2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

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Times in Africa/Johannesburg

Explore the recorded classification, qualifying and championship context from this weekend.

Time TBA

Race

2013-04-21 · time TBA

Bahrain International Circuit

Race classification ↓

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Race classification

Understand the points ↗

Race classification · shared drives and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Fastest lap · Race · 1:36:00.498 · 57 laps	25
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Race · 1:36:09.609 · 57 laps	18
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Race · 1:36:20.005 · 57 laps	15
4	Paul di Resta	Force India	Race · 1:36:22.225 · 57 laps	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Race · 1:36:35.728 · 57 laps	10
6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	Race · 1:36:36.496 · 57 laps	8
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Race · 1:36:37.742 · 57 laps	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Race · 1:36:38.072 · 57 laps	4
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Race · 1:36:41.624 · 57 laps	2
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	Race · 1:36:47.129 · 57 laps	1
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Race · 1:37:06.948 · 57 laps	Unknown / not applicable
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	Race · 1:37:13.431 · 57 laps	Unknown / not applicable
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Race · 1:37:17.217 · 57 laps	Unknown / not applicable
14	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Race · 1:37:22.009 · 57 laps	Unknown / not applicable
15	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Race · 1:37:26.862 · 57 laps	Unknown / not applicable
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Race · Time not recorded · 56 laps	Unknown / not applicable
17	Charles Pic	Caterham	Race · Time not recorded · 56 laps	Unknown / not applicable
18	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	Race · Time not recorded · 56 laps	Unknown / not applicable
19	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	Race · Time not recorded · 56 laps	Unknown / not applicable
20	Max Chilton	Marussia	Race · Time not recorded · 56 laps	Unknown / not applicable
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	Race · Time not recorded · 55 laps	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Race · Puncture damage · Time not recorded · 16 laps	Unknown / not applicable

Recorded competitors & entries

Competitors below are evidenced by this weekend's retained race or qualifying observations; this is not an inferred future entry list.

Sebastian Vettel · Red Bull

Kimi Räikkönen · Lotus

Romain Grosjean · Lotus

Paul di Resta · Force India

Lewis Hamilton · Mercedes

Sergio Pérez · McLaren

Mark Webber · Red Bull

Fernando Alonso · Ferrari

Nico Rosberg · Mercedes

Jenson Button · McLaren

Pastor Maldonado · Williams

Nico Hülkenberg · Sauber

Adrian Sutil · Force India

Valtteri Bottas · Williams

Felipe Massa · Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo · Toro Rosso

Charles Pic · Caterham

Esteban Gutiérrez · Sauber

Jules Bianchi · Marussia

Max Chilton · Marussia

Giedo van der Garde · Caterham

Jean-Éric Vergne · Toro Rosso

Qualifying & starting grid

Qualifying classification

Qualifying order; original formats preserved
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Qualifying · Q1 1:33.364 · Q2 1:32.867 · Q3 1:32.330 · 14 laps
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Qualifying · Q1 1:33.327 · Q2 1:32.746 · Q3 1:32.584 · 12 laps
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Qualifying · Q1 1:32.878 · Q2 1:33.316 · Q3 1:32.667 · 11 laps
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Qualifying · Q1 1:33.498 · Q2 1:33.346 · Q3 1:32.762 · 13 laps
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Qualifying · Q1 1:33.966 · Q2 1:33.098 · Q3 1:33.078 · 13 laps
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Qualifying · Q1 1:33.780 · Q2 1:33.358 · Q3 1:33.207 · 13 laps
7	Paul di Resta	Force India	Qualifying · Q1 1:33.762 · Q2 1:33.335 · Q3 1:33.235 · 14 laps
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.048 · Q2 1:33.378 · Q3 1:33.246 · 16 laps
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Qualifying · Q1 1:33.827 · Q2 1:33.146 · Q3 1:33.327 · 13 laps
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.071 · Q2 1:33.702 · 11 laps
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Qualifying · Q1 1:33.498 · Q2 1:33.762 · 7 laps
12	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.310 · Q2 1:33.914 · 9 laps
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.120 · Q2 1:33.974 · 14 laps
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.409 · Q2 1:33.976 · 14 laps
15	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.425 · Q2 1:34.105 · 13 laps
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.314 · Q2 1:34.284 · 13 laps
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.425 · 6 laps
18	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.730 · 9 laps
19	Charles Pic	Caterham	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.283 · 6 laps
20	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	Qualifying · Q1 1:36.178 · 6 laps
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	Qualifying · Q1 1:36.304 · 7 laps
22	Max Chilton	Marussia	Qualifying · Q1 1:36.476 · 6 laps

