2013 Hungarian Grand Prix Explained

Type:F1
Country:Hungary
Grand Prix:Hungarian
Previous Round:2013 German Grand Prix
Next Round:2013 Belgian Grand Prix
Image-Size:250px
Date:28 July
Year:2013
Official Name:Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2013[1]
Race No:10
Season No:19
Location:Hungaroring
Mogyoród, Hungary
Course:Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:2.722
Course Km:4.381
Distance Laps:70
Distance Mi:190.531
Distance Km:306.630
Weather:Very hot and sunny, 35 °C.
Attendance:247,000 (Weekend) 99,000 (Race Day)[2]
Pole Driver:Lewis Hamilton
Pole Team:Mercedes
Pole Time:1:19.388
Pole Country:United Kingdom
Fast Driver:Mark Webber
Fast Team:Red Bull-Renault
Fast Time:1:24.069
Fast Lap:61
Fast Country:Australia
First Driver:Lewis Hamilton
First Team:Mercedes
First Country:United Kingdom
Second Driver:Kimi Räikkönen
Second Team:Lotus-Renault
Second Country:Finland
Third Driver:Sebastian Vettel
Third Team:Red Bull-Renault
Third Country:Germany

The 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2013)[1] was a Formula One motor race which was held on 28 July 2013 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary.[3] The race was the tenth round of the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 29th running of the Hungarian Grand Prix, and the 28th time it had been held as a round of the World Championship.

The race, contested over 70 laps, was won by Lewis Hamilton after starting from pole position. It was his first win since joining Mercedes for 2013. Lotus driver Kimi Räikkönen finished second, and Sebastian Vettel finished third for Red Bull Racing. Despite being held in July, the race was the last of the season that was not won by Vettel. This was also Mercedes's last win until the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.

Report

Background

Like the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.

Qualifying

Q1

Eliminated in Q1 were Sauber's Gutierrez, Force India's di Resta, Caterham's Pic and Van der Garde and the Marussias of Bianchi and Chilton.

Q2

Eliminated in Q2 were Force India's Sutil, Sauber's Hülkenberg, McLaren's Button, Toro Rosso's Vergne, and the Williams cars of Maldonado and Bottas.

Q3

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton took pole position with a time of 1:19.388 narrowly followed by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, and the Lotus of Romain Grosjean.

Race

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton led from pole position ahead of Vettel and Grosjean. Rosberg and Massa touched on lap 1 and caused damage to Massa's car. Rosberg twice ran off the road during the first lap and lost several places, but suffered no damage. Hamilton made his first pit stop on lap 10 and that handed the race lead to Vettel. Hamilton came out just behind McLaren's Jenson Button, but was able to get past him quickly and this changed the dynamic of the race.

Vettel would pit and get stuck behind Button for several laps. Webber was the only leading driver to start on the harder compound tyres, giving him the lead after the first round of pit stops. However the harder tyres were to prove less durable than expected under the hot conditions, and he was eventually forced to make three stops. By lap 15 the running order was Webber, Hamilton, Button, Vettel, and Grosjean. Vettel tried to get past Button and damaged his front wing during one attempt. Vettel and Grosjean would eventually get past Button. Grosjean touched Button going into the chicane at Turn 6 and 7. Grosjean eventually passed Massa into Turn 4 but received a drive-through penalty for leaving the track during the overtake. Sutil suffered a hydraulic leak earlier on and his 100th Grand Prix was over. Shortly after Grosjean's penalty, Esteban Gutierrez who suffered an engine failure in FP3 and was eliminated from Q1 continued to have reliability issues and was wheeled back in the garage with transmission problems. Despite being a potential contender for points, his teammate Hülkenberg picked up a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Valtteri Bottas retired after a smoky engine failure when the race leaders were on lap 45, which was his first retirement in Formula One, it was later confirmed of a hydraulic failure the cause of the smoke.

Hamilton retook the lead after the last round of stops ahead of Räikkönen, Vettel, and Webber. Rosberg retired late in the race with a fiery engine failure which lifted Maldonado and Williams into the points for the first time this season. Di Resta, Sutil's teammate also suffered hydraulic failure shortly before the end of the race.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton went on to win the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix followed by Lotus' Kimi Räikkönen and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton had thus won the Hungarian Grand Prix four times, in 2013, 2012, 2009, and 2007, and became tied with Michael Schumacher for the most wins in the Hungarian Grand Prix. He also became the first British driver to win in a Mercedes since Stirling Moss. This would prove to be the last non-Vettel win of 2013, as Vettel would go on to win the next nine races.

