Chinese Grand Prix 2013, Shanghai - Race 3/19

Duke · 7 Apr 2013 at 15:28

Shanghai

The Shanghai International Circuit was designed as the race circuit for the new millennium. And the modern track, with its stunning architecture, has achieved its goal of becoming China's gateway to the world of Formula One racing since it debuted on the calendar in 2004.

Circuit architects Hermann Tilke and Peter Wahl on their creation: “The 5.4 kilometre racing track is shaped like the Chinese character 'shang', which stands for 'high' or 'above'. Other symbols represented in the architecture originate from Chinese history, such as the team buildings arranged like pavilions in a lake to resemble the ancient Yuyan-Garden in Shanghai. Here, nature and technology are carefully used to create harmony between the elements.”

Not only is the course remarkable for its change of acceleration and deceleration within different winding turns, making high demands on the driver as well as the car, but also for its high-speed straights. These offer crucial overtaking opportunities and give an intense and exciting motorsport experience to the spectators. The main grandstand with 29,000 seats provides a spectacular view of almost 80 percent of the circuit.

Session Times

Fri 12 April 2013
Practice 1 03:00 - 04:30
Practice 2 07:00 - 08:30

Sat 13 April 2013
Practice 3 04:00 - 05:00
Qualifying 07:00

Sun 14 April 2013
~~Race 08:00~~

All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here.

Track Diagram

Circuit Information

Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.451 km
Race Distance: 305.066 km
Lap Record: 1:32.238 - M Schumacher (2004)
Infographic: http://richlandf1.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013-03-China.jpg
Guide: http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/04/how-the-f1-teams-will-approach-the-chinese-grand-prix-2/

Championship Standings

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m36.717s            21
 2.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m37.171s  + 0.454s  20
 3.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m37.658s  + 0.941s  21
 4.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m37.942s  + 1.225s  20
 5.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m37.965s  + 1.248s  17
 6.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m38.069s  + 1.352s  24
 7.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m38.095s  + 1.378s  14
 8.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m38.125s  + 1.408s  21
 9.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m38.398s  + 1.681s  17
10.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m38.561s  + 1.844s  15
11.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m38.790s  + 2.073s  16
12.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m39.057s  + 2.340s  19
13.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m39.158s  + 2.441s  22
14.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m39.180s  + 2.463s  21
15.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m39.336s  + 2.619s  19
16.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m39.360s  + 2.643s  20
17.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m39.392s  + 2.675s  20
18.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m40.032s  + 3.315s  22
19.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m41.966s  + 5.249s  16
20.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m42.056s  + 5.339s  18
21.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m42.083s  + 5.366s  21
22.  Ma Qing Hua          Caterham-Renault      1m43.545s  + 6.828s  20

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106648

Practice 2

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                  Time      Gap        Laps[/b]
 1. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m35.340s             32
 2. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m35.492s  + 0.152s   32
 3. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m35.755s  + 0.415s   30
 4. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m35.819s  + 0.479s   35
 5. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m36.092s  + 0.752s   31
 6. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m36.432s  + 1.092s   29
 7. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1m36.496s  + 1.156s   39
 8. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m36.514s  + 1.174s   32
 9. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m36.595s  + 1.255s   33
10. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m36.791s  + 1.451s   27
11. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes      1m36.940s  + 1.600s   16
12. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m36.963s  + 1.623s   31
13. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari        1m37.103s  + 1.763s   22
14. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m37.206s  + 1.866s   39
15. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m38.127s  + 2.787s   34
16. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault      1m38.185s  + 2.845s   18
17. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari        1m38.211s  + 2.871s   32
18. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m38.276s  + 2.936s   34
19. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth     1m38.725s  + 3.385s   29
20. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault      1m39.271s  + 3.931s   21
21. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault      1m39.814s  + 4.474s   27
22. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth     1m43.227s  + 7.887s    5

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106650

Practice 3

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                  Time       Gap      Laps[/b]
 1. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m35.391s            13
 2. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m36.013s  + 0.622s  11
 3. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1m36.065s  + 0.674s  18
 4. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m36.286s  + 0.895s  17
 5. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m36.420s  + 1.029s  15
 6. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m36.549s  + 1.158s  16
 7. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m36.605s  + 1.214s  16
 8. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m36.693s  + 1.302s  16
 9. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes      1m36.777s  + 1.386s  16
10. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari        1m36.853s  + 1.462s  15
11. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m37.072s  + 1.681s  15
12. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m37.205s  + 1.814s  18
13. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m37.300s  + 1.909s  11
14. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m37.349s  + 1.958s  12
15. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault      1m37.457s  + 2.066s  16
16. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m37.487s  + 2.096s  13
17. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari        1m37.740s  + 2.349s  20
18. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m37.813s  + 2.422s  16
19. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth     1m38.496s  + 3.105s  17
20. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault      1m38.821s  + 3.430s  18
21. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth     1m39.627s  + 4.236s  16
22. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault      1m39.652s  + 4.261s  18

