2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

The 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially the 2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was the fourth race of the 2013 Formula One Season. It was held over the weekend of April 19–21st 2013 at the Bahrain International Circuit. It was be the ninth running of the Bahrain Grand Prix, all of which have been held at the Sakhir circuit.
Nico Rosberg started on pole after qualifying ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso. In the race, Rosberg did not have the pace of Vettel or Alonso, and after the driver got ahead of his fast-starting rival, Vettel led the race ahead of Alonso. Alonso suffered an issue with his DRS, and Vettel raced clear ahead of Paul di Resta. In a race full of overtaking, Vettel won the race by nearly ten seconds over Kimi Räikkönen, with Romain Grosjean completing the podium after overtaking Di Resta towards the finish.
==Background==
Like the previous two Bahrain Grands Prix, protests marred the event. Unlike the 2011 event, but more like the 2012 event, the race went ahead without too many issues.
In terms of the championship standings, Sebastian Vettel's lead was reduced to just three points to Kimi Räikkönen, after the German was unable to pass Lewis Hamilton in the final few corners of the . Fernando Alonso's win took him to just nine points behind Vettel.
In the Constructors' Championship, lead by five points, with and within thirty points of the leaders.
After crashing into Adrian Sutil and forcing both drivers out of the race, Esteban Gutiérrez had a five-place grid penalty. Mark Webber's collision with Jean-Éric Vergne cost the Australian three places on the Bahrain grid.
==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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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 	 	1:34.790	4 	1:34.282	3 	1:33.348	2
2 	Mark Webber 	 	1:35.101	7 	1:34.184	2 	1:33.380	3
3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:34.564	2 	1:34.310	4 	1:33.247	1
4 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:34.487	1 	1:34.552	6 	1:33.949	11
5 	Jenson Button 	 	1:35.069	6 	1:35.356	11 	1:34.117	12
6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:35.640	11 	1:35.589	13 	1:34.282	13
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:35.345	9 	1:34.154	1 	1:33.446	4
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:35.611	10 	1:34.631	7 	1:33.464	6
9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:34.621	3 	1:34.666	8 	1:33.764	9
10	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:35.792	13 	1:34.976	10 	1:33.455	5
11	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:36.755	17 	1:36.133	15 	1:33.922	10
12	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	1:37.214	18 	1:36.616	18 	1:39.592	22
14	Paul di Resta 	 	1:34.949	5 	1:34.543	5 	1:33.700	8
15	Adrian Sutil 	 	1:35.119	8 	1:34.932	9 	1:33.596	7
16	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:36.498	16 	1:36.279	16 	1:34.833	17
17	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:35.783	13 	1:36.579	17 	1:34.611	15
18	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	1:36.014	14 	1:35.506	12 	1:34.678	16
19	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:36.485	15 	1:35.761	14 	1:34.557	14
20	Charles Pic 	 	1:37.850	19 	1:37.601	19 	1:35.816	18
21	Giedo van der Garde	 	DNP 	 	1:37.970	22 	1:36.939	20
21	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	1:38.401	20 	DNP 	 	DNP 	
22	Jules Bianchi 	 	DNP 	 	1:37.363	21 	1:36.731	19
22	Rodolfo Gonzalez 	 	1:40.215	22 	DNP 	 	DNP 	
23	Max Chilton 	 	1:39.445	21 	1:37.313	20 	1:37.630	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 	9 	Nico Rosberg 	 		3 	1:33.364		2 	1:32.867		1 	1:32.330	1
2 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 		2 	1:33.327		1 	1:32.746		2 	1:32.584	2
3 	3 	Fernando Alonso 	 		1 	1:32.878		5 	1:33.316		3 	1:32.667	3
4 	10 	Lewis Hamilton 	 		4 	1:33.498		7 	1:33.346		4 	1:32.762	9
5 	2 	Mark Webber 	 		9 	1:33.966		3 	1:33.098		5 	1:33.078	7
6 	4 	Felipe Massa 	 		7 	1:33.780		8 	1:33.358		6 	1:33.207	4
