Japan 2013: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Webber	Red Bull	1:32.271	1:31.513	1:30.915
2	Vettel	Red Bull	1:32.397	1:31.290	1:31.089	+0.174
3	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.340	1:31.636	1:31.253	+0.338
4	Grosjean	Lotus	1:31.824	1:31.565	1:31.365	+0.450
5	Massa	Ferrari	1:31.994	1:31.668	1:31.378	+0.463
6	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:32.244	1:31.764	1:31.397	+0.482
7	Hülkenberg	Sauber	1:32.465	1:31.848	1:31.644	+0.729
8	Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.371	1:31.828	1:31.665	+0.750
9	Räikkönen	Lotus	1:32.377	1:31.662	1:31.684	+0.769
10	Button	McLaren	1:32.606	1:31.838	1:31.827	+0.912
11	Pérez	McLaren	1:32.718	1:31.989		+0.699
12	Di Resta	Force India	1:32.286	1:31.992		+0.702
13	Bottas	Williams	1:32.613	1:32.013		+0.723
14	Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:32.673	1:32.063		+0.773
15	Maldonado	Williams	1:32.875	1:32.093		+0.803
16	Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:32.804	1:32.485		+1.195
17	Sutil	Force India	1:32.890			+1.066
18	Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:33.357			+1.533
19	Chilton	Marussia	1:34.320			+2.496
20	Pic	Caterham	1:34.556			+2.732
21	Van der Garde	Caterham	1:34.879			+3.055
22	Bianchi	Marussia	1:34.958			+3.134

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 Vettel	Red Bull	2	53	1:26:49.301	2	Renault
2	Mark WebberFastest lap	Red Bull	1	53	+7.129	3	Renault
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	4	53	+9.910	2	Renault
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	8	53	+45.605	2	Ferrari
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	9	53	+47.325	2	Renault
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	7	53	+51.615	2	Ferrari
7	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	14	53	+1:11.630	2	Ferrari
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	53	+1:12.023	4	Mercedes
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	10	53	+1:20.821	3	Mercedes
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	5	53	+1:29.263	3	Ferrari
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	12	53	+1:38.572	2	Mercedes
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	17	52	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	16	52	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	22	52	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
15	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	11	52	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	15	52	+1 lap	2	Renault
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	13	52	+1 lap	2	Renault
18	Charles Pic	Caterham	20	52	+1 lap	3	Renault
19	Max Chilton	Marussia	18	52	+1 lap	2	Cosworth
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	7	Collision damage	1	Mercedes
DNF	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	19	0	Collision	0	Renault
DNF	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	21	0	Collision	0	Cosworth

Starting grid vs qualifying

Pic Qualified 20, started 20 · 10-place penalty
Bianchi Qualified 22, started 21 · 10-place penalty
Sutil Qualified 17, started 22 · 15-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Sutil22→14+8
Gutiérrez14→7+7
Vergne17→12+5
Alonso8→4+4
Räikkönen9→5+4
Ricciardo16→13+3
Pic20→18+2
Vettel2→1+1
Grosjean4→3+1
Hülkenberg7→6+1
Button10→9+1
Di Resta12→11+1
Webber1→2-1
Maldonado15→16-1
Chilton18→19-1
Rosberg6→8-2
Pérez11→15-4
Bottas13→17-4
Massa5→10-5

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

Fastest pit stops

1Ricciardo17.801R32
2Rosberg17.806R16
3Massa17.822R34
4Pic17.935R1
5Rosberg22.551R39
6Alonso22.645R13
7Rosberg22.771R24
8Webber22.774R25
9Rosberg22.812R12
10Alonso22.839R30

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

Stints of the top 10

Vettel1423162 stops
Webber111417113 stops
Grosjean1217242 stops
Alonso1317232 stops
Räikkönen1120222 stops
Hülkenberg1019242 stops
Gutiérrez921232 stops
Rosberg124815144 stops
Button81517133 stops
Massa11176193 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

HamiltonCollision damageMercedes
Van der GardeCollisionCaterham
BianchiCollisionMarussia

This race in history

24 races here since 1987Won from pole: 12 of 24

Win from furthest back (P17): Kimi Räikkönen 2005

Most wins 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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