2013 Malaysian Grand Prix
- Date
- 24 Mar 2013
- Circuit
- Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Round
- 2 of 19
- Winner
- Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
- Pole position
- Sebastian Vettel (1:49.674)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | VETSebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 56 | 1:38:56.681 | 25 | |
| 2 | 2 | WEBMark Webber | Red Bull | 5 | 56 | +4.298 | 18 | |
| 3 | 10 | HAMLewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 4 | 56 | +12.181 | 15 | |
| 4 | 9 | ROSNico Rosberg | Mercedes | 6 | 56 | +12.640 | 12 | |
| 5 | 4 | MASFelipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 56 | +25.648 | 10 | |
| 6 | 8 | GRORomain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 11 | 56 | +35.564 | 8 | |
| 7 | 7 | RAIKimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 10q7 | 56 | +48.479 | 6 | |
| 8 | 11 | HULNico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 12 | 56 | +53.044 | 4 | |
| 9 | 6 | PERSergio Pérez | McLaren | 9q10 | 56 | +72.357 | 1:39.199 | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | VERJean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 17 | 56 | +87.124 | 1 | |
| 11 | 17 | BOTValtteri Bottas | Williams | 18 | 56 | +88.610 | 0 | |
| 12 | 12 | GUTEsteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 14 | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 13 | 22 | BIAJules Bianchi | Marussia | 19 | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 14 | 20 | PICCharles Pic | Caterham | 20 | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 15 | 21 | VDGGiedo van der Garde | Caterham | 22 | 55 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 16 | 23 | CHIMax Chilton | Marussia | 21 | 54 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 17 | 5 | BUTJenson Button | McLaren | 7q8 | 53 | Withdrew | 0 | |
| 18 | 19 | RICDaniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 13 | 51 | Retired | 0 | |
| R | 16 | MALPastor Maldonado | Williams | 16 | 45 | Retired | 0 | |
| R | 15 | SUTAdrian Sutil | Force India | 8q9 | 27 | Wheel nut | 0 | |
| R | 14 | DIRPaul di Resta | Force India | 15 | 22 | Wheel nut | 0 | |
| R | 3 | ALOFernando Alonso | Ferrari | 3 | 1 | Collision | 0 |
Grid differs from qualifying for 4 drivers: Kimi Räikkönen qualified 7th, started 10th; Jenson Button qualified 8th, started 7th; Adrian Sutil qualified 9th, started 8th; Sergio Pérez qualified 10th, started 9th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Sebastian Vettel: 4 stops (laps 5, 22, 32, 42), stints of 5, 17, 10, 10, 14 laps
- 2nd
- Mark Webber: 4 stops (laps 7, 19, 31, 43), stints of 7, 12, 12, 12, 13 laps
- 3rd
- Lewis Hamilton: 4 stops (laps 7, 21, 30, 41), stints of 7, 14, 9, 11, 15 laps
- Finishers
- 3 or more: 18
- First stops
- median lap 7 of 56
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VETSebastian Vettel | 4 | 5 (21.1 s), 22 (21.3 s), 32 (21.5 s), 42 (20.8 s) | 517101014 |
| WEBMark Webber | 4 | 7 (21.0 s), 19 (20.7 s), 31 (20.9 s), 43 (20.8 s) | 712121213 |
| HAMLewis Hamilton | 4 | 7 (24.9 s), 21 (21.5 s), 30 (21.5 s), 41 (21.3 s) | 71491115 |
| ROSNico Rosberg | 4 | 8 (22.0 s), 22 (21.1 s), 31 (22.1 s), 42 (21.2 s) | 81491114 |
| MASFelipe Massa | 4 | 5 (22.4 s), 20 (21.6 s), 33 (21.6 s), 47 (21.0 s) | 51513149 |
| GRORomain Grosjean | 3 | 7 (22.1 s), 20 (21.8 s), 35 (22.4 s) | 7131521 |
| RAIKimi Räikkönen | 3 | 6 (25.9 s), 21 (22.7 s), 34 (21.9 s) | 6151322 |
| HULNico Hülkenberg | 4 | 7 (23.0 s), 21 (21.7 s), 34 (22.6 s), 44 (23.2 s) | 714131012 |
| PERSergio Pérez | 4 | 7 (21.6 s), 22 (20.9 s), 33 (21.3 s), 54 (21.4 s) | 7151121 |
