2013 German Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won the 2013 German Grand Prix at Nürburgring on 7 Jul 2013 for Red Bull, from 2nd on the grid; Kimi Räikkönen was second and Romain Grosjean third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Vettel took the lead for good on lap 50 of 60, from Kimi Räikkönen; the lead changed hands 5 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 23 to 30). Vettel stopped 3 times, on laps 7 and 24 and 41; 14 of 19 finishers made 3 stops, and the median first stop was lap 8. The fastest lap was Fernando Alonso's, 1:33.468 on lap 51. 19 of 22 starters were classified; 3 retired or were not classified. After the race Sebastian Vettel led the championship with 157 points, 34 ahead of Fernando Alonso, with 10 rounds left.

Date

7 Jul 2013

Circuit

Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany

Round

9 of 19

Winner

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:29.398)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 4 drivers: Charles Pic qualified 19th, started 22nd; Jules Bianchi qualified 20th, started 19th; Giedo van der Garde qualified 21st, started 20th; Max Chilton qualified 22nd, started 21st. 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

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Sebastian Vettel: 3 stops (laps 7, 24, 41), stints of 7, 17, 17, 19 laps

2nd

Kimi Räikkönen: 3 stops (laps 8, 24, 49), stints of 8, 16, 25, 11 laps

3rd

Romain Grosjean: 3 stops (laps 13, 24, 40), stints of 13, 11, 16, 20 laps

Finishers

2 stops: 5 · 3 or more: 14

First stops

median lap 8 of 60

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

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

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2013 standings