2013 Formula One season facts for kids

Sebastian Vettel, the defending World Drivers' Champion.

The 2013 Formula One season was the 64th season of the Formula One World Championship. Eleven teams and twenty-two drivers competed in nineteen Grands Prix. The season started in Australia on 17 March and ended in Brazil on 24 November.

The 2013 season was the final year for the 2.4 litre V8 engine setup.

Sebastian Vettel was the defending World Drivers' Champion. He was Champion again in 2013.

Signed teams and drivers

At the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix, Bernie Ecclestone said that the "majority" of teams in the 2012 season agreed to compete in 2013.

On 30 November 2012, the FIA published a provisional entry list for the 2013 season.

Lewis Hamilton—seen here at the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix—left McLaren to join the Mercedes works team in 2013.

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race drivers	Rounds	Free Practice driver(s)
Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull–Renault	RB9	Renault RS27-2013	P	1	Sebastian Vettel	1–15	N/A
					2	Mark Webber	1–15
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F138	Ferrari Type 056	P	3	Fernando Alonso	1–15	N/A
					4	Felipe Massa	1–15
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren–Mercedes	MP4-28	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	5	Jenson Button	1–15	N/A
					6	Sergio Pérez	1–15
Lotus F1 Team	Lotus–Renault	E21	Renault RS27-2013	P	7	Kimi Räikkönen	1–15	N/A
					8	Romain Grosjean	1–15
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W04	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	9	Nico Rosberg	1–15	N/A
					10	Lewis Hamilton	1–15
Sauber F1 Team	Sauber–Ferrari	C32	Ferrari Type 056	P	11	Nico Hülkenberg	1–15	N/A
					12	Esteban Gutiérrez	1–15
Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India–Mercedes	VJM06	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	14	Paul di Resta	1–15	James Calado
					15	Adrian Sutil	1–15
Williams F1 Team	Williams–Renault	FW35	Renault RS27-2013	P	16	Pastor Maldonado	1–15	N/A
					17	Valtteri Bottas	1–15
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso–Ferrari	STR8	Ferrari Type 056	P	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	1–15	N/A
					19	Daniel Ricciardo	1–15
Caterham F1 Team	Caterham–Renault	CT03	Renault RS27-2013	P	20	Charles Pic	1–15	Ma Qinghua Heikki Kovalainen Alexander Rossi
					21	Giedo van der Garde	1–15
Marussia F1 Team	Marussia–Cosworth	MR02	Cosworth CA2013	P	22	Jules Bianchi	1–15	Rodolfo González
					23	Max Chilton	1–15

Team changes

In November 2012, the owners of HRT F1 placed the team for sale. The team needed to find a buyer by 30 November to remain in the sport. HRT failed to find a buyer and the team was not included in the 2013 entry list.

Driver changes

In September 2012, seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher said that he was retiring from the sport for a second time. 2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton agreed to take Schumacher's place. The move ended his fourteen-year career with McLaren.

Driver Sergio Pérez left Sauber to join McLaren. Nico Hülkenberg filled the vacant seat at Sauber. Hülkenberg was joined by Esteban Gutiérrez, who was Sauber's testing and reserve driver in 2011 and 2012.

Charles Pic moved from Marussia to Caterham. Max Chilton took his place at Marussia.

Calendar

The following nineteen races appeared on the 2013 race schedule. The number of races on the Formula One calendar is dictated by the Concorde Agreement.

The calendar was originally meant to host twenty races. This would add the new Grand Prix of Jersey. The race in New Jersey was delayed to 2014.

Round	Race title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park, Melbourne	17 March
2	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	24 March
3	UBS Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	14 April
4	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	21 April
5	Gran Premio de España	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	12 May
6	Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	26 May
7	Grand Prix du Canada	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	9 June
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	30 June
9	Großer Preis von Deutschland	German GP	Nürburgring, Nürburg	7 July
10	Magyar Nagydíj	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	28 July
11	Shell Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	25 August
12	Gran Premio d'Italia	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	8 September
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore	22 September
14	Korean Grand Prix	Korean GP	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	6 October
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	13 October
16	Airtel Indian Grand Prix	Indian GP	Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida	27 October
17	Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	3 November
18	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	17 November
19	Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	24 November
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Calendar changes

• The European Grand Prix was discontinued starting in 2013.
• Nürburgring hosted the German Grand Prix in 2013.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	Report
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sergio Pérez	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Report
4	Bahrain Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg	Esteban Gutiérrez	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg	Sebastian Vettel	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
8	British Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Mark Webber	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Report
9	German Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Fernando Alonso	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Mark Webber	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Report
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
12	Italian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
14	Korean Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Mark Webber	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
16	Indian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Kimi Räikkönen	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
17	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Mark Webber	Fernando Alonso	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
18	United States Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
19	Brazilian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report

Drivers' standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:

