Korea 2013: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Vettel	Red Bull	1:38.683	1:37.569	1:37.202
2	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.574	1:37.824	1:37.420	+0.218
3	Webber	Red Bull	1:39.138	1:37.840	1:37.464	+0.262
4	Grosjean	Lotus	1:39.065	1:38.076	1:37.531	+0.329
5	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.418	1:38.031	1:37.679	+0.477
6	Alonso	Ferrari	1:38.520	1:37.978	1:38.038	+0.836
7	Massa	Ferrari	1:38.884	1:38.295	1:38.223	+1.021
8	Hülkenberg	Sauber	1:38.427	1:37.913	1:38.237	+1.035
9	Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:38.725	1:38.327	1:38.405	+1.203
10	Räikkönen	Lotus	1:38.341	1:38.181	1:38.822	+1.620
11	Pérez	McLaren	1:39.049	1:38.362		+0.793
12	Button	McLaren	1:38.882	1:38.365		+0.796
13	Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:38.525	1:38.417		+0.848
14	Sutil	Force India	1:38.988	1:38.431		+0.862
15	Di Resta	Force India	1:39.185	1:38.718		+1.149
16	Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:39.075	1:38.781		+1.212
17	Bottas	Williams	1:39.470			+1.129
18	Maldonado	Williams	1:39.987			+1.646
19	Pic	Caterham	1:40.864			+2.523
20	Van der Garde	Caterham	1:40.871			+2.530
21	Bianchi	Marussia	1:41.169			+2.828
22	Chilton	Marussia	1:41.322			+2.981

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Sebastian VettelFastest lap	Red Bull	1	55	1:43:13.701	2	Renault
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	9	55	+4.224	2	Renault
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	3	55	+4.927	2	Renault
4	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	7	55	+24.114	2	Ferrari
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	55	+25.255	2	Mercedes
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	55	+26.189	2	Ferrari
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	4	55	+26.698	2	Mercedes
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	11	55	+32.262	2	Mercedes
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	55	+34.390	2	Ferrari
10	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	10	55	+35.155	2	Mercedes
11	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	8	55	+35.990	2	Ferrari
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	17	55	+47.049	2	Renault
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	55	+50.013	2	Renault
14	Charles Pic	Caterham	19	55	+1:03.578	2	Renault
15	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	20	55	+1:04.501	3	Renault
16	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	22	55	+1:07.970	2	Cosworth
17	Max Chilton	Marussia	21	55	+1:12.898	2	Cosworth
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	16	53	Brakes	3	Ferrari
19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	12	52	Brakes	2	Ferrari
20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	50	Collision damage	4	Mercedes
DNF	Mark Webber	Red Bull	13	36	Collision	3	Renault
DNF	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	24	Accident	2	Mercedes

Starting grid vs qualifying

Webber Qualified 3, started 13 · 10-place penalty
Bianchi Qualified 21, started 22 · 3-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Räikkönen9→2+7
Bianchi22→16+6
Bottas17→12+5
Maldonado18→13+5
Pic19→14+5
Van der Garde20→15+5
Chilton21→17+4
Hülkenberg7→4+3
Button11→8+3
Vettel1→10
Grosjean3→30
Pérez10→100
Alonso5→6-1
Vergne16→18-2
Hamilton2→5-3
Rosberg4→7-3
Massa6→9-3
Gutiérrez8→11-3
Sutil14→20-6
Ricciardo12→19-7

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Van der Garde17.513R10
2Sutil18.979R41
3Alonso22.208R9
4Hamilton22.251R29
5Hamilton22.270R9
6Massa22.401R29
7Massa22.474R6
8Grosjean22.519R10
9Webber22.587R12
10Vettel22.662R11

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Vettel1120242 stops
Räikkönen1114302 stops
Grosjean1021242 stops
Hülkenberg1016292 stops
Hamilton920262 stops
Alonso919272 stops
Rosberg1018272 stops
Button418332 stops
Massa623262 stops
Pérez1021242 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

VergneBrakes, classified P18Toro Rosso
RicciardoBrakes, classified P19Toro Rosso
SutilCollision damage, classified P20Force India
WebberCollisionRed Bull
Di RestaAccidentForce India

This race in history

3 races here since 2010Won from pole: 0 of 3

Win from furthest back (P3): Fernando Alonso 2010

Most wins here

2 Sebastian Vettel

Previous winners here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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