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106693

Qualifying

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   [/b]
 1. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes             1m34.484s    
 2. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m34.761s  + 0.277
 3. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m34.788s  + 0.304
 4. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m34.861s  + 0.377
 5. Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m34.933s  + 0.449
 6. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m35.364s  + 0.880
 7. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m35.998s  + 1.514
 8. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     2m05.673s  + 31.189
 9. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     no time
10. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari       no time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m36.261s                                   Gap **
11. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m36.287s  + 1.209s
12. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes     1m36.314s  + 1.236s
13. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m36.405s  + 1.327s
14. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m36.679s  + 1.601s
15. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m37.139s  + 2.061s
16. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m37.199s  + 2.121s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m37.508s                                    Gap *
17. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault     1m37.769s  + 1.976
18. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari       1m37.990s  + 2.197
19. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth    1m38.780s  + 2.987
20. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth    1m39.537s  + 3.744
21. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault     1m39.614s  + 3.821
22. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault     1m39.660s  + 3.867

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106697

Race

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver         Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Alonso         Ferrari                    1h36:26.945
 2.  Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault              +  10.168s  
 3.  Hamilton       Mercedes                   +  12.322s  
 4.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault           +  12.525s  
 5.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes           +  35.285s  
 6.  Massa          Ferrari                    +  40.827s  
 7.  Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  42.691s  
 8.  Di Resta       Force India-Mercedes       +  51.084s  
 9.  Grosjean       Lotus-Renault              +  53.423s  
10.  Hulkenberg     Sauber-Ferrari             +  56.598s  
11.  Perez          McLaren-Mercedes           +  1m03.860s
12.  Vergne         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1m12.604s
13.  Maldonado      Williams-Renault           +  1m33.861s
14.  Bottas         Williams-Renault           +  1m35.453s
15.  Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
16.  Pic            Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
17.  Chilton        Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
18.  van der Garde  Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1m36.808s

Report -http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106744

Duke · 7 Apr 2013 at 17:12

Yeah the F1.com site is using the old graphic and doesn't get updated until closer to the race weekend. I'll update it again like before when they do

Here is hoping for a dry weekend, so we can get a proper understanding of the pecking order. Looking okay on the early predictions - http://www.weather.com/weather/weekend/Shanghai+CHXX0116:1:CH

Duke · 8 Apr 2013 at 08:31

We wait for photos, -Ad-

Duke · 8 Apr 2013 at 14:56

Back to back races makes up for it... oh Bahrain

Duke · 8 Apr 2013 at 18:47

New parts for Marussia - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/04/08/parts-boost-marussia-china/ - good to see development already by them.

Duke · 9 Apr 2013 at 14:24

Bit hard to read on my phone, but will take a look later

Duke · 10 Apr 2013 at 20:56

A few thoughts from the other teams following the very quick stops by Red Bull pit crew - http://www.f1zone.net/news/rivals-study-red-bulls-record-pitstops/18428/

Duke · 11 Apr 2013 at 08:16

tummelv said:
Duke, have you ever considered adding these articles to the OP? They're very informative.

Added

Duke · 11 Apr 2013 at 14:40

He seems to give out a lot of mixed signals.

Duke · 11 Apr 2013 at 21:54

gord said:
Bad deuse!

Duke · 12 Apr 2013 at 07:52

Watching bit of FP2 before work on BBC2

Duke · 12 Apr 2013 at 14:41

Yeah Hulk at Mclaren would be good. Followed him since the A1 racing days and rate him highly.

Duke · 12 Apr 2013 at 17:46

Ham, Ros, But

Duke · 12 Apr 2013 at 19:59

Housey said:
Was watching the practice sessions on BBC and that interview with Magnassun's son was awful, he simply failed to answer a question he was asked, bloody awful. Seems we have another robot coming to the sports top level.

I think I caught that one - the one in the Mclaren garage? It was awful!

Duke · 13 Apr 2013 at 06:59

Morning

Duke · 13 Apr 2013 at 07:08

This is going to get interesting. Wonder how many will use sorts as it was about 1.5 quicker?

Duke · 13 Apr 2013 at 07:22

Great effort by Bianchi. Williams looks like another dog.

Duke · 13 Apr 2013 at 07:29

Ted's development corner for those that haven't seen it - http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/formula-1/8632909/ted

Duke · 13 Apr 2013 at 08:03

Troll lap by Button

Duke · 13 Apr 2013 at 09:27

Thomas. PLease. said:
Just made a wise crack about being surprised the medium tyres were 30 seconds slower than the softs.

lol