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2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
A historical profile with source-linked evidence. Further research is in progress.
THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
Event date: 17 Mar 2013
- Name
- 2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · races/879
Original reference ↗Historical source & scope
F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.
Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.
Recorded qualifying format: KNOCKOUT
Grand Prix context
2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix · Albert Park Circuit
Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.
2013 Formula 1 World Championship · round 1
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:30:03.225 · 58 laps · renault | 25 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:30:15.676 · 58 laps · ferrari | 18 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:30:25.571 · 58 laps · renault | 15 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:30:36.802 · 58 laps · ferrari | 12 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30:48.786 · 58 laps · mercedes | 10 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:30:50.025 · 58 laps · renault | 8 |
| 7 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:31:08.293 · 58 laps · mercedes | 6 |
| 8 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:31:11.674 · 58 laps · mercedes | 4 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:31:24.855 · 58 laps · mercedes | 2 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:31:25.984 · 58 laps · renault | 1 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | McLaren | 1:31:26.592 · 58 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:31:27.082 · 58 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | Time not recorded · 57 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | Time not recorded · 57 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 15 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | Time not recorded · 57 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 16 | Charles Pic | Caterham | Time not recorded · 56 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 17 | Max Chilton | Marussia | Time not recorded · 56 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 18 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | Time not recorded · 56 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | Exhaust · Time not recorded · 39 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Electrical · Time not recorded · 26 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Spun off · Time not recorded · 24 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNS | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | Fuel system · Time not recorded · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | Q1 1:44.657 · 27 laps · renault | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | Q1 1:44.472 · 26 laps · renault | |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Q1 1:45.456 · 29 laps · mercedes | |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | Q1 1:44.635 · 23 laps · ferrari | |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | Q1 1:43.850 · 26 laps · ferrari | |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Q1 1:43.380 · 28 laps · mercedes | |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | Q1 1:45.545 · 27 laps · renault | |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Q1 1:44.284 · 25 laps · renault | |
| 9 | Paul di Resta | Force India | Q1 1:45.601 · 23 laps · mercedes | |
| 10 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Q1 1:44.688 · 24 laps · mercedes | |
| 11 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | Q1 1:45.930 · 19 laps · ferrari | |
| 12 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | Q1 1:47.330 · 19 laps · mercedes | |
| 13 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:44.871 · 19 laps · ferrari | |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:46.450 · 20 laps · ferrari | |
| 15 | Sergio Pérez | McLaren | Q1 1:44.300 · 18 laps · mercedes | |
| 16 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | Q1 1:47.328 · 19 laps · renault | |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Q1 1:47.614 · 11 laps · renault | |
| 18 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | Q1 1:47.776 · 10 laps · ferrari | |
| 19 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | Q1 1:48.147 · 11 laps · cosworth | |
| 20 | Max Chilton | Marussia | Q1 1:48.909 · 11 laps · cosworth | |
| 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | Q1 1:49.519 · 11 laps · renault | |
| NC | Charles Pic | Caterham | Q1 1:50.626 · 10 laps · renault |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:27.407 · renault | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:27.827 · renault | |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:28.087 · mercedes | |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:28.490 · ferrari | |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:28.493 · ferrari | |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:28.523 · mercedes | |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:28.738 · renault | |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:29.013 · renault | |
| 9 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:29.305 · mercedes | |
| 10 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:30.357 · mercedes | |
| 11 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 1:38.067 · ferrari | |
| 12 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:38.134 · mercedes | |
| 13 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:38.778 · ferrari | |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:39.042 · ferrari | |
| 15 | Sergio Pérez | McLaren | 1:39.900 · mercedes | |
| 16 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:40.290 · renault | |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:47.614 · renault | |
| 18 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:47.776 · ferrari | |
| 19 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:48.147 · cosworth | |
| 20 | Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:48.909 · cosworth | |
| 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 1:49.519 · renault | |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Caterham | Time not recorded · renault |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 25 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 18 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 15 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 12 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 10 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 7 | Adrian Sutil | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 6 |
| 8 | Paul di Resta | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 13 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 15 | Jules Bianchi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 16 | Charles Pic | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 17 | Max Chilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 18 | Giedo van der Garde | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
Practice & warm-up observations
Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.