7 	14 	Paul di Resta 	 		6 	1:33.762		6 	1:33.335		7 	1:33.235	5
8 	15 	Adrian Sutil 	 		10 	1:34.048		9 	1:33.378		8 	1:33.246	6
9 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 		8 	1:33.827		4 	1:33.146		9 	1:33.327	8
10 	5 	Jenson Button 	 		11 	1:34.071		10 	1:33.702		10 	no time 	10
11 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 		5 	1:33.498		11 	1:33.762		 	 	11
12 	6 	Sergio Pérez 	 		13 	1:34.310		12 	1:33.914		 	 	12
13 	19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 		12 	1:34.120		13 	1:33.974		 	 	13
14 	11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 		15 	1:34.409		14 	1:33.976		 	 	14
15 	17 	Valtteri Bottas 	 		16 	1:34.425		15 	1:34.105		 	 	15
16 	18 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 		14 	1:34.314		16 	1:34.284		 	 	16
17 	16 	Pastor Maldonado 	 		17 	1:34.425		 	 		 	 	17
18 	12 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 		18 	1:34.730		 	 		 	 	22
19 	20 	Charles Pic 	 		19 	1:35.283		 	 		 	 	18
20 	22 	Jules Bianchi 	 		20 	1:36.178		 	 		 	 	19
21 	21 	Giedo van der Garde	 		21 	1:36.304		 	 		 	 	20
22 	23 	Max Chilton 	 		21 	1:36.476		 	 		 	 	21
===Grid===
* Mark Webber was given a three-place grid penalty after his collision with Jean-Éric Vergne at the . Having qualified fifth, his penalty was applied after Lewis Hamilton's penalty (Hamilton qualified fourth), and Webber was placed at seventh.
† Lewis Hamilton was given a five-place grid penalty for changing his gearbox after third practice. Having qualified fourth, he was pushed back to ninth on the grid.
‡ Esteban Gutiérrez qualified eighteenth, and was given a five-place grid penalty for his collision with Adrian Sutil that forced both drivers out of the race. He will start in last place on the grid.
==Race==
===Report===
Gill Jones Red Bull team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer’s award.
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Grid	Pts
1 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	57 	1:36:00.498 	2 	25
2 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	57 	+ 9.111 s 	8 	18
3 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	57 	+ 19.507 s 	11 	15
4 	14 	Paul di Resta 	 	57 	+ 21.727 s 	5 	12
5 	10 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	57 	+ 35.230 s 	9 	10
6 	6 	Sergio Pérez 	 	57 	+ 35.998 s 	12 	8
7 	2 	Mark Webber 	 	57 	+ 37.244 s 	7 	6
8 	3 	Fernando Alonso 	 	57 	+ 37.574 s 	3 	4
9 	9 	Nico Rosberg 	 	57 	+ 41.126 s 	1 	2
10 	5 	Jenson Button 	 	57 	+ 46.631 s 	10 	1
11 	16 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	57 	+ 1 m 6.450 s 	17 	
12 	11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	57 	+ 1 m 12.933 s 	14 	
13 	15 	Adrian Sutil 	 	57 	+ 1 m 16.719 s 	6 	
14 	17 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	57 	+ 1 m 21.511 s 	15 	
15 	4 	Felipe Massa 	 	57 	+ 1 m 26.364 s 	4 	
16 	19 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	13 	
17 	20 	Charles Pic 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	18 	
18 	12 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	22 	
19 	22 	Jules Bianchi 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	19 	
20 	23 	Max Chilton 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	21 	
21 	21 	Giedo van der Garde	 	55 	+ 2 laps 	20 	
Ret 	18 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	16 	Puncture damage	16 	
==Milestones==
* Mark Webber's 200th start.
* 's 150th Grand Prix.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	77
2 	Kimi Räikkönen 	67
3 	Lewis Hamilton 	50
4 	Fernando Alonso 	47
5 	Mark Webber 	32
6 	Felipe Massa 	30
7 	Romain Grosjean 	26
8 	Paul di Resta 	20
9 	Nico Rosberg 	14
10 	Jenson Button 	13
11 	Sergio Pérez 	10
12 	Adrian Sutil 	6
13 	Daniel Ricciardo 	6
14 	Nico Hülkenberg 	5
15 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	1
16 	Valtteri Bottas 	0
17 	Pastor Maldonado 	0
18 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	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 	 	109
2 	 	93
3 	 	77
4 	 	64
5 	 	26
6 	 	23
7 	 	7
8 	 	5
9 	 	0
10 	 	0
11 	 	0
==Notes==
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