Home/Formula 1/2013/R15 Japan

Japanese Grand Prix

2013 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Round 15 of 19Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 13 201353 laps

Podium

WEBRed Bull

VETRed Bull

GROLotus

Key facts

WinnerVET1:26:49.301 from P2

PoleWEB1:30.915

Fastest lapWEB1:34.587 on lap 44

Pit stops48recorded stops

Finishers19 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	2	▲1	53	1:26:49.301	25	1:35.317	2
2	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1	▼1	53	+7.129s	18	1:34.587	3
3	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	4	▲1	53	+9.910s	15	1:35.991	2
4	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	8	▲4	53	+45.605s	12	1:35.877	2
5	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus	9	▲4	53	+47.325s	10	1:35.516	2
6	HULNico Hülkenberg	Sauber	7	▲1	53	+51.615s	8	1:36.482	2
7	GUTEsteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	14	▲7	53	+71.630s	6	1:36.499	2
8	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	▼2	53	+72.023s	4	1:34.650	4
9	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	10	▲1	53	+80.821s	2	1:35.549	3
10	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	5	▼5	53	+89.263s	1	1:37.001	3
11	DIRPaul Di Resta	Force India	12	▲1	53	+98.572s		1:37.407	2
12	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	17	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:35.895	3
13	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	16	▲3	52	+1 lap		1:35.020	3
14	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	22	▲8	52	+1 lap		1:37.367	2
15	PERSergio Pérez	McLaren	11	▼4	52	+1 lap		1:35.845	3
16	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	15	▼1	52	+1 lap		1:37.423	2
17	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	13	▼4	52	+1 lap		1:37.856	2
18	PICCharles Pic	Caterham	20	▲2	52	+1 lap		1:37.489	3
19	CHIMax Chilton	Marussia	18	▼1	52	+1 lap		1:38.713	2
DNF	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3		7	Collision damage		1:41.202	1
DNF	VDGGiedo Van der Garde	Caterham	19		0	Collision		–
DNF	BIAJules Bianchi	Marussia	21		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	RIC	32	17.8s
2	ROS	16	17.8s
3	MAS	34	17.8s
4	PIC	1	17.9s
5	ROS	39	22.6s
6	ALO	13	22.6s
7	ROS	24	22.8s
8	WEB	25	22.8s
9	ROS	12	22.8s
10	ALO	30	22.8s
11	MAS	28	22.9s
12	VET	37	22.9s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 48 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:32.271	1:31.513	1:30.915
2	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:32.397	1:31.290	1:31.089	+0.174s
3	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.340	1:31.636	1:31.253	+0.338s
4	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	1:31.824	1:31.565	1:31.365	+0.450s
5	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:31.994	1:31.668	1:31.378	+0.463s
6	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:32.244	1:31.764	1:31.397	+0.482s
7	HULNico Hülkenberg	Sauber	1:32.465	1:31.848	1:31.644	+0.729s
8	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.371	1:31.828	1:31.665	+0.750s
9	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:32.377	1:31.662	1:31.684	+0.769s
10	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	1:32.606	1:31.838	1:31.827	+0.912s
11	PERSergio Pérez	McLaren	1:32.718	1:31.989	–	+1.074s
12	DIRPaul Di Resta	Force India	1:32.286	1:31.992	–	+1.077s
13	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	1:32.613	1:32.013	–	+1.098s
14	GUTEsteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:32.673	1:32.063	–	+1.148s
15	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	1:32.875	1:32.093	–	+1.178s
16	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:32.804	1:32.485	–	+1.570s
17	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	1:32.890	–	–	+1.975s
18	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:33.357	–	–	+2.442s
19	CHIMax Chilton	Marussia	1:34.320	–	–	+3.405s
20	PICCharles Pic	Caterham	1:34.556	–	–	+3.641s
21	VDGGiedo Van der Garde	Caterham	1:34.879	–	–	+3.964s
22	BIAJules Bianchi	Marussia	1:34.958	–	–	+4.043s

Suzuka Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2013. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2012	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2011	Jenson Button	McLaren
2010	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2009	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2005	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2003	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari

Unofficial fan site, not associated with Formula 1 companies. F1, FORMULA ONE and related marks are trademarks of Formula One Licensing B.V. Data from OpenF1, Jolpica-F1 (Ergast), FastF1, MultiViewer and F1DB (CC BY 4.0, seasons before 2023 and circuit outlines), saved as a snapshot after each race weekend; no data is loaded from third parties while you browse.