2013 Singapore Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

Sebastian Vettel delivered a commanding Singapore victory, rebuilding his advantage after a safety car to complete a grand slam. Fernando Alonso finished second, while Kimi Räikkönen overcame back pain and a lowly grid position to take third.

Result	Driver / Time	Team
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing
Pole time	1:42.841
Fastest lap	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing
Fastest-lap time	1:48.574 on lap 46
First	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing
Second	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Third	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1

Weekend Schedule

Date	Session	Local Time
20 September 2013	Practice 1	18:00 – 19:30
20 September 2013	Practice 2	21:30 – 23:00
21 September 2013	Practice 3	18:00 – 19:00
21 September 2013	Qualifying	21:00
22 September 2013	Race	20:00

All times are local. The race time is the scheduled start; weather delays and interruptions are described below.

Championship background

Sebastian Vettel arrived at round 13 leading the 2013 F1 World Championship on 222 points, with Fernando Alonso on 169. Red Bull Racing headed the constructors’ standings with 352 points.

Race entries

The 11 teams kept the same race line-ups for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Free Practice

Lewis Hamilton led FP1 as daylight faded and the floodlights took over around Marina Bay. The opening session began slowly while teams completed their checks and waited for better conditions. Sergio Pérez spun after running off at Turn 7, and Kimi Räikkönen used an escape road, both continuing without serious damage.

Sebastian Vettel established a substantial FP2 advantage before teams compared supersoft and medium tyres over longer runs. Felipe Massa narrowly avoided a wall, while Pastor Maldonado made contact at Turn 13 but managed to reverse away. Romain Grosjean’s brake problems curtailed Lotus’s late running, leaving him short of some planned race preparation.

Sebastian Vettel remained quickest in FP3, but Romain Grosjean closed the gap as Lotus sharpened its qualifying pace. Medium-tyre work occupied much of the session before the late supersoft attempts. Daniel Ricciardo reported an early braking problem, while teams refined their understanding of tyre durability around the demanding street circuit.

Free Practice 1 Classification

2013 Singapore Grand Prix FP1, 20 September 2013

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:47.055	20
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	+0.365s	20
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	+0.830s	19
4	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+1.184s	23
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	+1.299s	18
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	+1.300s	12
7	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+1.307s	21
8	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren	+2.212s	20
9	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	+2.293s	23
10	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	+2.300s	21
11	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+2.426s	20
12	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+2.438s	16
13	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	+2.455s	21
14	5	Jenson Button	McLaren	+2.553s	20
15	14	Paul di Resta	Force India	+2.832s	18
16	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	+3.037s	20
17	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	+3.167s	17
18	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	+3.702s	16
19	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	+5.304s	16
20	23	Max Chilton	Marussia	+5.618s	15
21	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	+5.865s	24
22	20	Charles Pic	Caterham	+6.592s	23

Free Practice 2 Classification

2013 Singapore Grand Prix FP2, 20 September 2013

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:44.249	34
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	+0.604s	30
3	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+1.009s	34
4	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+1.119s	33
5	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	+1.162s	18
6	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+1.442s	32
7	5	Jenson Button	McLaren	+1.505s	30
8	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	+1.529s	32
9	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	+1.753s	27
10	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren	+1.776s	31
11	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	+2.157s	34
12	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	+2.180s	33
13	14	Paul di Resta	Force India	+2.357s	33
14	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	+2.559s	36
15	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+2.621s	33
16	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	+3.038s	29
17	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	+3.185s	33
18	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+3.512s	25
19	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	+5.185s	34
20	20	Charles Pic	Caterham	+5.277s	34
21	23	Max Chilton	Marussia	+5.370s	33
22	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	+5.482s	30

