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2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: 2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/881-qualifying

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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.

Grand Prix context

2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix · Shanghai International Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2013 Formula 1 World Championship · round 3

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:36:26.945 · 56 laps · ferrari	25
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:36:37.113 · 56 laps · renault	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:36:39.267 · 56 laps · mercedes	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36:39.470 · 56 laps · renault	12
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:37:02.230 · 56 laps · mercedes	10
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:37:07.772 · 56 laps · ferrari	8
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:37:09.636 · 56 laps · ferrari	6
8	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:37:18.029 · 56 laps · mercedes	4
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:37:20.368 · 56 laps · renault	2
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	1:37:23.543 · 56 laps · ferrari	1
11	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	1:37:30.805 · 56 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:37:39.549 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:38:00.806 · 56 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:38:02.398 · 56 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
16	Charles Pic	Caterham	Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
17	Max Chilton	Marussia	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
18	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Suspension · Time not recorded · 21 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Wheel · Time not recorded · 15 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 5 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	Collision · Time not recorded · 4 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Q1 1:35.793 · 9 laps · mercedes
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Q1 1:37.046 · 11 laps · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:36.253 · 12 laps · ferrari
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:35.959 · 9 laps · mercedes
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:35.972 · 12 laps · ferrari
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Q1 1:36.929 · 9 laps · renault
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:36.993 · 15 laps · ferrari
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:36.667 · 12 laps · mercedes
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:36.537 · 13 laps · renault
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	Q1 1:36.985 · 11 laps · ferrari
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:37.478 · 9 laps · mercedes
12	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	Q1 1:36.952 · 10 laps · mercedes
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:37.349 · 11 laps · mercedes
14	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:36.148 · 6 laps · renault
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:37.281 · 10 laps · renault
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:37.508 · 12 laps · ferrari
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Q1 1:37.769 · 3 laps · renault
18	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	Q1 1:37.990 · 5 laps · ferrari
19	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	Q1 1:38.780 · 6 laps · cosworth
20	Max Chilton	Marussia	Q1 1:39.537 · 3 laps · cosworth
21	Charles Pic	Caterham	Q1 1:39.614 · 6 laps · renault
22	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	Q1 1:39.660 · 6 laps · renault

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.484 · mercedes
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:34.761 · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:34.788 · ferrari
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.861 · mercedes
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:34.933 · ferrari
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:35.364 · renault
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:35.998 · ferrari
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	2:05.673 · mercedes
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Time not recorded · renault
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	Time not recorded · ferrari
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:36.287 · mercedes
12	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	1:36.314 · mercedes
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:36.405 · mercedes
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:37.139 · renault
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:37.199 · ferrari
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:37.769 · renault
17	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:37.990 · ferrari
18	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	1:38.780 · cosworth
19	Max Chilton	Marussia	1:39.537 · cosworth
20	Charles Pic	Caterham	1:39.614 · renault
21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	1:39.660 · renault
PL	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Time not recorded · renault

