2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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| Race 17 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 3 November 2013 | ||
| Official name | 2013 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.554 km (3.451 mi) | ||
| Distance | 55 laps, 305.355 km (189.739 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:39.957 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Fernando Alonso
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:43.434 on lap 55 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Third | Mercedes | ||
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The 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held at the Yas Marina Circuit on 3 November 2013. The race was the seventeenth round of the 2013 season, and marked the 5th running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The race, contested over 55 laps, was won by Sebastian Vettel, driving a Red Bull. Mark Webber finished second, and by Nico Rosberg driving a Mercedes was third. Vettel won the race 30.8s ahead of his Red Bull Team mate Mark Webber. Vettel's victory equalled Alberto Ascari and Michael Schumacher's record in 1953 and 2004 record for most consecutive wins in a season. This was Red Bull's 100th podium. Adrian Sutil scored his last ever World Championship points at this race, Paul di Resta also scored his final points.
During the race it was possible to observe a partial solar eclipse from 17:22 local time to 17:39 local time when the Sun set, and this was shown briefly during the race live broadcast.
Like the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.
Romain Grosjean and Lewis Hamilton were top in the first practice session.
Red Bull drivers were fastest in the second practice session with Vettel leading Webber by a tenth of a second.
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