| VERJean-Éric Vergne | 3 | 7 (49.2 s), 26 (21.6 s), 43 (21.7 s) | 7191713 |
| BOTValtteri Bottas | 3 | 6 (25.0 s), 22 (28.0 s), 40 (22.9 s) | 6161816 |
| GUTEsteban Gutiérrez | 4 | 7 (24.4 s), 22 (22.6 s), 36 (22.4 s), 51 (22.5 s) | 71514154 |
| BIAJules Bianchi | 4 | 6 (26.5 s), 17 (23.8 s), 29 (22.0 s), 43 (22.3 s) | 611121412 |
| PICCharles Pic | 4 | 7 (44.4 s), 20 (25.0 s), 32 (23.4 s), 43 (23.8 s) | 713121112 |
| VDGGiedo van der Garde | 4 | 6 (23.3 s), 18 (22.7 s), 28 (25.1 s), 42 (22.7 s) | 612101413 |
| CHIMax Chilton | 4 | 6 (30.4 s), 19 (22.7 s), 31 (22.1 s), 41 (22.3 s) | 613121013 |
| BUTJenson Button | 3 | 7 (22.4 s), 21 (21.0 s), 35 (104.8 s) | 7141418 |
| RICDaniel Ricciardo | 3 | 6 (22.4 s), 19 (22.4 s), 33 (22.0 s) | 6131418 |
| MALPastor Maldonado | 3 | 6 (24.7 s), 13 (32.6 s), 32 (22.7 s) | 671913 |
| SUTAdrian Sutil | 2 | 6 (37.8 s), 22 (89.4 s) | 6165 |
| DIRPaul di Resta | 2 | 6 (43.7 s), 20 (123.1 s) | 614 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:37.899 | 1:37.245 | 1:49.674 | +1.055 Q2 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:37.712 | 1:36.874 | 1:50.587 | +0.684 Q2 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.314 | 1:36.877 | 1:50.727 | +0.687 Q2 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37.513 | 1:36.517 | 1:51.699 | +0.327 Q2 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:37.619 | 1:36.449 | 1:52.244 | +0.259 Q2 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:37.239 | 1:36.190 | 1:52.519 | fastest Q2 |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:36.959 | 1:36.640 | 1:52.970 | +0.450 Q2 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:37.487 | 1:37.117 | 1:53.175 | +0.927 Q2 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:36.809 | 1:36.834 | 1:53.439 | +0.619 Q1 |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | McLaren | 1:37.702 | 1:37.342 | 1:54.136 | +1.152 Q2 |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:37.363 | 1:37.636 | +1.173 Q1 | |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 1:37.931 | 1:38.125 | +1.741 Q1 | |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:37.722 | 1:38.822 | +1.532 Q1 | |
| 14 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:37.707 | 1:39.221 | +1.517 Q1 | |
| 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:37.493 | 1:44.509 | +1.303 Q1 | |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:37.867 | +1.677 Q1 | ||
| 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:38.157 | +1.967 Q1 | ||
| 18 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:38.207 | +2.017 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:38.434 | +2.244 Q1 | ||
| 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 1:39.314 | +3.124 Q1 | ||
| 21 | Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:39.672 | +3.482 Q1 | ||
| 22 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 1:39.932 | +3.742 Q1 |
Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 40 |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1 | 31 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 0 | 26 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 0 | 4 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull | 1 | 66 |
| 2 | Lotus F1 | 1 | 40 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 0 | 40 |
| 4 | Mercedes | 0 | 37 |
| 5 | Force India | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Sauber | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | McLaren | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Toro Rosso | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Williams | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Marussia | 0 | 0 |