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	52
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	49
3	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	43
4	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	40
5	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	30
6	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	26
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
8	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
9	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
10	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
12	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
14	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
16	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
17	Esteban Gutiérrez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Jules Bianchi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Charles Pic	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Giedo van der Garde	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Max Chilton	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	Nico Rosberg	1	1:36.717
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:37.171
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	3	1:37.658
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	4	1:37.942
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	5	1:37.965
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	6	1:38.069
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	7	1:38.095
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	8	1:38.125
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	9	1:38.398
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	10	1:38.561
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	11	1:38.790
freePractice1Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	12	1:39.057
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	13	1:39.158
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	14	1:39.180
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	15	1:39.336
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	16	1:39.360
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	17	1:39.392
freePractice1Results	Esteban Gutiérrez	18	1:40.032
freePractice1Results	Jules Bianchi	19	1:41.966
freePractice1Results	Max Chilton	20	1:42.056
freePractice1Results	Giedo van der Garde	21	1:42.083
freePractice1Results	Qing Hua Ma	22	1:43.545
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	1	1:35.340
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	2	1:35.492
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:35.755
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	4	1:35.819
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	5	1:36.092
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	6	1:36.432
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	7	1:36.496
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	8	1:36.514
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	9	1:36.595
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	10	1:36.791
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	11	1:36.940
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	12	1:36.963
freePractice2Results	Esteban Gutiérrez	13	1:37.103
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	14	1:37.206
freePractice2Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	15	1:38.127
freePractice2Results	Valtteri Bottas	16	1:38.185
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	17	1:38.211
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	18	1:38.276
freePractice2Results	Jules Bianchi	19	1:38.725
freePractice2Results	Giedo van der Garde	20	1:39.271
freePractice2Results	Charles Pic	21	1:39.814
freePractice2Results	Max Chilton	22	1:43.227
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	1	1:35.391
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	2	1:36.013
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:36.065
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	4	1:36.286
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	5	1:36.420
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	6	1:36.549
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	7	1:36.605
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	8	1:36.693
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	9	1:36.777
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	10	1:36.853
freePractice3Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	11	1:37.072
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	12	1:37.205
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	13	1:37.300
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	14	1:37.349
freePractice3Results	Valtteri Bottas	15	1:37.457
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	16	1:37.487
freePractice3Results	Esteban Gutiérrez	17	1:37.740
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	18	1:37.813
freePractice3Results	Jules Bianchi	19	1:38.496
freePractice3Results	Charles Pic	20	1:38.821
freePractice3Results	Max Chilton	21	1:39.627
freePractice3Results	Giedo van der Garde	22	1:39.652

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Mark Webber	1	1	21.287
Daniel Ricciardo	1	4	24.946
Lewis Hamilton	1	5	20.379
Nico Rosberg	1	5	22.299
Charles Pic	1	5	21.265
Fernando Alonso	1	6	19.719
Kimi Räikkönen	1	6	20.753
Jules Bianchi	1	6	21.097
Giedo van der Garde	1	6	20.905
Felipe Massa	1	7	20.753
Romain Grosjean	1	7	20.083
Pastor Maldonado	1	7	20.794
Max Chilton	1	7	21.063
Nico Hülkenberg	1	14	22.838
Sebastian Vettel	1	14	19.323
Paul di Resta	1	14	20.598
Mark Webber	2	15	26.956
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	15	20.977
Valtteri Bottas	1	16	21.614
Jules Bianchi	2	16	24.834
Charles Pic	2	17	22.183
Felipe Massa	2	19	20.027
Nico Rosberg	2	19	19.894
Nico Rosberg	3	20	22.727
Giedo van der Garde	2	20	20.743
Lewis Hamilton	2	21	20.584
Kimi Räikkönen	2	21	20.759
Max Chilton	2	21	25.091
Fernando Alonso	2	23	20.521
Jenson Button	1	23	19.898
Romain Grosjean	2	23	20.286
Daniel Ricciardo	2	23	20.303
Pastor Maldonado	2	23	21.517
Sergio Pérez	1	24	19.969
Nico Hülkenberg	2	29	20.327
Sebastian Vettel	2	31	20.084
Sergio Pérez	2	31	20.253
Paul di Resta	2	32	20.320
Jules Bianchi	3	32	20.625
Charles Pic	3	33	21.294
Max Chilton	3	33	25.151
Kimi Räikkönen	3	34	20.464
Valtteri Bottas	2	34	22.217
Nico Hülkenberg	3	36	19.957
Felipe Massa	3	36	19.449
Lewis Hamilton	3	37	19.600
Romain Grosjean	3	37	20.109
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	37	20.235
Giedo van der Garde	3	37	21.067
Daniel Ricciardo	3	38	20.362
Pastor Maldonado	3	39	20.982
Fernando Alonso	3	41	21.012
Jean-Éric Vergne	3	43	20.716
Jenson Button	2	49	19.862
Sebastian Vettel	3	51	20.191
Valtteri Bottas	3	51	21.490
Paul di Resta	3	53	19.831