Post race

Romain Grosjean received a 20-second post-race penalty for hitting Jenson Button's McLaren while attempting to overtake him at the chicane during the race, but the penalty had no effect on the final standings as Button was more than 20 seconds behind him at the end of the race.[4]

Ferrari was fined €15,000 when FIA's technical officials notified the race stewards after the race that Fernando Alonso had activated his DRS on three occasions during the race when not within one second of another car, as mandated by the regulations. The team was reported to not have switched the DRS enabling system from the pre-race setting to the race setting. As soon as the team became aware of the problem, they informed the driver to only use DRS when told to do so by the team. Stewards concluded that although Alonso gained a small advantage (less than a second), he also suffered a disadvantage by being unable to use DRS on every legitimate occasion. The team was still ultimately responsible for ensuring that the system conformed to the regulations.[5]

Classification

Qualifying

DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3
110 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:20.3631:19.8621:19.3881
21 Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:20.6461:19.9921:19.4262
38 Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:20.4471:20.1011:19.5953
49 Nico RosbergMercedes1:20.3501:19.7781:19.7204
53 Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:20.6521:20.1831:19.7915
67 Kimi RäikkönenLotus-Renault1:20.8671:20.2431:19.8516
74 Felipe MassaFerrari1:21.0041:20.4601:19.9297
819 Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:21.1811:20.5271:20.6418
96 Sergio PérezMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.6121:20.5451:22.3989
102 Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:21.2641:20.503no time10
1115 Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:21.4711:20.56911
1211 Nico HülkenbergSauber-Ferrari1:21.0281:20.58012
135 Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.1311:20.77713
1418 Jean-Éric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:21.3451:21.02914
1516 Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:20.8161:21.13315
1617 Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault1:21.1351:21.21916
1712 Esteban GutiérrezSauber-Ferrari1:21.72417
1814 Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:22.04318
1920 Charles PicCaterham-Renault1:23.00719
2021 Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault1:23.33320
2122 Jules BianchiMarussia-Cosworth1:23.78721
2223 Max ChiltonMarussia-Cosworth1:23.99722
107% time

1:25.974

Source:[6]

Race

DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
110 Lewis HamiltonMercedes701:42:29.445125
27 Kimi RäikkönenLotus-Renault70+10.938618
31 Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault70+12.459215
42 Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault70+18.0441012
53 Fernando AlonsoFerrari70+31.411510
68 Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault70+52.29538
75 Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes70+53.819136
84 Felipe MassaFerrari70+56.44774
96 Sergio PérezMcLaren-Mercedes69+1 Lap92
1016 Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault69+1 Lap151
1111 Nico HülkenbergSauber-Ferrari69+1 Lap12
1218 Jean-Éric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari69+1 Lap14
1319 Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari69+1 Lap8
1421 Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault68+2 Laps20
1520 Charles PicCaterham-Renault68+2 Laps19
1622 Jules BianchiMarussia-Cosworth67+3 Laps21
1723 Max ChiltonMarussia-Cosworth67+3 Laps22
1814 Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes66Hydraulics18
199 Nico RosbergMercedes64Engine4
Ret17 Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault42Hydraulics16
Ret12 Esteban GutiérrezSauber-Ferrari28Transmission17
Ret15 Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes19Hydraulics11
Source:[7] [8]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
1 Sebastian Vettel172
12 Kimi Räikkönen134
13 Fernando Alonso133
4 Lewis Hamilton124
5 Mark Webber105
Source:[9]
Constructors' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1 Red Bull-Renault277
2 Mercedes208
3 Ferrari194
4 Lotus-Renault183
5 Force India-Mercedes59
Source:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj . Formula1.com . . 7 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603212231/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/hungary_903/circuit_diagram.html . 3 June 2013 .
  2. Web site: Portfolio.
  3. Web site: FIA Formula One calendar . FIA.com . Fedération Internationale de l'Automobile . 7 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130208022708/http://www.fia.com/championship/formula-1-world-championship/2013/calendar . 8 February 2013 .
  4. News: Straw. Edd. Hungarian GP: Romain Grosjean penalised for Jenson Button clash. 28 July 2013. Autosport. 28 July 2013.
  5. News: Hungarian GP: Fernando Alonso, Ferrari fined for DRS misuse. Noble. Jonathan. Beer, Matt. 28 July 2013. Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. 29 July 2013.
  6. News: Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2013 - Provisional Results . Formula1.com . . 27 July 2013 . 27 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130729041847/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/903/7238/ . 29 July 2013 .
  7. News: FORMULA 1 MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2013 - Provisional Results . Formula1.com . . 28 July 2013 . 28 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130805205253/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2013/903/ . 5 August 2013 .
  8. News: Lewis Hamilton wins Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position in scorching 50-degree heat. The Daily Telegraph. London. 28 July 2012. 28 July 2013.
  9. Web site: Hungary 2013 - Championship • STATS F1. statsf1.com. 18 March 2019.