2013 Australian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 17 March 2013
Winner	Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap	Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault
Circuit	Melbourne, 58 laps
Round	1 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
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Previous race	2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+6	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	58	1hr 30m 03.225s	25
2	+3	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	58	+12.451s	18
3	-2	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	58	+22.346s	15
4		(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58	+33.577s	12
5	-2	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	58	+45.561s	10
6	-4	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	58	+46.800s	8
7	+5	(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	58	+1m 05.068s	6
8	+1	(GBR) Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	58	+1m 08.449s	4
9	+1	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+1m 21.630s	2
10	-2	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	58	+1m 22.759s	1
11	+4	(MEX) Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+1m 23.367s
12	+1	(FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	58	+1m 23.857s
13	+5	(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	57	+1 lap
14	+2	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	57	+1 lap
15	+4	(FRA) Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	57	+1 lap
16	+6	(FRA) Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	56	+2 laps
17	+3	(GBR) Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	56	+2 laps
18	+3	(NLD) Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	56	+2 laps
R		(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	39	DNF
R		(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	26	DNF
R		(VEN) Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	24	DNF
Did not start
		(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari

Notes

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:27.407
2	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:27.827	0.420
3	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.087	0.680
4	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:28.490	1.083
5	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:28.493	1.086
6	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:28.523	1.116
7	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1:28.738	1.331
8	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:29.013	1.606
9	(GBR) Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.305	1.898
10	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.357	2.950
Q2
11	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:38.067
12	(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:38.134
13	(FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:38.778
14	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:39.042
15	(MEX) Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:39.900
16	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:40.290
Q1
17	(VEN) Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:47.614
18	(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:47.776
19	(FRA) Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1:48.147
20	(GBR) Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:48.909
21	(NLD) Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:49.519
22	(FRA) Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:50.626

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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
1-2 start: 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)