2013 Indian Grand Prix

The 2013 Indian Grand Prix (officially 2013 Airtel Indian Grand Prix) was the 17th race of the 2013 Formula One Season. This was the 3rd Indian Grand Prix being at the Buddh International Circuit as it took place between October 25 to October 27 2013.
Championship leader Sebastian Vettel took pole position, ahead of Nico Rosberg.
In the race, Vettel won by a clear margin despite suffering issues with his car in the latter stages of the race. Mark Webber would most likely have made it a one-two, but retired with an alternator failure. Rosberg took second place, ahead of an impressive Romain Grosjean, who had started seventeenth, and Felipe Massa, who despite reaching second place at the end of the first lap and leading could only finish in fourth place. Sergio Pérez performed admirably to secure a fifth place, his best result of the season. Fernando Alonso damaged his front wing at the start of the race after unavoidable contact with Webber, and was unable to fully recover as the Spaniard finished eleventh.
As a result of his victory, combined with Alonso's non-score, Vettel took his fourth consecutive World Championship title at the race, performing donuts on the start/finish line and praying to his car. Red Bull-Renault took their fourth consecutive World Championship as well, after neither Ferrari or Mercedes were able to score enough points in comparison to the Austrian team.
==Background==
Before the race, it was announced that Daniil Kvyat was to replace Daniel Ricciardo for the second seat.
The DRS zone was increased by 80 metres for the second year in a row.
On the Thursday before the race, it was announced that the Indian Supreme Court was to hear a case that could potentially cancel the race on Friday. The petition to cancel was filed on the grounds that the organisers, Jaypee Sports International Limited, have not paid taxes at a previous event. The running of the event wouldn't have been affected until the result of the hearing was announced.
However, the court delayed the hearing the hearing by a week, meaning the Grand Prix ran as planned.
===Title Permutations===
====Drivers' Championship====
Sebastian Vettel enters the race with a 90-point lead over Fernando Alonso with four races left, and is likely to secure the title.
The possible permutations are:
* For Vettel to win the Championship, he needs a lead of 75 points at the end of race:
** Fifth place or better will guarantee the title.
** If Alonso wins, Vettel needs fifth or better.
** If Alonso finishes second, Vettel needs a top eight finish.
** If Alonso finishes third or worse, title is Vettels.
* For the title race to continue on into Abu Dhabi:
** Alonso needs to win with Vettel sixth or lower or
** Alonso needs a second place with Vettel ninth or lower.
Vettel will win the title if he can score at least ten points in the remaining four race, even if Alonso can win all four races. This is because Vettel has already won nine races; were Alonso to win all four his season total would be six, and hence, Vettel wins the tiebreaker.
====Constructors' Championship====
 are also in a position in which they can win the Championship, as they hold a 148-point lead over and 158-point lead over . The maximum obtainable in three races is 129.
The possible permutations are:
* For Red Bull to win the title at the Indian GP:
** If Ferrari score less than 17 more than Red Bull and
** If Mercedes score less than 27 more than Red Bull.
* For Ferrari to stay in the Championship race:
** They need to score at least 17 more points than Red Bull.
* For Mercedes to stay in the Championship race:
** They need to score at least 27 more points than Red Bull.
==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 	
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14 	James Calado 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM06 	 	FO 108Z 	
==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
Sebastian Vettel scored the fastest time in FP1 as got a 1-2 in the opening practice with Mark Webber in second place. Fernando Alonso who was the only contender left in the title race struggled as he suffered a blow as an apparent gearbox failure force an early end to his session. James Calado was the only reserve driver to participate in the first session replacing Paul di Resta.