Free Practice 3 Classification

2013 Singapore Grand Prix FP3, 21 September 2013

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:44.173	15
2	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	+0.191s	16
3	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+0.568s	18
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	+0.733s	14
5	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.748s	14
6	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+1.084s	13
7	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren	+1.327s	12
8	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	+1.703s	19
9	5	Jenson Button	McLaren	+1.717s	13
10	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+1.762s	13
11	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	+1.911s	15
12	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	+1.974s	13
13	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+2.165s	17
14	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	+2.185s	16
15	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	+2.487s	17
16	14	Paul di Resta	Force India	+2.706s	16
17	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	+2.720s	13
18	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	+3.076s	19
19	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	+4.758s	17
20	20	Charles Pic	Caterham	+4.864s	18
21	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	+5.009s	21
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia	+5.809s	20

Qualifying

Sebastian Vettel headed qualifying for Red Bull Racing, with Nico Rosberg second and Romain Grosjean third.

Sebastian Vettel took pole ahead of Nico Rosberg and Romain Grosjean. Räikkönen qualified thirteenth while suffering from a painful back, leaving him with a difficult recovery task around the narrow street circuit.

Qualifying Classification

2013 Singapore Grand Prix Qualifying, 21 September 2013

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:45.376	1:42.905	1:42.841	11
2	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:45.208	1:43.892	1:42.932	17
3	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:45.851	1:43.957	1:43.058	21
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:45.271	1:43.727	1:43.152	12
5	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:44.196	1:43.920	1:43.254	17
6	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:45.658	1:44.376	1:43.890	19
7	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:45.115	1:44.153	1:43.938	15
8	5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:45.009	1:44.497	1:44.282	16
9	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:45.379	1:44.407	1:44.439	16
10	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:45.483	1:44.245	no time	14
11	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	1:45.381	1:44.555	—	9
12	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:45.657	1:44.588	—	14
13	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	1:45.522	1:44.658	—	15
14	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	1:45.164	1:44.752	—	6
15	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:45.960	1:45.185	—	14
16	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:45.982	1:45.388	—	13
17	14	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:46.121	—	—	8
18	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:46.619	—	—	10
19	20	Charles Pic	Caterham	1:48.111	—	—	6
20	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	1:48.320	—	—	6
21	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	1:48.830	—	—	6
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia	1:48.930	—	—	6

What happened in the 2013 Singapore Grand Prix?

Rosberg briefly challenged Vettel at the first corner but ran wide, allowing the Red Bull back ahead. Alonso made a strong start from seventh to third, while Vettel immediately began opening a substantial gap.

Daniel Ricciardo‘s crash brought out the safety car and erased Vettel’s advantage. The leader responded with a sequence of very fast laps after the restart, building enough time to make his final stop without losing first place.

Alonso’s strategy secured second, while Räikkönen progressed through the field to reach the podium. Grosjean’s promising race ended with a pneumatic-system problem, and Mark Webber suffered a late mechanical failure.

Vettel won by more than half a minute, ahead of Alonso and Räikkönen. Rosberg finished fourth and Hamilton fifth. Webber retired on the final lap, then received a reprimand after accepting a lift back on Alonso’s Ferrari.

Further down the points places, Jenson Button, Sergio Pérez, Nico Hülkenberg and Adrian Sutil completed the scoring positions. Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap, but no bonus point was awarded under the 2013 rules.

After the race, Sebastian Vettel headed the drivers’ standings with 247 points, followed by Fernando Alonso on 187. Red Bull Racing led the constructors’ table on 377, with Ferrari on 274.

