2013 Formula One World Championship
The 2013 Formula One season was the 64th season of the Formula One World Championship. Eleven teams and twenty-two drivers competed in nineteen Grands Prix.[2] The season started in Australia on 17 March and ended in Brazil on 24 November.
The 2013 season was the final year for the 2.4 litre V8 engine setup.[3]
Sebastian Vettel was the defending World Drivers' Champion. He was Champion again in 2013.
Signed teams and drivers
At the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix, Bernie Ecclestone said that the "majority" of teams in the 2012 season agreed to compete in 2013.[4]
On 30 November 2012, the FIA published a provisional entry list for the 2013 season.[5]
Team | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | No. | Race drivers | Rounds | Free Practice driver(s) |
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Infiniti Red Bull Racing | Red Bull–Renault | RB9 | Renault RS27-2013 | P | 1 | Sebastian Vettel[6] | 1–15 | — |
2 | Mark Webber[7] | 1–15 | ||||||
Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | F138 | Ferrari Type 056 | P | 3 | Fernando Alonso[8] | 1–15 | — |
4 | Michael Schumacher[9] | 1–15 | ||||||
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | McLaren–Mercedes | MP4-28 | Mercedes FO 108Z | P | 5 | Jenson Button[10] | 1–15 | — |
6 | Sergio Pérez[11] | 1–15 | ||||||
Lotus F1 Team | Lotus–Renault | E21 | Renault RS27-2013 | P | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen[12] | 1–15 | — |
8 | Romain Grosjean[13] | 1–15 | ||||||
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | Mercedes | F1 W04 | Mercedes FO 108Z | P | 9 | Nico Rosberg[14] | 1–15 | — |
10 | Lewis Hamilton[15] | 1–15 | ||||||
Sauber F1 Team | Sauber–Ferrari | C32 | Ferrari Type 056 | P | 11 | Nico Hülkenberg[16] | 1–15 | — |
12 | Felipe Massa[17] | 1–15 | ||||||
Sahara Force India F1 Team | Force India–Mercedes | VJM06 | Mercedes FO 108Z | P | 14 | Paul di Resta[18] | 1–15 | James Calado[19] |
15 | Adrian Sutil[20] | 1–15 | ||||||
Williams F1 Team | Williams–Renault | FW35 | Renault RS27-2013 | P | 16 | Pastor Maldonado[21] | 1–15 | — |
17 | Valtteri Bottas[21] | 1–15 | ||||||
Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso–Ferrari | STR8 | Ferrari Type 056 | P | 18 | Jean-Éric Vergne[22] | 1–15 | — |
19 | Daniel Ricciardo[22] | 1–15 | ||||||
Caterham F1 Team | Caterham–Renault | CT03 | Renault RS27-2013 | P | 20 | Charles Pic[23] | 1–15 | Ma Qinghua[24] Heikki Kovalainen[25] Alexander Rossi[26] |
21 | Giedo van der Garde[27] | 1–15 | ||||||
Marussia F1 Team | Marussia–Cosworth | MR02 | Cosworth CA2013 | P | 22 | Jules Bianchi[28] | 1–15 | Rodolfo González[25] |
23 | Max Chilton[29] | 1–15 |
Team changes
In November 2012, the owners of HRT F1 placed the team for sale.[30] The team needed to find a buyer by 30 November to remain in the sport.[31] HRT failed to find a buyer and the team was not included in the 2013 entry list.[32]
Driver changes
In September 2012, seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher said that he was retiring from the sport for a second time. 2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton agreed to take Schumacher's place.[33] The move ended his fourteen-year career with McLaren.[34]
Driver Sergio Pérez left Sauber to join McLaren.[35] Nico Hülkenberg filled the vacant seat at Sauber. Hülkenberg was joined by Esteban Gutiérrez, who was Sauber's testing and reserve driver in 2011 and 2012.
Charles Pic moved from Marussia to Caterham. Max Chilton took his place at Marussia.
Calendar
The following nineteen races appeared on the 2013 race schedule. The number of races on the Formula One calendar is dictated by the Concorde Agreement.
The calendar was originally meant to host twenty races. This would add the new Grand Prix of Jersey.[36] The race in New Jersey was delayed to 2014.[37]
Calendar changes
- The European Grand Prix was discontinued starting in 2013.
- Nürburgring hosted the German Grand Prix in 2013.
Results and standings
Grands Prix
Drivers' standings
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
|
Bold - Pole position |
Notes:
- † — Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Constructors' standings
|
Bold - Pole position |
Notes:
- † — Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
References
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Paul Di Resta enters his third season as a full-time F1 race driver with Sahara Force India in 2013.
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Ma Qing Hua became the first non-race driver to appear in practice this year. More significantly he was also the first Chinese driver to participate in his home race weekend.
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Heikki Kovalainen made his F1 return in 20th place. He ended up 0.6s slower than team-mate Charles Pic in Caterham's upgraded car as he settled in. [...] Rodolfo Gonzalez's GP weekend debut with Marussia was curtailed by a gearbox issue after seven laps.
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Behind them Alexander Rossi had a difficult re-introduction to Formula One racing in the changing circumstances as he took Charles Pic's Caterham to 1m 27.143s ahead of Pastor Maldonado on 1m 27.522s and Jules Bianchi on 1m 29.306s
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