The 2013 Korean Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 6 October 2013 at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea. The race was the fourteenth round of the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the fourth and final running of the Korean Grand Prix. The 53 lap race was won by Sebastian Vettel for Red Bull Racing with Kimi Räikkönen finishing second for Lotus F1. Raikkonen's teammate Romain Grosjean finished third.
Overview The race was contested over 55 laps and was won by Sebastian Vettel, driving for Red Bull Racing. He dominantly won the race to claim his fourth consecutive victory of the season. He achieved a grand slam for the second race in a row, becoming the first driver since Jim Clark in 1963 to achieve the feat in consecutive race weekends. Lotus team-mates Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean rounded out the podium, a result shrouded in minor controversy after Grosjean asked for team orders late in the race having lost the position to Räikkönen on a safety car restart. Nico Hülkenberg finished an equal career-best fourth place for Sauber, describing it as "one of the best races in my career so far."
The result meant that Vettel extended his lead to 77 points over Alonso; this put him in mathematical contention to seal his fourth consecutive championship in the next race in Japan, but ultimately had to wait until India. Räikkönen leapfrogged Hamilton to go third, 28 points behind Alonso while Hamilton's result meant he was six points behind Räikkönen's score. Behind them, Mark Webber, who retired after a fire due to a collision with Adrian Sutil, kept fifth while Rosberg also stayed in sixth. On lap 38 a fire truck appeared on track on its driver's own accord during a safety car period after Webber's car caught fire.
Despite major circuit renovations including a complete modification to the exit of the pit lane, this was the last Korean Grand Prix in Formula One to date – the race was on the 2014 provisional calendar (scheduled for 25–27 April) but the South Jeolla provincial government cut funding to the event due to very low spectator turnout, hindered by the venues' rural location.
Classification Qualifying Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:38.683 1:37.569 1:37.202 1 2 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:38.574 1:37.824 1:37.420 2 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:39.138 1:37.840 1:37.464 13 4 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:39.065 1:38.076 1:37.531 3 5 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.418 1:38.031 1:37.679 4 6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.520 1:37.978 1:38.038 5 7 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.884 1:38.295 1:38.223 6 8 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.427 1:37.913 1:38.237 7 9 12 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.725 1:38.327 1:38.405 8 10 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:38.341 1:38.181 1:38.822 9 11 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.049 1:38.362 10 12 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.882 1:38.365 11 13 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.525 1:38.417 12 14 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:38.988 1:38.431 14 15 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:39.185 1:38.718 15 16 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:39.075 1:38.781 16 17 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:39.470 17 18 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.987 18 19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:40.864 19 20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:40.871 20 21 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.169 22 22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.322 21 107% time:1:45.224 Source: Notes: – Mark Webber received a ten-place grid penalty after receiving his 3rd reprimand of the season, for hitching a ride back to the pits on Fernando Alonso's Ferrari at the previous race. – Jules Bianchi received a three-place grid penalty and a reprimand after impeding Paul di Resta while on an out-lap.
Race Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 55 1:43:13.701 1 25 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 55 +4.224 9 18 3 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 55 +4.927 3 15 4 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 55 +24.114 7 12 5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 55 +25.255 2 10 6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +26.189 5 8 7 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 55 +26.698 4 6 8 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 +32.262 11 4 9 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 55 +34.390 6 2 10 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 55 +35.155 10 1 11 12 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 55 +35.990 8 12 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 55 +47.049 17 13 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 +50.013 18 14 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 55 +1:03.578 19 15 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 55 +1:04.501 20 16 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 55 +1:07.970 22 17 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 55 +1:12.898 21 18 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 53 Brakes 16 19 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 52 Brakes 12 20 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 50 Collision damage 14 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 36 Collision/Fire 13 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 24 Accident 15 Source: Notes — Jean-Éric Vergne, Daniel Ricciardo and Adrian Sutil failed to finish the race but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Sebastian Vettel* 272 2 Fernando Alonso* 195 1 3 Kimi Räikkönen* 167 1 4 Lewis Hamilton* 161 5 Mark Webber 130Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Red Bull-Renault* 402 2 Ferrari* 284 3 Mercedes* 283 4 Lotus-Renault* 239 5 McLaren-Mercedes 81Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text and an asterisk shows drivers or teams that still had a mathematical chance of winning the championship.
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