2013 Singapore Grand Prix race results

The 2013 Singapore Grand Prix was held on 22 September 2013, with a scheduled start of 20:00 local time.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	61	1:59:13.132	25
2	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	61	+32.627	18
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	61	+43.920	15
4	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	61	+51.155	12
5	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	61	+53.159	10
6	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	61	+1:03.877	8
7	5	Jenson Button	McLaren	61	+1:23.354	6
8	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren	61	+1:23.820	4
9	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	61	+1:24.261	2
10	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	61	+1:24.688	1
11	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	61	+1:28.479	0
12	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	61	+1:37.894	0
13	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	61	+1:45.161	0
14	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	61	+1:53.512	0
15	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	60	Engine	0
16	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	60	+1 Lap	0
17	23	Max Chilton	Marussia	60	+1 Lap	0
18	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	60	+1 Lap	0
19	20	Charles Pic	Caterham	60	+1 Lap	0
20	14	Paul di Resta	Force India	54	Accident	0
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	37	Pneumatics	0
Ret	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	23	Accident	0

Mark Webber and Paul di Resta failed to finish the race but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race.

2013 Singapore Grand Prix Fastest Laps

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Lap	Time	Avg. Speed
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	46	1:48.574	167.940
2	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	43	1:49.656	166.283
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	51	1:49.783	166.091
4	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	59	1:49.916	165.890
5	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	45	1:50.328	165.270
6	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	51	1:50.353	165.233
7	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	45	1:50.509	165.000
8	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	46	1:50.708	164.703
9	14	Paul di Resta	Force India	45	1:50.739	164.657
10	20	Charles Pic	Caterham	58	1:50.990	164.285
11	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	44	1:51.082	164.149
12	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	35	1:51.097	164.126
13	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1	55	1:51.140	164.063
14	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	53	1:51.706	163.232
15	5	Jenson Button	McLaren	46	1:51.740	163.182
16	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren	46	1:51.926	162.911
17	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	37	1:52.007	162.793
18	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	47	1:52.186	162.533
19	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	44	1:52.472	162.120
20	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	45	1:52.898	161.508
21	23	Max Chilton	Marussia	50	1:53.041	161.304
22	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	23	1:53.052	161.288

Only drivers with a recorded lap time appear. Average speeds are in km/h. No fastest-lap bonus point was awarded.

2013 Post-Race F1 Championship Standings

Championship standings after the 2013 Singapore Grand Prix.

2013 Post-Race F1 Drivers' Championship Standings

POS	Driver	Nationality	Car	PTS
1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing	247
2	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	187
3	Lewis Hamilton	British	Mercedes	151
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Lotus F1	149
5	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing	130
6	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	116
7	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	87
8	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus F1	57
9	Jenson Button	British	McLaren	54
10	Paul di Resta	British	Force India	36
11	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India	26
12	Sergio Pérez	Mexican	McLaren	22
13	Nico Hülkenberg	German	Sauber	19
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	Toro Rosso	18
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	French	Toro Rosso	13
16	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams	1
17	Esteban Gutiérrez	Mexican	Sauber	0
18	Valtteri Bottas	Finnish	Williams	0
19	Jules Bianchi	French	Marussia	0
20	Charles Pic	French	Caterham	0
21	Giedo van der Garde	Dutch	Caterham	0
22	Max Chilton	British	Marussia	0

2013 Post-Race F1 Constructors' Championship Standings

POS	Car	PTS
1	Red Bull Racing	377
2	Ferrari	274
3	Mercedes	267
4	Lotus F1	206
5	McLaren	76
6	Force India	62
7	Toro Rosso	31
8	Sauber	19
9	Williams	1
10	Marussia	0
11	Caterham	0

2013 Formula 1 Race Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	2013 Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne	17 March
2	2013 Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	24 March
3	2013 Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	14 April
4	2013 Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	21 April
5	2013 Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	12 May
6	2013 Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	26 May
7	2013 Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montréal	9 June
8	2013 British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	30 June
9	2013 German Grand Prix	Nürburgring, Nürburg	7 July
10	2013 Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	28 July
11	2013 Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	25 August
12	2013 Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	8 September
13	2013 Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	22 September
14	2013 Korean Grand Prix	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	6 October
15	2013 Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	13 October
16	2013 Indian Grand Prix	Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida	27 October
17	2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	3 November
18	2013 United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	17 November
19	2013 Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	24 November