2013 Monaco Grand Prix

2013 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 6 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One World Championship
Circuit de Monaco
Race details
Date	26 May 2013
Official name	Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2013
Location	Circuit de Monaco
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.34 km (2.08 miles)
Distance	78 laps, 260.52 km (162.24 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:13.876

The 2013 Monaco Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2013) is a Formula One motor race that is scheduled to take place on 26 May 2013. The race will be held at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the principality of Monaco. The race will be the sixth round of the 2013 season, and marks the seventy-second time the Monaco Grand Prix has been held.

Nico Rosberg started the race from pole.

Report

Mercedes protest

Just before the race, Red Bull and Ferrari filed an official protest against Mercedes, having learned on the night before the race of a three day tyre test undertaken by Pirelli at the venue of the last grand prix using Mercedes' car driven by both Hamilton and Rosberg. They claimed this violated the rule against in season testing and gave Mercedes a competitive advantage in both the Monaco race and the next race, which would both be using the tyre that was tested (with Pirelli having been criticised following some tyre failures earlier in the season, the tests had been conducted on an improved design planned to be introduced in two race's time after Monaco). Mercedes stated the FIA had approved the test. Pirelli cited their contract with the FIA which allows limited testing, but Red Bull and Ferrari argued this must only be with a car at least two years old. It was the second test conducted by Pirelli in the season, the first having been between race 4 and 5, but using a 2011 Ferrari car.

Tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded super-soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, just as they did the previous two years. It was the second time in the season that the super-soft compound was used at a race weekend, as was the case with the soft tyre compound.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:24.620	1:16.135	1:13.876	1
2	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:23.779	1:16.265	1:13.967	2
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:24.243	1:15.988	1:13.980	3
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:25.352	1:17.322	1:14.181	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:25.835	1:16.040	1:14.822	5
6	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:23.712	1:16.510	1:14.824	6
7	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.682	1:17.748	1:15.138	7
8	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:25.108	1:17.261	1:15.383	8
9	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:23.744	1:17.420	1:15.647	9
10	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:23.699	1:17.623	1:15.703	10
11	11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:25.547	1:18.331		11
12	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1;24.852	1:18.344		12
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:23.738	1:18.603		13
14	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:24.681	1:19.077		14
15	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:26.095	1:19.408		15
16	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:23.452	1:21.688		16
17	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.322			17
18	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:26.633			18
19	12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:26.917			19
20	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:27.303			221
107% time:1:29.293
21	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	no time			202
22	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	no time			213
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Notes:

• ^1 — Max Chilton was given a five-place gird penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^2 — Jules Bianchi failed to set a qualifying time within the 107% requirement after an engine failure, but was permitted to race at stewards' discretion.
• ^3 — Felipe Massa failed to set a qualifying time within the 107% requirement after his car was damaged during free practice, and his team were unable to repair the damage in time for him to take part in qualifying.

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	(Nico Rosberg)					25
2							18
3							15
4							12
5							10
6							8
7							6
8							4
9							2
10							1
11
12
13
14
15
Ret	6	Sergio Pérez	McLaren-Mercedes	74		7
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	65		13
Ret	19	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	63	Collision	12
Ret	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	59	Brakes	20
Ret	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	45	Collision	16
Ret	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	31	Accident	21
Ret	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	9	Engine	18
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