F1 2013: The German GP.

[Ferry_vO]

Can Vettel for the first time win a race in July and his home race..? Rosberg will have to come from a long way after a strategic error in Q2. Hamilton is on pole though and will be looking for revanche after his race in Silverstone last week. A lot will depend on the new and improved Pirelli tyres though!

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.131	1:30.152	1:29.398	14
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:31.269	1:29.992	1:29.501	14
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:31.428	1:30.217	1:29.608	14
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:30.676	1:29.852	1:29.892	15
5	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:31.242	1:30.005	1:29.959	16
6	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:31.081	1:30.223	1:30.528	16
7	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:30.547	1:29.825	1:31.126	17
8	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:30.709	1:29.962	1:31.209	15
9	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.181	1:30.269		16
10	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:31.132	1:30.231		13
11	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:31.322	1:30.326		10
12	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.322	1:30.697		18
13	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.498	1:30.933		16
14	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:31.681	1:31.010		17
15	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.320	1:31.010		15
16	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:31.629	1:31.104		12
17	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:31.693			8
18	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:31.707			6
19	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:32.937			8
20	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1:33.063			9
21	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:33.734			8
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:34.098			9
		Q1 107% Time		1:36.885

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[Ferry_vO]

Boring race, first German win for Vettel, all others unable to threaten him maybe with the exception of the lotus cars. Mercedes back to the beginning of the season on the new tyres, dropping back early in the race. Guess RBR and Vettel will grab two more titles this year..
The only highlight of this race was Bianchi's car driving off on its own after the engine exploded and Bianchi had to jump out.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	60	Winner	2	25
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	60	+1.0 secs	4	18
3	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	60	+5.8 secs	5	15
4	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	60	+7.7 secs	8	12
5	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	60	+26.9 secs	1	10
6	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	60	+27.9 secs	9	8
7	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	60	+37.5 secs	3	6
8	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	60	+38.3 secs	13	4
9	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	60	+46.8 secs	11	2
10	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	60	+49.8 secs	10	1
11	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	60	+53.7 secs	12
12	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	60	+56.9 secs	6
13	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	60	+57.7 secs	15
14	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	60	+60.1 secs	14
15	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	60	+61.9 secs	18
16	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	59	+1 Lap	17
17	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	59	+1 Lap	22
18	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	59	+1 Lap	20
19	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	59	+1 Lap	21
Ret	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	22	+38 Laps	16
Ret	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	21	+39 Laps	19
Ret	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	3	+57 Laps	7

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Note - Pic qualified 19th, but takes five-place grid penalty for gearbox change.

 

[Panther_99FS]

Wonder how today's race would've turned out if it were Kimi in that seat instead of Vettel :ques:

 

[Ferry_vO]

Guess will find out next year as Kimi seems to be first in line to replace Webber at RBR for 2014..