2013 British Grand Prix

The 2013 British Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 30 June 2013 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. The race was the eighth round of the 2013 season, and the 68th running of the British Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton took pole position ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg, with Championship leader Sebastian Vettel third. Rosberg went on to win the race ahead of Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso. The race was marred by several tyre punctures. Hamilton, along with Felipe Massa, Jean-Éric Vergne and Sergio Pérez suffered left-rear tyre blowouts, while Esteban Gutiérrez was subject to a left-front tyre blowout and Alonso's right-rear deflated just before a pitstop. Hamilton's blowout occurred while leading. Vettel suffered a gearbox failure after inheriting the lead.

The 120,000 race day attendance was the third highest of all time for the event.

Qualifying
The three qualifying stages took place on 30 June.

Q1
Williams' Valtteri Bottas, Sauber's Esteban Gutiérrez, Caterham's Charles Pic, Marussia's Jules Bianchi, Caterham's Giedo van der Garde and Marussia's Max Chilton were all knocked out in Q1.

Q2
McLaren's Jenson Button, Ferrari's Felipe Massa, Toro Rosso's Jean-Éric Vergne, McLaren's Sergio Pérez, Sauber's Nico Hülkenberg and William's Pastor Maldonado were all eliminated in Q2. Vergne was on for a good lap during the latter stages of Qualifying but a slow middle sector meant that his time was not enough to finish in the top 10.

Q3
Lewis Hamilton took pole position with a time of 1:29.607 followed by his team mate Nico Rosberg and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel followed by Webber, Di Resta, Ricciardo, Sutil, Grojean, Raikkonen and Alonso completing the top ten. Di Resta would later get a penalty for his car being under 1.5 kg under the ideal weight, so was then taken to the back of the grid, which meant Ricciardo would move up to a career best fifth, and the rest follows. The reason for the car being under the ideal weight remains unknown.

Race
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton led from the start with Vettel behind him after Rosberg was slow off the line. Red Bull's Webber had a poor start and damaged his front wing after contact with Lotus' Romain Grosjean into turn 1. On lap 8, Hamilton suffered a left-rear tyre failure on the Wellington Straight. Massa had a similar tyre failure and a subsequent tyre explosion on Vergne's car brought out the safety car on lap 16. Vergne eventually retired from the race with floor damage.

Vettel held the race lead until lap 42 when he suffered a gearbox failure and stopped near the start-finish line. This brought out a second safety car. Rosberg, Webber, and Alonso all made pit stops for new tyres, but Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen stayed out.

The race resumed on lap 46 with Rosberg in the lead. Webber and Alonso were able to overtake Räikkönen for a podium finish. Hamilton managed to finish fourth after recovering from the early tyre failure. Massa did so as well, recovering from the failure and subsequent spin and a slower-than-average pit stop, fighting to finish sixth. McLaren's Perez suffered a tyre failure on the restart and was forced to retire with car damage. Grosjean also retired before the end of the race.

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg went on to win the race ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber by just 0.7 seconds and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso further up the road in third. Mark Webber also set the lap record (1:33.401), beating the previous record set by Kimi Raikkonen in 2012.

Qualifying
Notes:
 * — Paul di Resta was excluded from the results after his car was found to be underweight after qualifying. He was subsequently moved to the back of the grid.
 * — Giedo van der Garde was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Nico Hülkenberg at the previous race. He was later given a second grid penalty for a gearbox change, placing him 22nd and last.

Championship standings after the race

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Constructors' Championship standings


 * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.