Starting grid

Official recorded grid; pole awards are separate
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Starting grid · 1:32.330
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Starting grid · 1:32.584
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Starting grid · 1:32.667
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Starting grid · 1:33.207
5	Paul di Resta	Force India	Starting grid · 1:33.235
6	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Starting grid · 1:33.246
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Starting grid · 1:33.078 · Grid penalty: 3 · 3 places
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Starting grid · 1:33.327
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Starting grid · 1:32.762 · Grid penalty: 5 · 5 places
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	Starting grid · Time not recorded
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Starting grid · 1:33.762
12	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	Starting grid · 1:33.914
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Starting grid · 1:33.974
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	Starting grid · 1:33.976
15	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Starting grid · 1:34.105
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Starting grid · 1:34.284
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Starting grid · 1:34.425
18	Charles Pic	Caterham	Starting grid · 1:35.283
19	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	Starting grid · 1:36.178
20	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	Starting grid · 1:36.304
21	Max Chilton	Marussia	Starting grid · 1:36.476
22	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	Starting grid · 1:34.730 · Grid penalty: 5 · 5 places

Practice & warm-up results

Practice 1

Practice 1
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:34.487 · 11 laps
2	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:34.564 · 19 laps
3	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:34.621 · 22 laps
4	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:34.790 · 20 laps
5	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:34.949 · 17 laps
6	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:35.069 · 22 laps
7	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:35.101 · 19 laps
8	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:35.119 · 19 laps
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:35.345 · 17 laps
10	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:35.611 · 14 laps
11	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:35.640 · 23 laps
12	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:35.783 · 16 laps
13	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:35.792 · 16 laps
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:36.014 · 19 laps
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:36.485 · 20 laps
16	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:36.498 · 17 laps
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:36.755 · 20 laps
18	Esteban Gutiérrez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:37.214 · 21 laps
19	Charles Pic	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:37.850 · 20 laps
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:38.401 · 20 laps
21	Max Chilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:39.445 · 12 laps
22	Rodolfo González	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:40.215 · 7 laps

Practice 2

Practice 2
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.154 · 31 laps
2	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.184 · 26 laps
3	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.282 · 29 laps
4	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.310 · 29 laps
5	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.543 · 35 laps
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.552 · 34 laps
7	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.631 · 33 laps
8	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.666 · 37 laps
9	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.932 · 33 laps
10	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.976 · 29 laps
11	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.356 · 32 laps
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.506 · 36 laps
13	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.589 · 37 laps
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.761 · 33 laps
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:36.133 · 36 laps
16	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:36.279 · 33 laps
17	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:36.579 · 28 laps
18	Esteban Gutiérrez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:36.616 · 34 laps
19	Charles Pic	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:37.061 · 33 laps
20	Max Chilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:37.313 · 33 laps
21	Jules Bianchi	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:37.363 · 29 laps
22	Giedo van der Garde	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:37.970 · 34 laps

Practice 3

Practice 3
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.247 · 12 laps
2	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.348 · 15 laps
3	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.380 · 19 laps
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.446 · 21 laps
5	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.455 · 19 laps
6	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.464 · 19 laps
7	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.596 · 17 laps
8	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.700 · 15 laps
9	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.764 · 19 laps
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.922 · 17 laps
11	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:33.949 · 20 laps
12	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:34.117 · 17 laps
13	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:34.282 · 18 laps
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:34.577 · 16 laps
15	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:34.611 · 17 laps
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:34.678 · 16 laps
17	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:34.833 · 17 laps
18	Charles Pic	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:35.816 · 16 laps
19	Jules Bianchi	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:36.731 · 17 laps
20	Giedo van der Garde	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:36.939 · 16 laps
21	Max Chilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:37.630 · 7 laps
22	Esteban Gutiérrez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:39.592 · 29 laps

Fastest laps, pit stops & penalties

Fastest laps

Recorded fastest laps; awards eligibility is separate
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Fastest laps · 1:36.961
2	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Fastest laps · 1:37.070
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Fastest laps · 1:37.204
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Fastest laps · 1:37.588
5	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Fastest laps · 1:37.627
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	Fastest laps · 1:37.743
7	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	Fastest laps · 1:37.913
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Fastest laps · 1:38.164
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Fastest laps · 1:38.192
10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	Fastest laps · 1:38.202
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Fastest laps · 1:38.204
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	Fastest laps · 1:38.336
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Fastest laps · 1:38.557
14	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	Fastest laps · 1:38.756
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	Fastest laps · 1:38.770
16	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Fastest laps · 1:38.839
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Fastest laps · 1:38.962
18	Max Chilton	Marussia	Fastest laps · 1:39.279
19	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	Fastest laps · 1:39.334
20	Charles Pic	Caterham	Fastest laps · 1:39.546
21	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Fastest laps · 1:39.579
22	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Fastest laps · 1:43.107