| Session | Driver | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| freePractice1Results | Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 1:27.211 |
| freePractice1Results | Felipe Massa | 2 | 1:27.289 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 3 | 1:27.547 |
| freePractice1Results | Lewis Hamilton | 4 | 1:27.552 |
| freePractice1Results | Mark Webber | 5 | 1:27.668 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 6 | 1:27.877 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Rosberg | 7 | 1:28.013 |
| freePractice1Results | Adrian Sutil | 8 | 1:28.426 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 9 | 1:28.440 |
| freePractice1Results | Romain Grosjean | 10 | 1:28.520 |
| freePractice1Results | Sergio Pérez | 11 | 1:28.597 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 12 | 1:28.786 |
| freePractice1Results | Paul di Resta | 13 | 1:28.910 |
| freePractice1Results | Pastor Maldonado | 14 | 1:29.443 |
| freePractice1Results | Valtteri Bottas | 15 | 1:29.928 |
| freePractice1Results | Esteban Gutiérrez | 16 | 1:30.203 |
| freePractice1Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 17 | 1:30.729 |
| freePractice1Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 18 | 1:30.969 |
| freePractice1Results | Jules Bianchi | 19 | 1:31.263 |
| freePractice1Results | Max Chilton | 20 | 1:32.176 |
| freePractice1Results | Charles Pic | 21 | 1:32.274 |
| freePractice1Results | Giedo van der Garde | 22 | 1:32.388 |
| freePractice2Results | Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 1:25.908 |
| freePractice2Results | Mark Webber | 2 | 1:26.172 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Rosberg | 3 | 1:26.322 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | 1:26.361 |
| freePractice2Results | Romain Grosjean | 5 | 1:26.680 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 6 | 1:26.748 |
| freePractice2Results | Lewis Hamilton | 7 | 1:26.772 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Massa | 8 | 1:26.855 |
| freePractice2Results | Adrian Sutil | 9 | 1:27.435 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 10 | 1:28.187 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 11 | 1:28.294 |
| freePractice2Results | Paul di Resta | 12 | 1:28.311 |
| freePractice2Results | Sergio Pérez | 13 | 1:28.566 |
| freePractice2Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 14 | 1:28.627 |
| freePractice2Results | Esteban Gutiérrez | 15 | 1:28.772 |
| freePractice2Results | Pastor Maldonado | 16 | 1:28.852 |
| freePractice2Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 17 | 1:28.968 |
| freePractice2Results | Valtteri Bottas | 18 | 1:29.386 |
| freePractice2Results | Jules Bianchi | 19 | 1:29.696 |
| freePractice2Results | Charles Pic | 20 | 1:30.165 |
| freePractice2Results | Max Chilton | 21 | 1:30.600 |
| freePractice2Results | Giedo van der Garde | 22 | 1:32.450 |
| freePractice3Results | Romain Grosjean | 1 | 1:26.929 |
| freePractice3Results | Fernando Alonso | 2 | 1:27.000 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Massa | 3 | 1:27.241 |
| freePractice3Results | Paul di Resta | 4 | 1:27.533 |
| freePractice3Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 5 | 1:27.625 |
| freePractice3Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 6 | 1:27.849 |
| freePractice3Results | Jean-Éric Vergne | 7 | 1:27.860 |
| freePractice3Results | Adrian Sutil | 8 | 1:28.069 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 9 | 1:28.253 |
| freePractice3Results | Esteban Gutiérrez | 10 | 1:28.253 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Rosberg | 11 | 1:28.486 |
| freePractice3Results | Sebastian Vettel | 12 | 1:29.808 |
| freePractice3Results | Mark Webber | 13 | 1:30.073 |
| freePractice3Results | Jules Bianchi | 14 | 1:30.388 |
| freePractice3Results | Giedo van der Garde | 15 | 1:30.598 |
| freePractice3Results | Charles Pic | 16 | 1:30.959 |
| freePractice3Results | Jenson Button | 17 | 1:33.236 |
| freePractice3Results | Sergio Pérez | 18 | 1:33.527 |
| freePractice3Results | Pastor Maldonado | 19 | 1:39.232 |
| freePractice3Results | Valtteri Bottas | 20 | 1:39.779 |
| freePractice3Results | Max Chilton | 21 | 1:42.872 |
| freePractice3Results | Lewis Hamilton | 22 | 1:47.246 |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.