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Home / Seasons / 2013 F1 World Championship Season / 2013 Australian Grand Prix

2013 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 17 March 2013
Winner
  • Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round1 of 19
Race numbers

The 2013 Australian Grand Prix was the

  • 879th World Championship race
  • 29th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 18th World Championship race at Melbourne
More 2013 season
More Australian Grands Prix
Previous race2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault581hr 30m 03.225s25
2+3Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari58+12.451s18
3-2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault58+22.346s15
4 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari58+33.577s12
5-2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes58+45.561s10
6-4Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault58+46.800s8
7+5Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes58+1m 05.068s6
8+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes58+1m 08.449s4
9+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes58+1m 21.630s2
10-2France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault58+1m 22.759s1
11+4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezMcLaren-Mercedes58+1m 23.367s 
12+1France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari58+1m 23.857s 
13+5Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari57+1 lap 
14+2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault57+1 lap 
15+4France flag lazyload Jules BianchiMarussia-Cosworth57+1 lap 
16+6France flag lazyload Charles PicCaterham-Renault56+2 laps 
17+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Max ChiltonMarussia-Cosworth56+2 laps 
18+3Netherlands flag lazyload Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault56+2 laps 
R Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari39DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes26DNF 
R Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault24DNF 
Did not start
  Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergSauber-Ferrari   

Notes

  • Nico Hulkenberg did not start due to a fuel issue with his car.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
2Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
4Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
5Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari
6Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
7Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
8France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
11  
12Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
13France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
14Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
15Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezMcLaren-Mercedes
16Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault
17Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
18Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari
19France flag lazyload Jules BianchiMarussia-Cosworth
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Max ChiltonMarussia-Cosworth
21Netherlands flag lazyload Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault
22France flag lazyload Charles PicCaterham-Renault

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:27.407 
2Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:27.8270.420
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:28.0870.680
4Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:28.4901.083
5Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:28.4931.086
6Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:28.5231.116
7Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:28.7381.331
8France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:29.0131.606
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:29.3051.898
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:30.3572.950
Q2
11Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergSauber-Ferrari1:38.067 
12Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:38.134 
13France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:38.778 
14Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:39.042 
15Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezMcLaren-Mercedes1:39.900 
16Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault1:40.290 
Q1
17Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:47.614 
18Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:47.776 
19France flag lazyload Jules BianchiMarussia-Cosworth1:48.147 
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Max ChiltonMarussia-Cosworth1:48.909 
21Netherlands flag lazyload Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault1:49.519 
22France flag lazyload Charles PicCaterham-Renault1:50.626 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2013 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen25
2Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso18
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel15
4Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa12
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton10
6Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber8
7Germany flag lazyload Adrian Sutil6
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta4
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button2
10France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari30
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault26
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault23
4Germany flag lazyload Mercedes10
5India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes10
6United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Jules Bianchi, Valtteri Bottas, Max Chilton, Esteban Gutierrez, Giedo van der Garde (first Dutch driver to start a race since 2007)
Wins
20th for Kimi Raikkonen (15th driver to win 20 races, 2nd Finnish driver; last win until 2018; last for Lotus)
2nd and last for Lotus (2012-15)
Podiums
87th for Fernando Alonso, 70th for Kimi Raikkonen (5th driver to score 70 podiums, 1st Finnish driver), 47th for Sebastian Vettel
669th for Ferrari, 81st for Red Bull, 11th for Lotus (2012-15)
Poles
37th for Sebastian Vettel
47th for Red Bull
Qualifying 1-2
19th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
38th for Kimi Raikkonen
4th for Lotus (2012-15)
Front row starts
50th for Sebastian Vettel (5th driver to achieve 50 front row starts, 2nd German driver), 33rd for Mark Webber
Points finishes
125th for Jenson Button
Win & fastest lap
9th and last for Kimi Raikkonen (first since 2008; first Finnish driver to win and set the fastest lap since 2008 and last until 2017; only win and fastest lap for Lotus)

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne circuit
  • 2013 World Championship season

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