Recorded pit stops

Source pit-stop observations
Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Esteban Gutiérrez	1	1	28.102
Adrian Sutil	1	1	26.495
Giedo van der Garde	1	2	28.344
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	2	41.485
Fernando Alonso	1	7	23.055
Mark Webber	1	8	21.798
Romain Grosjean	1	8	24.605
Fernando Alonso	2	8	21.436
Nico Rosberg	1	9	22.237
Jenson Button	1	9	23.093
Daniel Ricciardo	1	9	22.529
Jules Bianchi	1	9	24.325
Sebastian Vettel	1	10	21.660
Felipe Massa	1	10	21.665
Sergio Pérez	1	10	21.471
Lewis Hamilton	1	10	22.072
Pastor Maldonado	1	10	23.173
Max Chilton	1	10	22.745
Charles Pic	1	11	22.912
Nico Hülkenberg	1	12	21.656
Valtteri Bottas	1	13	22.729
Paul di Resta	1	14	22.009
Giedo van der Garde	2	14	22.950
Kimi Räikkönen	1	16	22.715
Esteban Gutiérrez	2	16	21.997
Felipe Massa	2	17	21.722
Adrian Sutil	2	18	22.199
Nico Rosberg	2	20	21.331
Sergio Pérez	2	20	21.161
Mark Webber	2	21	21.221
Jenson Button	2	21	21.894
Lewis Hamilton	2	22	21.444
Jules Bianchi	2	22	23.455
Pastor Maldonado	2	23	22.220
Charles Pic	2	23	22.576
Max Chilton	2	23	24.141
Fernando Alonso	3	24	21.123
Sebastian Vettel	2	25	21.290
Giedo van der Garde	3	24	22.252
Daniel Ricciardo	2	25	22.028
Nico Hülkenberg	2	26	22.400
Romain Grosjean	2	27	21.608
Felipe Massa	3	28	21.569
Valtteri Bottas	2	29	28.408
Nico Rosberg	3	33	21.183
Esteban Gutiérrez	3	33	22.438
Kimi Räikkönen	2	34	21.723
Jenson Button	3	34	21.696
Charles Pic	3	35	23.263
Paul di Resta	2	36	22.475
Felipe Massa	4	36	27.757
Jules Bianchi	3	36	22.817
Mark Webber	3	37	21.031
Max Chilton	3	37	26.004
Lewis Hamilton	3	38	21.600
Sergio Pérez	3	39	21.319
Fernando Alonso	4	39	21.189
Pastor Maldonado	3	39	22.066
Giedo van der Garde	4	39	22.380
Nico Hülkenberg	3	41	22.814
Daniel Ricciardo	3	41	22.623
Sebastian Vettel	3	42	21.906
Romain Grosjean	3	42	21.556
Adrian Sutil	3	42	22.346
Esteban Gutiérrez	4	43	22.246
Nico Rosberg	4	44	21.267
Jenson Button	4	46	21.230
Max Chilton	4	46	22.552
Valtteri Bottas	3	47	23.837
Giedo van der Garde	5	47	23.375
Jules Bianchi	4	48	23.803

Recorded time penalties

Grid penalties, where recorded, are shown with the starting grid above.

No separately recorded time penalty is available. This does not certify a penalty-free event or reconstruct steward decisions.

The championship picture

Driver standings after this round

Source-reported retained championship points
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	77
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	67
3	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	50
4	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	47
5	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	32
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	30
7	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	26
8	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	20
9	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	14
10	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	13
11	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	10
12	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	6
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	6
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	5
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	1
16	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
17	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
18	Esteban Gutiérrez	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
19	Jules Bianchi	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
20	Charles Pic	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
21	Giedo van der Garde	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
22	Max Chilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0

Constructor standings after this round

Source-reported constructor/engine championship points
Position	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Red Bull Renault	Constructorstandings · Championship record	109
2	Lotus Renault	Constructorstandings · Championship record	93
3	Ferrari Ferrari	Constructorstandings · Championship record	77
4	Mercedes Mercedes	Constructorstandings · Championship record	64
5	Force India Mercedes	Constructorstandings · Championship record	26
6	McLaren Mercedes	Constructorstandings · Championship record	23
7	Toro Rosso Ferrari	Constructorstandings · Championship record	7
8	Sauber Ferrari	Constructorstandings · Championship record	5
9	Williams Renault	Constructorstandings · Championship record	0
10	Marussia Cosworth	Constructorstandings · Championship record	0
11	Caterham Renault	Constructorstandings · Championship record	0

Retained championship scores, sprint points and race-only totals are different measures. No title-clinching scenario is inferred.

The circuit, beyond this weekend

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