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No	Driver 	Team	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	
No	Driver 	Team	Time 	Pos	Time 	Pos	Time 	Pos
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:26.683	1 	1:25.722	1 	1:25.332	1
2 	Mark Webber 	 	1:26.871	2 	1:26.011	2 	1:25.892	2
3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:28.214	12 	1:26.430	5 	1:26.105	3
4 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:27.692	8 	1:26.601	7 	1:26.435	6
5 	Jenson Button 	 	1:27.325	6 	1:26.972	10 	1:26.489	9
6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:27.416	7 	1:26.857	9 	1:26.737	13
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:28.730	17 	1:26.632	8 	1:26.635	11
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:26.990	4 	1:26.220	3 	1:26.350	5
9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:26.899	3 	1:26.582	6 	1:26.441	8
10	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:27.227	5 	1:26.399	4 	1:26.557	10
11	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:27.770	9 	1:27.491	14 	1:26.306	4
12	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	1:28.538	16 	1:27.949	17 	1:28.019	19
14	Paul di Resta 	 	DNP 	DNP	1:27.608	15 	1:26.438	7
14	James Calado 	 	1:29.197	18 	DNP 	DNP	DNP 	DNP
15	Adrian Sutil 	 	1:28.468	15 	1:27.375	12 	1:26.847	14
16	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:28.342	14 	1:27.720	16 	1:26.641	12
17	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:27.800	10 	1:27.429	13 	1:26.883	16
18	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	1:28.035	11 	1:28.431	18 	1:26.876	15
19	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:28.336	13 	1:27.304	11 	1:27.259	17
20	Charles Pic 	 	1:30.026	21 	1:29.366	21 	1:27.941	18
21	Giedo van der Garde	 	1:29.413	19 	1:28.692	19 	1:28.498	20
22	Jules Bianchi 	 	1:29.560	20 	1:28.799	20 	1:29.169	22
23	Max Chilton 	 	1:30.471	22 	1:30.164	22 	1:29.094	21
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
==Race==
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Grid	Points
1 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	60 	1:31:12.187 	1 	25
2 	9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	60 	+29.823 	9 	18
3 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	60 	+39.892 	3 	15
4 	4 	Felipe Massa 	 	60 	+41.692 	7 	12
5 	6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	60 	+43.829 	2 	10
6 	10 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	60 	+52.475 	5 	8
7 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	60 	+67.988 	4 	6
8 	14 	Paul di Resta 	 	60 	+72.868 	11 	4
9 	15 	Adrian Sutil 	 	60 	+74.734 	6 	2
10 	19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	60 	+76.237 	10 	1
11 	3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	60 	+78.298 	8 	
12 	16 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	60 	+78.951 	17 	
13 	18 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	59 	+ 1 Lap 	18 	
14 	5 	Jenson Button 	 	59 	+ 1 Lap 	19 	
15 	12 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	59 	+ 1 Lap 	20 	
16 	17 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	59 	+ 1 Lap 	22 	
17 	23 	Max Chilton 	 	59 	+ 1 Lap 	21 	
18 	22 	Jules Bianchi 	 	59 	+ 2 Lap 	16 	
19 	11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	54 	Gearbox/Brakes	12 	
Ret 	2 	Mark Webber 	 	39 	Alternator 	14 	
Ret 	20 	Charles Pic 	 	35 	Hydraulics 	13 	
Ret 	21 	Giedo van der Garde	 	1 	Collision 	15 	
Nico Hulkenburg retired on lap 54 with a gearbox and brake problem but was classified as he had completed of %90 of the race
==Milestones==
* Sebastian Vettel: Fourth World Drivers' Championship, joint third on the list with Alain Prost and he only has Juan Manuel Fangio (5) and Michael Schumacher (7) ahead of him.
* Sebastian Vettel: Fourth consecutive World Drivers' Championship (–), as well as being to be the youngest person to achieve this feat, which had previously only been achieved by Fangio (–) and Schumacher (five in a row, –).
* : Fourth World Constructors' Championship. Still fifth on the list behind (16), (9), (8) and the original (7).
* Red Bull-Renault: Fourth consecutive World Constructors' Championship, only the third team to have won four in a row, after McLaren (–) and Ferrari (six in a row, –).
* Sebastian Vettel: Sixth consecutive victory.
* Felipe Massa: Scored his 800th point (post-race total: 806).
* Fernando Alonso: First time to finish outside of the points since the 2010 British Grand Prix.
*Last 1-2 finish between German drivers until the 2015 Monaco Grand Prix.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	322
2 	Fernando Alonso 	207
3 	Kimi Räikkönen 	183
4 	Lewis Hamilton 	169
5 	Mark Webber 	148
6 	Nico Rosberg 	144
7 	Felipe Massa 	102
8 	Romain Grosjean 	102
9 	Jenson Button 	60
10 	Paul di Resta 	40
11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	39
12 	Sergio Pérez 	33
13 	Adrian Sutil 	28
14 	Daniel Ricciardo 	19
15 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	13
16 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	6
17 	Pastor Maldonado 	1
18 	Valtteri Bottas 	0
19 	Jules Bianchi 	0
20 	Charles Pic 	0
21 	Giedo van der Garde 	0
22 	Max Chilton 	0
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts
1 	 	470
2 	 	313
3 	 	309
4 	 	285
5 	 	93
6 	 	68
7 	 	45
8 	 	32
9 	 	1
10 	 	0
11 	 	0
==Notes==
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