The 2013 United States Grand Prix is a Formula One motor race that was held at the Circuit of the Americas on November 17, 2013. The race was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2013 season, and marks the second running of the United States Grand Prix in Austin. The race was won by Red Bull-Renault's Sebastian Vettel, for his eighth consecutive win, a new F1 record for consecutive wins within a single season.
This would be Red Bull's last win at the Circuit of the Americas until the 2021 United States Grand Prix.
Report
Background
Driver changes Kimi Räikkönen announced a week before the Grand Prix that he would be missing the final two races of 2013, in order to have back surgery. He had wanted to delay the operation until the off-season, but suffered increasing discomfort over the previous races. Räikkönen's decision meant that the previous race was his last race competing for Lotus, having agreed to join Ferrari for the season. His place was taken by Heikki Kovalainen, who signed a two-race deal with the team.
Tyres Like the previous United States Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli will bring its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.
Free practice Jenson Button was given a three-place grid penalty for the race, after overtaking under red flags during the opening practice session. Charles Pic was given a five-place penalty for the race after Caterham changed the gearbox in his car.
Qualifying
Esteban Gutiérrez and Max Chilton were given penalties for impeding other drivers in the first qualifying session. Gutiérrez, who blocked Pastor Maldonado was handed a ten-place grid penalty; Chilton had served a drive-through penalty within the first five laps of the race after he impeded both Maldonado and Adrian Sutil.
Race At the start, Sebastian Vettel led away but soon after the safety car was deployed after Pastor Maldonado and Adrian Sutil collided, sending the latter into the barriers. At the restart on lap 5, Vettel quickly built up his lead and was never challenged en route to his 8th consecutive victory, taking the fastest lap with two laps remaining. Behind him Lotus driver Romain Grosjean held off Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber, for 2nd.
Post-race Jean-Éric Vergne was given a 20-second penalty for a collision with Esteban Gutiérrez on the final lap of the race. He moved down from 12th to 16th as a result.
Classification
Qualifying Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:38.516 1:37.065 1:36.338 1 2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:38.161 1:37.312 1:36.441 2 3 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:38.676 1:37.523 1:37.155 3 4 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.339 1:37.828 1:37.296 4 5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.959 1:37.854 1:37.345 5 6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.929 1:37.368 1:37.376 6 7 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.367 1:38.040 1:37.452 7 8 7 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:38.375 1:38.078 1:37.715 8 9 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:37.821 1:37.439 1:37.836 9 10 12 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.082 1:38.031 1:38.034 20 11 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.882 1:38.131 10 12 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:38.894 1:38.139 11 13 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.588 1:38.217 15 14 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.743 1:38.364 12 15 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.094 1:38.592 13 16 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.880 1:38.696 14 17 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:39.250 16 18 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.351 17 19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:40.491 18 20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.528 19 21 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:40.596 22 22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.401 21 107% time: 1:44.668 Source: Notes: – Esteban Gutiérrez qualified 10th, but was given a ten-place grid penalty for the race after blocking Pastor Maldonado during qualifying. – Jenson Button qualified 13th, but was given a three-place grid penalty for the race, after overtaking under red flags during the opening practice session. – Charles Pic qualified 21st, but was given a five-place penalty for the race after a gearbox change.
Race Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Points 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 56 1:39:17.148 1 25 2 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 56 + 6.284 3 18 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56 + 8.396 2 15 4 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 + 27.358 5 12 5 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 + 29.592 6 10 6 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 56 + 30.400 4 8 7 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 56 + 46.692 7 6 8 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 56 + 54.509 9 4 9 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 + 59.141 12 2 10 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56 + 1:17.278 15 1 11 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 + 1:21.004 10 12 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 + 1:26.914 13 13 12 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 56 + 1:31.707 20 14 7 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 56 + 1:35.063 8 15 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 56 + 1:36.853 11 16 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 + 1:44.574 14 17 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 + 1 Lap 17 18 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 55 + 1 Lap 19 19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 55 + 1 Lap 18 20 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 55 + 1 Lap 22 21 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 54 + 2 Laps 21 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 0 Collision 16 Source: Notes: – Jean-Éric Vergne was penalised 20 seconds post-race for colliding with Esteban Gutiérrez.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Sebastian Vettel 372 2 Fernando Alonso 227 1 3 Lewis Hamilton 187 1 4 Kimi Räikkönen 183 5 Mark Webber 181Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Red Bull-Renault 553 2 Mercedes 348 3 Ferrari 333 4 Lotus-Renault 315 5 McLaren-Mercedes 102Source:
References
External links 2013 United States Grand Prix at formula1.com