F1 2013: the final race in Brazil!

[Ferry_vO]

Looks like it will be a wet race, and so far it has rained during all the free practice and qualifying sessions!

Mercedes looked strong, but guess who's on pole..? Can he make it a record-breaking nine in a row during one season?
Alonso is certain of runner-up in the championship, but who will be second, and which team will end up second? Lotus, Mercedes or Ferrari?
With the weather this unpredictable, anything can happen tomorrow.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:25.381	1:26.420	1:26.479	23
2	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:25.556	1:26.626	1:27.102	22
3	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:26.656	1:26.590	1:27.539	21
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:26.689	1:26.963	1:27.572	23
5	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:25.342	1:26.698	1:27.677	23
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:26.453	1:26.161	1:27.737	22
7	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:27.209	1:27.078	1:28.052	24
8	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:27.124	1:27.363	1:28.081	25
9	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:26.817	1:27.049	1:28.109	20
10	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:26.071	1:27.441	1:29.582	21
11	7	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1:26.266	1:27.456		21
12	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.275	1:27.798		16
13	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:26.790	1:27.954		16
14	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.741	1:28.269		15
15	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.398	1:28.308		15
16	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.874	1:28.586		19
17	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:27.367			12
18	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.445			14
19	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:27.843			6
20	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:28.320			6
21	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1:28.366			11
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:28.950			11
		Q1 107% Time		1:31.315

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[Ferry_vO]

The V8 era in F1 comes to an end with another victory for Vettel, equaling Schumacher's record of thirteen wins in a season and becoming the first driver to win nine consecutive races in one season.
Webber ends his F1 career with a second place and third in the drivers' championship.

Race results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	71	1:32:36.300	1	25
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	71	+10.4 secs	4	18
3	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	+18.9 secs	3	15
4	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+37.3 secs	14	12
5	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	+39.0 secs	2	10
6	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+44.0 secs	19	8
7	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71	+49.1 secs	9	6
8	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	71	+64.2 secs	10	4
9	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+72.9 secs	5	2
10	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	7	1
11	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	12
12	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	17
13	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	15
14	7	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	70	+1 Lap	11
15	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	8
16	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	70	+1 Lap	16
17	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	21
18	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	69	+2 Laps	20
19	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	22
Ret	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	58	Suspension	18
Ret	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	45	Accident	13
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	2	Engine	6

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Note - Perez originally qualified 14th, but received a 5-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.




The constructors' championship final standings:

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull Racing-Renault	596
2	Mercedes	360
3	Ferrari	354
4	Lotus-Renault	315
5	McLaren-Mercedes	122
6	Force India-Mercedes	77
7	Sauber-Ferrari	57
8	STR-Ferrari	33
9	Williams-Renault	5
10	Marussia-Cosworth	0
11	Caterham-Renault	0

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And the final results for the 2013 drivers' championship:

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing-Renault	397
2	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	242
3	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing-Renault	199
4	Lewis Hamilton	British	Mercedes	189
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	183
6	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	171
7	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus-Renault	132
8	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	112
9	Jenson Button	British	McLaren-Mercedes	73
10	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Sauber-Ferrari	51
11	Sergio Perez	Mexican	McLaren-Mercedes	49
12	Paul di Resta	British	Force India-Mercedes	48
13	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Mercedes	29
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	STR-Ferrari	20
15	Jean-Eric Vergne	French	STR-Ferrari	13
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Mexican	Sauber-Ferrari	6
17	Valtteri Bottas	Finnish	Williams-Renault	4
18	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams-Renault	1
19	Jules Bianchi	French	Marussia-Cosworth	0
20	Charles Pic	French	Caterham-Renault	0
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	0
22	Giedo van der Garde	Dutch	Caterham-Renault	0
23	Max Chilton	British	Marussia-Cosworth	0

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[Panther_99FS]

McLaren has some work to do for the constructor's title....
Interesting that Mercedes did well with Hamilton whereas McLaren suffered without Hamilton....

Good tester perhaps?

Button has never been able to develop a car...