The 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2013) was a Formula One motor race that was held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil on 24 November 2013. The race marked the 42nd running of the Brazilian Grand Prix. The race was the nineteenth and final round of the 2013 Formula One World Championship.

The race, contested over 71 laps, was won by Sebastian Vettel, his ninth straight Grand Prix victory, driving a Red Bull. His teammate Webber finished in second place in his final race, and Fernando Alonso finished third for Scuderia Ferrari. Vettel established the then-gargantuan records of 397 points total and 155 points margin to second-placed Alonso (these records were surpassed by Lewis Hamilton in and Max Verstappen in respectively). Red Bull-Renault won the Constructors' Championship with a then-record difference of 236 points to second-placed Mercedes (which was surpassed by Mercedes the following season).

This was also Vettel's last win until the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix, Vettel's last win at Red Bull, Red Bull's last win until the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix, and last 1–2 finish until the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix. This is also the last race until the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix that neither Mercedes driver finished on the podium, and is also the last 1–2 finish between Renault-powered drivers to date.

, this is the last time that Brazil hosted the final race of a season and the most recent Grand Prix in which naturally aspirated engines were used.

Report

Background This was also the last race for the 2.4-litre V8 naturally aspirated engines that were introduced at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix and the last race for naturally aspirated engines in general which had been mandatory since 1989. In 2014, Formula One introduced 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged power units with larger and more sophisticated hybrid energy recovery systems.

This was the final race for two previous race winners in the form of Heikki Kovalainen and Mark Webber. This also marked the last race for Cosworth as an engine supplier. And it was also the last race for the two Caterham drivers: Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde, Felipe Massa's last race with Scuderia Ferrari and Pastor Maldonado's last race in the Williams F1 Team. It was also the last race for Williams running with Renault engines and for Toro Rosso with Ferrari engines until the 2016 F1 season. This was also the last race at which the car numbering system introduced in 1996 whereby cars were numbered according to the Constructors' Championship order of the previous year was used. From 2014 a driver would be allowed to choose a full-time number to use for their whole career.

Tyres Like the previous Brazilian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli provided its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.

The teams also tested the company's new tyres for 2014 in the Friday Free Practice sessions. This was also the last race at which the car numbering system introduced in 1996 whereby cars were numbered according to the Constructors' Championship order of the previous year was used. From 2014 a driver would be allowed to choose a full-time number to use for their whole career.

Qualifying All qualifying sessions were held in wet conditions. Intermediate tyres were mainly used for Q1 and Q2. Q3 was delayed 45 minutes because of rain, and all drivers started with full-wet tyres, but they ended the session with the intermediate tyres.

Classification

Qualifying Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:25.381 1:26.420 1:26.479 1 2 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:25.556 1:26.626 1:27.102 2 3 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.656 1:26.590 1:27.539 3 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:26.689 1:26.963 1:27.572 4 5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:25.342 1:26.698 1:27.677 5 6 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.453 1:26.161 1:27.737 6 7 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:27.209 1:27.078 1:28.052 7 8 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:27.124 1:27.363 1:28.081 8 9 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.817 1:27.049 1:28.109 9 10 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.071 1:27.441 1:29.582 10 11 7 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:26.266 1:27.456 11 12 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:26.275 1:27.798 12 13 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:26.790 1:27.954 13 14 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.741 1:28.269 19 15 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.398 1:28.308 14 16 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:26.874 1:28.586 15 17 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:27.367 16 18 12 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.445 17 19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:27.843 18 20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:28.320 20 21 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:28.366 21 22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:28.950 22 107% time: 1:31.315 Source: Notes  – Sergio Pérez qualified fourteenth, but was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Race Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Points 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 71 1:32:36.300 1 25 2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 71 +10.452 4 18 3 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 71 +18.913 3 15 4 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 71 +37.360 14 12 5 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 71 +39.048 2 10 6 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 71 +44.051 19 8 7 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 71 +49.110 9 6 8 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 71 +1:04.252 10 4 9 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 71 +1:12.903 5 2 10 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 70 +1 Lap 7 1 11 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 70 +1 Lap 12 12 12 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 70 +1 Lap 17 13 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 70 +1 Lap 15 14 7 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 70 +1 Lap 11 15 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 70 +1 Lap 8 16 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 70 +1 Lap 16 17 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 69 +2 Laps 21 18 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 69 +2 Laps 20 19 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 69 +2 Laps 22 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 58 Suspension 18 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 45 Collision 13 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 2 Engine 6 Source:

Final championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Sebastian Vettel 397 2 Fernando Alonso 242 2 3 Mark Webber 199 1 4 Lewis Hamilton 189 1 5 Kimi Räikkönen 183Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Red Bull-Renault 596 2 Mercedes 360 3 Ferrari 354 4 Lotus-Renault 315 5 McLaren-Mercedes 122Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text indicates 2013 World Champions

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