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2013 Brazilian Grand Prix
2013 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 19 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date	24 November 2013
Official name	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.309 km (2.677 miles)
Distance	71 laps, 305.909 km (190.083 miles)
Weather	Cloudy, Air Temp: 18 °C
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel;
Time	1:26.479
Fastest lap
Driver	Mark Webber
Time	1:15.436 on lap 51
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel;
Second	Mark Webber;
Third	Fernando Alonso;
	Lap leaders ;

The 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2013) was a Formula One motor race that was held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil on 24 November 2013. The race marked the 42nd running of the Brazilian Grand Prix. The race was the nineteenth and final round of the 2013 Formula One World Championship.

The race, contested over 71 laps, was won by Sebastian Vettel, his ninth straight Grand Prix victory, driving a Red Bull.^[2] His teammate Webber finished in second place in his final race, and Fernando Alonso finished third for Scuderia Ferrari. Vettel established the then-gargantuan records of 397 points total and 155 points margin to second-placed Alonso (these records were surpassed by Lewis Hamilton in 2018 and Max Verstappen in 2023 respectively). Red Bull-Renault won the Constructors' Championship with a then-record difference of 236 points to second-placed Mercedes (which was surpassed by Mercedes the following season).

This was also Vettel's last win until the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix, Vettel's last win at Red Bull, Red Bull's last win until the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix, and last 1–2 finish until the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.

As of 2024^[update], this is the last time that Brazil hosted the final race of a season and the most recent Grand Prix in which naturally aspirated engines were used.

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Background

This was also the last race for the 2.4-litre V8 naturally aspirated engines that were introduced at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix and the last race for naturally aspirated engines in general which had been mandatory since 1989. In 2014, Formula One introduced 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged power units with hybrid energy recovery systems.

This was the final race for two previous race winners in the form of Heikki Kovalainen and Mark Webber.^[3] This also marked the last race for Cosworth as an engine supplier. And it was also the last race for the two Caterham drivers: Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde, Felipe Massa's last race with Scuderia Ferrari and Pastor Maldonado's last race in the Williams F1 Team. It was also the last race for Williams running with Renault engines and for Toro Rosso with Ferrari engines until the 2016 F1 season.

Tyres

Like the previous Brazilian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli provided its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.

The teams also tested the company's new tyres for 2014 in the Friday Free Practice sessions.^[4]^[5] This was also the last race at which the car numbering system introduced in 1996 whereby cars were numbered according to the Constructors' Championship order of the previous year was used. From 2014 a driver would be allowed to choose a full-time number to use for their whole career.

Qualifying

All qualifying sessions were held in wet conditions. Intermediate tyres were mainly used for Q1 and Q2. Q3 was delayed 45 minutes because of rain, and all drivers started with full-wet tyres, but they ended the session with the intermediate tyres.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:25.381	1:26.420	1:26.479	1
2	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:25.556	1:26.626	1:27.102	2
3	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:26.656	1:26.590	1:27.539	3
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:26.689	1:26.963	1:27.572	4
5	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:25.342	1:26.698	1:27.677	5
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:26.453	1:26.161	1:27.737	6
7	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:27.209	1:27.078	1:28.052	7
8	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:27.124	1:27.363	1:28.081	8
9	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:26.817	1:27.049	1:28.109	9
10	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:26.071	1:27.441	1:29.582	10
11	7	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1:26.266	1:27.456		11
12	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.275	1:27.798		12
13	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:26.790	1:27.954		13
14	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.741	1:28.269		19¹
15	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.398	1:28.308		14
16	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.874	1:28.586		15
17	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:27.367			16
18	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.445			17
19	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:27.843			18
20	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:28.320			20
21	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1:28.366			21
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:28.950			22
107% time: 1:31.315
Source:^[6]

Notes: ^1 – Sergio Pérez qualified fourteenth, but was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.^[7]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	71	1:32:36.300	1	25
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	+10.452	4	18
3	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	+18.913	3	15
4	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+37.360	14	12
5	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	+39.048	2	10
6	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+44.051	19	8
7	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71	+49.110	9	6
8	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	71	+1:04.252	10	4
9	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+1:12.903	5	2
10	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	7	1
11	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	12
12	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	17
13	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	15
14	7	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	70	+1 Lap	11
15	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	8
16	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	70	+1 Lap	16
17	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	21
18	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	69	+2 Laps	20
19	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	22
Ret	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	58	Suspension	18
Ret	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	45	Collision	13
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	2	Engine	6
Source:^[8]

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Sebastian Vettel*	397
	2	Fernando Alonso	242
2	3	Mark Webber	199
1	4	Lewis Hamilton	189
1	5	Kimi Räikkönen	183
Source:^[9]

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Red Bull-Renault*	596
	2	Mercedes	360
	3	Ferrari	354
	4	Lotus-Renault	315
	5	McLaren-Mercedes	122
Source:^[9]

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Bold and an asterisk indicates World Champions

References

^ "2013 Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula One Management. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013.
^ Benson, Andrew (24 November 2013). "Sebastian Vettel wins record ninth consecutive race in Brazil". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
^ "Brazil 2013". statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Pirelli to bring prototype 2014 tyres to Brazilian GP season finale for teams to test". Sky Sports. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
^ "Formula 1 teams to try 2014 tyres in Brazilian Grand Prix practice". Autosport. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
^ "2013 Brazil Grand Prix Qualifying Results". Formula1.com. Formula One Management. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
^ Noble, Jonathan (24 November 2013). "Sergio Perez gets gearbox change penalty after crash". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
^ "2013 Brazil Grand Prix Race Results". Formula1.com. Formula One Management. 24 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Brazil 2013 - Championship • STATS F1". statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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