2013 Australian Grand Prix grid
2013 Australian Grand Prix
| Row 1 | 1. Sebastian Vettel 1’27.407 Red Bull |
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| 2. Mark Webber 1’27.827 Red Bull |
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| Row 2 | 3. Lewis Hamilton 1’28.087 Mercedes |
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| 4. Felipe Massa 1’28.49 Ferrari |
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| Row 3 | 5. Fernando Alonso 1’28.493 Ferrari |
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| 6. Nico Rosberg 1’28.523 Mercedes |
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| Row 4 | 7. Kimi Raikkonen 1’28.738 Lotus |
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| 8. Romain Grosjean 1’29.013 Lotus |
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| Row 5 | 9. Paul di Resta 1’29.305 Force India |
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| 10. Jenson Button 1’30.357 McLaren |
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| Row 6 | 11. Nico Hulkenberg 1’38.067 Sauber |
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| 12. Adrian Sutil 1’38.134 Force India |
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| Row 7 | 13. Jean-Eric Vergne 1’38.778 Toro Rosso |
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| 14. Daniel Ricciardo 1’39.042 Toro Rosso |
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| Row 8 | 15. Sergio Perez 1’39.9 McLaren |
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| 16. Valtteri Bottas 1’40.29 Williams |
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| Row 9 | 17. Pastor Maldonado 1’47.614 Williams |
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| 18. Esteban Gutierrez 1’47.776 Sauber |
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| Row 10 | 19. Jules Bianchi 1’48.147 Marussia |
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| 20. Max Chilton 1’48.909 Marussia |
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| Row 11 | 21. Giedo van der Garde 1’49.519 Caterham |
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| 22. Charles Pic 1’50.626* Caterham |
*Outside 107% time, will need stewards’ dispensation to start the race.
2013 Australian Grand Prix
- F1 fans’ videos from the 2013 Australian Grand Prix
- Raikkonen wins first 2013 Driver of the Weekend poll
- Positive rating for first race of 2013
- Red Bull and Mercedes not the only ones resorting to team orders
- First Predictions round won by Prateek727
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989) said on 17th March 2013, 0:46
The only hope is a dry race otherwise……..
Aimal (@aimalkhan) said on 17th March 2013, 0:50
Could be a procession for vettel in the dry.
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989) said on 17th March 2013, 0:52
lol
Chris (@tophercheese21) said on 17th March 2013, 0:53
*Will* be a procession for Vettel in the dry. Lol
David (@neiana) said on 17th March 2013, 4:47
With the marching band, cheerleaders and fireworks at the end.
Chris (@tophercheese21) said on 17th March 2013, 0:51
What on earth were Mclaren thinking putting Perez on slicks so early in Q2?
Slicks weren’t required at any point in Q2, not a single second!
Poor Perez, got jerked around by the team on that one.
Still, Lewis, and Nico looking good with the Mercs. :)
Mike Dee (@mike-dee) said on 17th March 2013, 0:57
Worse – they put PER on slicks again after he was struggling a lot in his first stint on slicks. Shows very bad attitude; you need to be flexible in revising your opinion. Fine to try once, but go back to inters if it doesn’t work. And it was plain for everyone to see that slicks were not on at that point.
Mike Dee (@mike-dee) said on 17th March 2013, 0:53
And so it begins… Quick opinions based on very little data:
RBR – Much better start than last year. Will be difficult to beat them. As luck has it, I have put some money on VET and RBR already for WDC and WCC.
Ferrari – Looking good! Especially MAS is really on form – will we see a “Fernando – Felipe is faster than you!”? Just joking, but they might end up quite evenly matched.
Mercedes – excellent. Let’s hope their form lasts and they have a shot at challenging RBR.
Lotus – I thought they might be up there with Mercedes, but apparently not. Lots of work to do.
McL – what a disappointment. Don’t think you can win a world championship with a car that is only good in the dry. Do they have the same problem as Ferrari last year with a new pull-rod design?
Antonio Nartea (@tony031r) said on 17th March 2013, 0:59
With the “accidental push-rod” you mean?
As far as Mercedes goes, completely agree. Let’s hope their cars last as well, not just their form. 2012 started off on the same foot for Mercedes and it quickly turned into an endless series of technical issues, for Schumacher at least. Nothing is ever what it seems with that team.
Slr (@slr) said on 17th March 2013, 0:57
I didn’t want a wet race before, but I do now.
William (@william) said on 17th March 2013, 4:06
I think you are in luck
wigster (@wigster) said on 17th March 2013, 1:00
Despite the conditions we’ve ended up with the usual suspects in more less their usual positions right the way down the grid. Watching the cars at the back of the grid start could be pretty interesting as 5 out of the last 7 are rookies starting their 1st f1 race.
nemo87 (@nemo87) said on 17th March 2013, 1:03
Really happy to see Lewis up there, really wasn’t expecting it! :)
Being a mclaren fan so so many years its staring to get painful to watch now.. Looks like Mercedes pre season shake up is what they needed.. Take note mclaren! :/
Nomore (@nomore) said on 17th March 2013, 1:05
….if Hamilton would have been in Mclaren today, he would have been 3rd anyway
zippyone (@zippyone) said on 17th March 2013, 2:36
@nomore Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Maybe not 3rd but possibly higher than 10th
Yappy said on 17th March 2013, 1:05
Vettel was going quicker on his last lap before he came in. I wonder how demoralizing that would have been.
aka_robyn (@aka_robyn) said on 17th March 2013, 1:13
I would have enjoyed finding out. :-)
David (@neiana) said on 17th March 2013, 4:50
You delight in the anguish of thousands of Hamilton fans, don’t you?
Solo (@solo) said on 2nd April 2013, 16:57
Hamilton fans are happy no matter. They thought he would be trying to get into Q3 this year and his on the second row.
Probably bad for Alonso fans really. They are the ones with hopes for championship.
Nomore (@nomore) said on 17th March 2013, 1:15
I personally will wait 3-4 races and then make a pecking order of the cars…you can call me crazy but Red Bull in my personal opinion will not win a championship this year.
p.s i bookmark this page and reread in november…and hope with a big smile in my face
Chris (@tophercheese21) said on 17th March 2013, 1:27
You’re crazy. Lol
evered7 (@evered7) said on 17th March 2013, 1:32
So RedBull lock the front row again. But Ferrari and Merc have started strong for a change and Lotus seems to be there too. We haven’t found the race pace of the teams and the tire wear.
Too early to rule out a RB whitewash for the season and particularly considering Aussie circuit isn’t the best in terms of revealing what is the running order of the teams in terms of performance.
And then there is in season development :)
If RB still manage to win both championships, well done to them; then we conclude that the others have not done a good job this year.
evered7 (@evered7) said on 17th March 2013, 1:39
rule outrule thisAkshay (@hamilfan) said on 17th March 2013, 2:32
” Sebastian gets p 1 ”
Oh no , it’s Happened agaaain :( :( :( .But the surprise for me is that Lewis is 3rd :) . But Lewis , I hope, doesn’t crash . I really wan’t webber to win this one :)
bull mello (@bullmello) said on 17th March 2013, 5:10
The Red Bull runaway predictors could very well be correct, or not. Glad the races need to be run to find out who really wins and loses. This particular qualifying session was run in quite mixed conditions making it difficult to come to terribly reliable predictions in any direction. Thank goodness! I have my favorites, but I mostly hope for close races all season long.