The 2013 Spanish Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España 2013) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 12 May 2013 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. The race was the fifth round of the 2013 season, and marked the forty-third running of the Spanish Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship, and the twenty-third running at Catalunya.
Nico Rosberg took pole position for the race, ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Fernando Alonso took his thirty-second and most recent Grand Prix victory—and his second in his home race—ahead of Lotus-Renault's Kimi Räikkönen and Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa in third. Pole sitter Nico Rosberg finished sixth overall. The most notable overtaking move came on the first lap as Fernando Alonso went round the outside of both Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton going into turn 3. Ferrari's strategy of making 4 pit stops was risky but proved to be the best choice as Alonso was able to beat Räikkönen who did one less to claim victory. This race was the most recent Formula One victory for Alonso , the last race to be won by a Spanish driver until Carlos Sainz Jr. won the 2022 British Grand Prix, and the last race to be won by Ferrari until the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Classification Qualifying Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 1 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:21.913 1:21.776 1:20.718 1 2 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:21.728 1:21.001 1:20.972 2 3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:22.158 1:21.602 1:21.054 3 4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:22.210 1:21.676 1:21.177 4 5 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:22.264 1:21.646 1:21.218 5 6 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:22.492 1:21.978 1:21.219 9 7 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:22.613 1:21.998 1:21.308 6 8 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:22.342 1:21.718 1:21.570 7 9 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.116 1:21.790 1:22.069 8 10 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:22.663 1:22.019 1:22.233 10 11 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:22.905 1:22.127 11 12 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:22.775 1:22.166 12 13 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:22.952 1:22.346 13 14 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.166 1:22.355 14 15 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:23.058 1:22.389 15 16 12 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:23.218 1:22.793 19 17 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:23.260 16 18 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:23.318 17 19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:24.661 18 20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:24.713 20 21 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:24.996 21 22 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:25.070 22 107% time:1:27.448 Source: — Felipe Massa was given a three-place grid penalty for blocking Mark Webber. — Esteban Gutiérrez was given a three-place grid penalty for blocking Kimi Räikkönen.
Race Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 66 1:39:16.596 5 25 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 66 +9.338 4 18 3 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 66 +26.049 9 15 4 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 66 +38.273 3 12 5 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 66 +47.963 7 10 6 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 66 +1:08.020 1 8 7 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 66 +1:08.988 10 6 8 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 66 +1:19.506 14 4 9 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 66 +1:21.738 8 2 10 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 65 +1 lap 11 1 11 12 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 65 +1 lap 19 12 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 65 +1 lap 2 13 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 65 +1 lap 13 14 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 65 +1 lap 17 15 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 65 +1 lap 15 16 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 65 +1 lap 16 17 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 65 +1 lap 22 18 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 64 +2 laps 20 19 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 64 +2 laps 21 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 52 Collision damage 12 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 21 Wheel 18 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 8 Suspension 6 Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Sebastian Vettel 89 2 Kimi Räikkönen 85 1 3 Fernando Alonso 72 1 4 Lewis Hamilton 50 1 5 Felipe Massa 45Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Red Bull-Renault 131 1 2 Ferrari 117 1 3 Lotus-Renault 111 4 Mercedes 72 5 Force India-Mercedes 32Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2013 Catalunya GP2 Series round 2013 Catalunya GP3 Series round
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