Pos. Driver Grands Prix Points AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU USA BRA 1 Sebastian Vettel 3 1 4 1 4 2 1 Ret 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 397 2 Fernando Alonso 2 Ret 1 8 1 7 2 3 4 5 2 2 2 6 4 11 5 5 3 242 3 Mark Webber 6 2 Ret 7 5 3 4 2 7 4 5 3 15† Ret 2 Ret 2 3 2 199 4 Lewis Hamilton 5 3 3 5 12 4 3 4 5 1 3 9 5 5 Ret 6 7 4 9 189 5 Kimi Räikkönen 1 7 2 2 2 10 9 5 2 2 Ret 11 3 2 5 7 Ret 183 6 Nico Rosberg Ret 4 Ret 9 6 1 5 1 9 19† 4 6 4 7 8 2 3 9 5 171 7 Romain Grosjean 10 6 9 3 Ret Ret 13 19† 3 6 8 8 Ret 3 3 3 4 2 Ret 132 8 Felipe Massa 4 5 6 15 3 Ret 8 6 Ret 8 7 4 6 9 10 4 8 12 7 112 9 Jenson Button 9 17† 5 10 8 6 12 13 6 7 6 10 7 8 9 14 12 10 4 73 10 Nico Hülkenberg DNS 8 10 12 15 11 Ret 10 10 11 13 5 9 4 6 19† 14 6 8 51 11 Sergio Pérez 11 9 11 6 9 16† 11 20† 8 9 11 12 8 10 15 5 9 7 6 49 12 Paul di Resta 8 Ret 8 4 7 9 7 9 11 18† Ret Ret 20† Ret 11 8 6 15 11 48 13 Adrian Sutil 7 Ret Ret 13 13 5 10 7 13 Ret 9 16† 10 20† 14 9 10 Ret 13 29 14 Daniel Ricciardo Ret 18† 7 16 10 Ret 15 8 12 13 10 7 Ret 19† 13 10 16 11 10 20 15 Jean-Éric Vergne 12 10 12 Ret Ret 8 6 Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 14 18† 12 13 17 16 15 13 16 Esteban Gutiérrez 13 12 Ret 18 11 13 20† 14 14 Ret 14 13 12 11 7 15 13 13 12 6 17 Valtteri Bottas 14 11 13 14 16 12 14 12 16 Ret 15 15 13 12 17 16 15 8 Ret 4 18 Pastor Maldonado Ret Ret 14 11 14 Ret 16 11 15 10 17 14 11 13 16 12 11 17 16 1 19 Jules Bianchi 15 13 15 19 18 Ret 17 16 Ret 16 18 19 18 16 Ret 18 20 18 17 0 20 Charles Pic 16 14 16 17 17 Ret 18 15 17 15 Ret 17 19 14 18 Ret 19 20 Ret 0 21 Heikki Kovalainen 14 14 0 22 Giedo van der Garde 18 15 18 21 Ret 15 Ret 18 18 14 16 18 16 15 Ret Ret 18 19 18 0 23 Max Chilton 17 16 17 20 19 14 19 17 19 17 19 20 17 17 19 17 21 21 19 0 Pos. Driver AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU USA BRA Points Grands Prix

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Constructors' standings

Pos. Constructor No. Grands Prix Points AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU USA BRA 1 Red Bull-Renault 1 3 1 4 1 4 2 1 Ret 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 596 2 6 2 Ret 7 5 3 4 2 7 4 5 3 15† Ret 2 Ret 2 3 2 2 Mercedes 9 Ret 4 Ret 9 6 1 5 1 9 19† 4 6 4 7 8 2 3 9 5 360 10 5 3 3 5 12 4 3 4 5 1 3 9 5 5 Ret 6 7 4 9 3 Ferrari 3 2 Ret 1 8 1 7 2 3 4 5 2 2 2 6 4 11 5 5 3 354 4 4 5 6 15 3 Ret 8 6 Ret 8 7 4 6 9 10 4 8 12 7 4 Lotus-Renault 7 1 7 2 2 2 10 9 5 2 2 Ret 11 3 2 5 7 Ret 14 14 315 8 10 6 9 3 Ret Ret 13 19† 3 6 8 8 Ret 3 3 3 4 2 Ret 5 McLaren-Mercedes 5 9 17† 5 10 8 6 12 13 6 7 6 10 7 8 9 14 12 10 4 122 6 11 9 11 6 9 16† 11 20† 8 9 11 12 8 10 15 5 9 7 6 6 Force India-Mercedes 14 8 Ret 8 4 7 9 7 9 11 18† Ret Ret 20† Ret 11 8 6 15 11 77 15 7 Ret Ret 13 13 5 10 7 13 Ret 9 16† 10 20† 14 9 10 Ret 13 7 Sauber-Ferrari 11 DNS 8 10 12 15 11 Ret 10 10 11 13 5 9 4 6 19† 14 6 8 57 12 13 12 Ret 18 11 13 20† 14 14 Ret 14 13 12 11 7 15 13 13 12 8 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18 12 10 12 Ret Ret 8 6 Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 14 18† 12 13 17 16 15 33 19 Ret 18† 7 16 10 Ret 15 8 12 13 10 7 Ret 19† 13 10 16 11 10 9 Williams-Renault 16 Ret Ret 14 11 14 Ret 16 11 15 10 17 14 11 13 16 12 11 17 16 5 17 14 11 13 14 16 12 14 12 16 Ret 15 15 13 12 17 16 15 8 Ret 10 Marussia-Cosworth 22 15 13 15 19 18 Ret 17 16 Ret 16 18 19 18 16 Ret 18 20 18 17 0 23 17 16 17 20 19 14 19 17 19 17 19 20 17 17 19 17 21 21 19 11 Caterham-Renault 20 16 14 16 17 17 Ret 18 15 17 15 Ret 17 19 14 18 Ret 19 20 Ret 0 21 18 15 18 21 Ret 15 Ret 18 18 14 16 18 16 15 Ret Ret 18 19 18 Pos. Constructor No. AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU USA BRA Points Grands Prix

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Images for kids

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  Five drivers made their Formula One debut in 2013, including (clockwise from top left): Esteban Gutiérrez (Sauber), Valtteri Bottas (Williams), Max Chilton and Jules Bianchi (both Marussia). Giedo van der Garde (Caterham) is not pictured.

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  Mark Webber finished third in the championship in his final year in Formula One.

See also

In Spanish: Temporada 2013 de Fórmula 1 para niños