2013 Singapore Grand Prix

The 2013 Singapore Grand Prix (officially the 2013 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix) will be the thirteenth race of the 2013 Formula One Season. It was the 14th Singapore Grand Prix, the sixth as a round of the Formula One World Championship. It was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, the sixth time the race has been there. It was held on the weekend of 20–22 September 2013.
Sebastian Vettel took pole position for , with Nico Rosberg joining him on the front row.
Vettel easily won the race by a large distance ahead of Fernando Alonso. Kimi Räikkönen, who was suffering from back pains, came third.
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==Background==
Sebastian Vettel entered the race as Championship leader, having won the previous two races, while his team, lead the Constructors' Championship.
The notorious Turn 10, a sharp left-right-left chicane known as the "Singapore Sling", has been replaced by a single-apex left-hand bend. This is expected to improve lap times by about one second.
Some of the track has also been resurfaced, including Turns 1 to 3, Turn 5, Turn 8, Esplanade Drive (between Turns 13 and 14) and the pit lane.
There are two DRS zones. The first, between Turns 5 and 7, is longer, and has a detection point just after Turn 4. The second, on the start/finish straight, has a detection point before Turn 22.
On Thursday, Lotus employee Nick Hayes proposed to Red Bull's Kerry Arnold before the start of the Singapore GP.https://www.motorsportimages.com/photos/?race_type_id=&search=Nick+Hayes+Kerry+Arnold, (Accessed 15/5/2023)https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/TAEjCWbF7T4, (Accessed 15/5/2023)
==Entry list==
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 	
==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 	 	1:47.885	3 	1:44.249	1 	1:44.173	1
2 	Mark Webber 	 	1:47.420	2 	1:44.853	2 	1:44.906	4
3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:48.362	7 	1:45.691	6 	1:45.257	6
4 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:49.493	12 	1:46.870	15 	1:45.935	10
5 	Jenson Button 	 	1:49.608	14 	1:45.754	7 	1:45.890	9
6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:49.267	8 	1:46.025	10 	1:45.500	7
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:48.354	5 	1:45.778	8 	1:46.147	12
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:48.355	6 	1:45.411	5 	1:44.364	2
9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:48.239	4 	1:45.258	3 	1:44.741	3
10	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:47.055	1 	1:45.368	4 	1:44.921	5
11	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:50.222	17 	1:46.808	14 	1:45.876	8
12	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	1:49.355	10 	1:47.287	16 	1:46.893	17
14	Paul di Resta 	 	1:49.887	15 	1:46.606	13 	1:46.879	16
15	Adrian Sutil 	 	1:50.092	16 	1:46.002	9 	1:47.249	18
16	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:49.481	11 	1:47.761	18 	1:46.338	13
17	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:49.510	13 	1:47.434	17 	1:46.660	15
18	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	1:49.348	9 	1:46.429	12 	1:46.084	11
19	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:50.757	18 	1:46.406	11 	1:46.358	14
20	Charles Pic 	 	1:53.647	22 	1:49.526	20 	1:49.037	20
21	Giedo van der Garde	 	1:52.920	21 	1:49.434	19 	1:48.931	19
22	Jules Bianchi 	 	1:52.359	19 	1:49.731	22 	1:49.182	21
23	Max Chilton 	 	1:52.673	20 	1:49.619	21 	1:49.982	22
==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 	 		7 	1:45.376		1 	1:42.905		1 	1:42.841	1
2 	9 	Nico Rosberg 	 		5 	1:45.208		3 	1:43.892		2 	1:42.932	2
3 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 		14 	1:45.851		5 	1:43.957		3 	1:43.058	3
4 	2 	Mark Webber 	 		6 	1:45.271		2 	1:43.272		4 	1:43.152	4
5 	10 	Lewis Hamilton 	 		1 	1:44.196		4 	1:43.920		5 	1:43.254	5
6 	4 	Felipe Massa 	 		13 	1:45.658		8 	1:44.376		6 	1:43.890	6
7 	3 	Fernando Alonso 	 		3 	1:45.115		6 	1:44.153		7 	1:43.938	7
8 	5 	Jenson Button 	 		2 	1:45.009		10 	1:44.497		8 	1:44.282	8
9 	19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 		8 	1:45.379		9 	1:44.407		9 	1:44.439	9
10 	12 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 		10 	1:45.483		7 	1:44.245		10 	no time 	10
11 	11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 		9 	1:45.381		11 	1:44.555		 	 	11
12 	18 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 		12 	1:45.657		12 	1:44.588		 	 	12
13 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 		11 	1:45.522		13 	1:44.658		 	 	13
14 	6 	Sergio Pérez 	 		4 	1:45.164		14 	1:44.752		 	 	14
15 	15 	Adrian Sutil 	 		15 	1:45.960		15 	1:45.185		 	 	15
16 	17 	Valtteri Bottas 	 		16 	1:45.982		16 	1:45.388		 	 	16
17 	14 	Paul di Resta 	 		17 	1:46.121		 	 		 	 	17
18 	16 	Pastor Maldonado 	 		18 	1:46.619		 	 		 	 	18
19 	20 	Charles Pic 	 		19 	1:48.111		 	 		 	 	19
20 	21 	Giedo van der Garde	 		20 	1:48.320		 	 		 	 	20
21 	22 	Jules Bianchi 	 		21 	1:48.830		 	 		 	 	21
22 	23 	Max Chilton 	 		22 	1:48.930		 	 		 	 	22
===Grid===
==Race==
Nico Rosberg started sharply from second on the grid and overtook Vettel going into the first corner, however rain wide on the exit meaning the polesitter could retake the lead. Fernando Alonso made yet another fantastic start, moving from seventh to third in the first few corners.
