2013 Belgian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 11 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One season | |||
Spa-Francorchamps
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| Date | 25 August 2013 | ||
| Official name | 2013 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||
| Distance | 44 laps, 308.052 km (191.415 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 2:01.012 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Sebastian Vettel
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Red Bull-Renault | |
| Time | 1:50.756 on lap 40 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Mercedes | ||
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The 2013 Belgian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race on 25 August 2013 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. It was the eleventh round of the 2013 season, and the 69th running of the Belgian Grand Prix.
The race was won by Sebastian Vettel in a Red Bull-Renault in a time of 1:23:42, registering an average speed of 220.80 km/h, thus extending his championship lead to 46 points. Second was Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari, and third was Lewis Hamilton (who had started from pole) in a Mercedes.
Like the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.
Mercedes had taken 7 of the last 8 poles, yet they haven't shown their hands in practice sessions. On the other hand, Red Bull looks unbeatable to pole, but Spa's famous changing weather can make a lot of trouble for them. A shower came to the track right before qualifying got underway, with an air temperature of only 22℃.
All the drivers started the session with intermediates, Lewis Hamilton set the first benchmark of 2:07.008. As the track continued drying, Nico Rosberg, Mark Webber, and Sebastian Vettel all hit the front briefly. After the midpoint, most drivers pitted for a new set of intermediate tyres while Giedo van der Garde took a gamble to switch onto the slicks. As times passing by, lap times improved rapidly, nearly pushed both Ferraris out of Q2. But Fernando Alonso managed to set the fastest time at the last moment and his team-mate Felipe Massa also made it into the next session. Van der Garde's decision proved a big success, for he impressively finished 3rd. In fact, three of the four drivers from Caterham and Marussia squeezed into Q2, the only one that failed to do so was Charles Pic, he will start the race from the last place on the grid. Also eliminated were the Williams duo, the two Toro Rossos, and the Sauber of Esteban Gutiérrez.
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