F1 2013: The Indian GP.

[Ferry_vO]

Qualifying results from today; Vettel way ahead of Rosberg and Hamilton but all three are on the soft tyres which will only last a few laps it seems, so Webber on the harder tyres in fourth may have a good chance tomorrow. Vettel needs to finish at least fifth tomorrow to clinch his fourth consecutive title, something only Juan-Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher have done so far.

1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:25.943	1:24.568	1:24.119	12
2	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:25.833	1:25.304	1:24.871	21
3	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:25.802	1:25.259	1:24.941	20
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:25.665	1:25.097	1:25.047	17
5	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:25.793	1:25.389	1:25.201	19
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:25.819	1:25.191	1:25.248	18
7	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:25.883	1:25.339	1:25.334	19
8	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:25.934	1:24.885	1:25.826	15
9	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.107	1:25.365	1:26.153	21
10	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.574	1:25.458	1:26.487	23
11	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:25.673	1:25.519		14
12	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:25.908	1:25.711		15
13	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.164	1:25.740		16
14	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:26.155	1:25.798		14
15	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:26.178	1:26.134		15
16	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:26.057	1:26.336		11
17	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:26.577			7
18	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:26.842			9
19	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1:26.970			8
20	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:27.105			6
21	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:27.487			7
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:28.138			8
		Q1 107% Time		1:31.564

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[lefty]

Three guesses who won ???

You can't take it away from him, the guy is the BEST, and has driven immaculately. How far he will go will be fascinating to see - he's still only 26.

Nice to see Force India getting two in the top ten on 'home' ground.

It would be nice to see poor old Webber win one before he goes into the wilderness, but I fear he's doomed not to.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Unbelievable drive for Vettel, coming back from fourteen after his first stop on lap two to a 30 second lead at the finish... :isadizzy:

Four titles in a row for both Vettel and his team, incredible!

Great race for Romain Grosjean again too, coming from 17th to third with only one stop, something most experts deemed impossible.

Results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	60	Winner	1	25
2	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	60	+29.8 secs	2	18
3	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	60	+39.8 secs	17	15
4	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	60	+41.6 secs	5	12
5	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	60	+43.8 secs	9	10
6	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	60	+52.4 secs	3	8
7	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	60	+67.9 secs	6	6
8	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	60	+72.8 secs	12	4
9	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	60	+74.7 secs	13	2
10	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	60	+76.2 secs	11	1
11	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	60	+78.2 secs	8
12	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	60	+78.9 secs	18
13	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	59	+1 Lap	14
14	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	59	+1 Lap	10
15	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	59	+1 Lap	16
16	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	59	+1 Lap	15
17	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	58	+2 Lap	22
18	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	58	+2 Lap	19
19	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	54	+6 Lap	7
Ret	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	39	+21 Laps	4
Ret	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	35	+25 Laps	21
Ret	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1	+59 Laps	20

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Constructors' championship:

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull Racing-Renault	470
2	Mercedes	313
3	Ferrari	309
4	Lotus-Renault	285
5	McLaren-Mercedes	93
6	Force India-Mercedes	68
7	Sauber-Ferrari	45
8	STR-Ferrari	32
9	Williams-Renault	1
10	Marussia-Cosworth	0
11	Caterham-Renault	0

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Drivers' championship:

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing-Renault	322
2	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	207
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	183
4	Lewis Hamilton	British	Mercedes	169
5	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing-Renault	148
6	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	144
7	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus-Renault	102
8	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	102
9	Jenson Button	British	McLaren-Mercedes	60
10	Paul di Resta	British	Force India-Mercedes	40
11	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Sauber-Ferrari	39
12	Sergio Perez	Mexican	McLaren-Mercedes	33
13	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Mercedes	28
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	STR-Ferrari	19
15	Jean-Eric Vergne	French	STR-Ferrari	13
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Mexican	Sauber-Ferrari	6
17	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams-Renault	1
18	Valtteri Bottas	Finnish	Williams-Renault	0
19	Jules Bianchi	French	Marussia-Cosworth	0
20	Charles Pic	French	Caterham-Renault	0
21	Giedo van der Garde	Dutch	Caterham-Renault	0
22	Max Chilton	British	Marussia-Cosworth	0

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