Vettel coasted infront and there was little action amongst the field until lap 25, when future Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo crashed going into the tunnel causing the safety car to come out. Vettel however had no problems with the restart 6 laps later.
Shortly after the safety car exited the track, Romain Grosjean was forced into a pitstop because of an air-consumption problem on the engine. He slotted back many seconds later at the back of the grid, ending his probable chance of a podium. The Frenchman reitred three laps later.
On lap 42, Mark Webber jumped Rosberg during the German's pitstop for second place. Rosberg was urged to push and overtake Webber, however the Mercedes driver was surprisingly reluctant, fearing of wearing his tyres out. The other Red Bull pitted on lap 45, and comfortably rejoined in 1st position, ahead of Alonso.
This ended the pitstop phase of the frontrunners, with drivers electing to run to the end on an old set of tyres. A queue of cars were packed up behind Esteban Gutiérrez, however the Mexican was quickly disposed and dropped three spaces over the course of one lap. Hülkenberg was passed by Webber, Rosberg and Hamilton quickly after.
Both McLaren drivers, at the time in 3rd and 5th, lost positions due to their tyres wearing, ending the Woking team's hopes of a first podium of 2013, and to pull further away of Force India in the constructors title. Force India driver Paul di Resta crashed out on lap 56, pushing too hard in getting into the points.
Webber, hunting down Räikkönen in third, was told to short-shift for the second race in a row. Although this seemed innocuous at first, it ultimately turned terminal with the Australian at first losing places, but then having to pull off the track with an engine blow-out and a fiery Red Bull.
Vettel crossed the line over 30 seconds ahead of Alonso, with the two Mercedes drivers crossing the line in fourth and fifth. The McLarens held on to seventh and eighth, Button then Pérez, with Hülkenberg and Sutil rounding off the points.
===Post-race===
On the slowing-down lap, Fernando Alonso gave the unlucky Mark Webber a lift back to the pits. Both drivers incurred reprimands, Alonso for abuptly slowing down on track and Webber for walking on it without permission. Webber's reprimand was his third of the season, and thus he received a ten-place grid-penalty for the next race, the .
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	61 	1:59:13.132 	1 	25
2 	3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	61 	+32.627 	7 	18
3 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	61 	+43.920 	13 	15
4 	9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	61 	+51.155 	2 	12
5 	10 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	61 	+53.159 	5 	10
6 	4 	Felipe Massa 	 	61 	+1:03.877 	6 	8
7 	5 	Jenson Button 	 	61 	+1:23.354 	8 	6
8 	6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	61 	+1:23.820 	14 	4
9 	11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	61 	+1:24.261 	11 	2
10 	15 	Adrian Sutil 	 	61 	+1:24.688 	15 	1
11 	16 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	61 	+1:28.479 	18 	
12 	12 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	61 	+1:37.894 	10 	
13 	17 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	61 	+1:45.161 	16 	
14 	18 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	61 	+1:53.512 	12 	
15 	2 	Mark Webber 	 	60 	Water leak 	4 	
16 	21 	Giedo van der Garde	 	60 	+1 lap 	20 	
17 	23 	Max Chilton 	 	60 	+1 lap 	22 	
18 	22 	Jules Bianchi 	 	60 	+1 lap 	21 	
19 	20 	Charles Pic 	 	60 	+1 lap 	19 	
20 	14 	Paul di Resta 	 	54 	Accident 	17 	
Ret 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	37 	Pneumatics 	3 	
Ret 	19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	23 	Accident 	9 	
;Notes:
* Mark Webber and Paul di Resta failed to finish the race but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race.
==Milestones==
* Sergio Pérez: 50th start (51st entry)
* Sebastian Vettel: 33rd victory, stands alone as fourth-most wins by a driver
* Sebastian Vettel: 3rd Grand Chelem.
* Sebastian Vettel: 20th fastest lap.
* Sergio Pérez: passed 100 points (reached 102 after the end of the race).
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	247
2 	Fernando Alonso 	187
3 	Lewis Hamilton 	151
4 	Kimi Räikkönen 	149
5 	Mark Webber 	130
6 	Nico Rosberg 	116
7 	Felipe Massa 	87
8 	Romain Grosjean 	57
9 	Jenson Button 	54
10 	Paul di Resta 	36
11 	Adrian Sutil 	26
12 	Sergio Pérez 	22
13 	Nico Hülkenberg 	19
14 	Daniel Ricciardo 	18
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 	 	377
2 	 	274
3 	 	267
4 	 	216
5 	 	76
6 	 	62
7 	 	31
8 	 	19
9 	 	1
10 	 	0
11 	 	0
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