	7 	4
9 	15	Adrian Sutil 	 	44 	+1:09.547 	12 	2
10 	10	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	44 	+1:13.470 	19 	1
11 	6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	44 	+1:21.936 	13 	
12 	18	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	44 	+1:26.740 	18 	
13 	11	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	44 	+1:28.258 	11 	
14 	12	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	44 	+1:40.436 	21 	
15 	17	Valtteri Bottas 	 	44 	+1:47.456 	20 	
16 	21	Giedo van der Garde	 	43 	+1 Lap 	14 	
17 	16	Pastor Maldonado 	 	43 	+1 Lap 	17 	
18 	22	Jules Bianchi 	 	43 	+1 Lap 	15 	
19 	23	Max Chilton 	 	42 	+2 Laps 	16 	
Ret	14	Paul di Resta 	 	26 	Collision 	5 	
Ret	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	25 	Brakes 	8 	
Ret	20	Charles Pic 	 	8 	Oil leak 	22 	
==Milestones==
* Paul di Resta: 50th race.
* Pastor Maldonado: 50th race.
* Nico Hülkenberg: 50th entry (49th start).
* Lewis Hamilton: 4th consecutive pole.
* Paul di Resta: equal best qualifying performance to date (5th).
* Giedo van der Garde, Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton: best qualifying to date.
* : best qualifying to date.
* Sebastian Vettel: 31st win, equal fifth most wins (with Nigel Mansell).
* Sebastian Vettel: 2000th lap led.
* : 30th podium.
* Kimi Räikkönen: First retirement in 38 races (from Hungary 2009 to Hungary 2013, missing and ).
* Kimi Räikkönen: First failure to finish in the points in 27 races (from Bahrain 2012 to Hungary 2013).
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	197
2 	Fernando Alonso 	151
3 	Lewis Hamilton 	139
4 	Kimi Räikkönen 	134
5 	Mark Webber 	115
6 	Nico Rosberg 	96
7 	Felipe Massa 	67
8 	Romain Grosjean 	53
9 	Jenson Button 	47
10 	Paul di Resta 	36
11 	Adrian Sutil 	25
12 	Sergio Pérez 	18
13 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	13
14 	Daniel Ricciardo 	12
15 	Nico Hülkenberg 	7
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 	 	312
2 	 	235
3 	 	218
4 	 	187
5 	 	65
6 	 	61
7 	 	25
8 	 	7
9 	 	1
10 	 	0
11 	 	0
==Notes==
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