| 2013 United States Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 18 of 19 in the2013 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Circuit of the Americas | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17) | ||||
| Official name | 2013 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix | ||||
| Location | Circuit of the Americas Travis County,Austin,Texas | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.513 km (3.426 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 56 laps, 308.405 km (191.634 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy, warm Temperatures reaching up to 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds approaching speeds of 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[2] | ||||
| Attendance | 250,324 (Weekend)[3] 113,162 (Race Day)[4] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:36.338 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:39.856 on lap 54 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
| Second | Lotus-Renault | ||||
| Third | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2013 United States Grand Prix is aFormula Onemotor race that was held at theCircuit of the Americas on November 17, 2013. The race was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2013 season, and marks the second running of theUnited States Grand Prix inAustin. The race was won byRed Bull-Renault'sSebastian Vettel, for hiseighth consecutive win, a new F1 record for consecutive wins within a single season.[5][6]
This would be Red Bull's last win at the Circuit of the Americas until the2021 United States Grand Prix.
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Kimi Räikkönen announced a week before the Grand Prix that he would be missing the final two races of 2013, in order to have back surgery.[7] He had wanted to delay the operation until the off-season, but suffered increasing discomfort over the previous races. Räikkönen's decision meant thatthe previous race was his last race competing forLotus, having agreed to joinFerrari for the2014 season. His place was taken byHeikki Kovalainen, who signed a two-race deal with the team.[8]
Like theprevious United States Grand Prix, tyre supplierPirelli will bring its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.
Jenson Button was given a three-place grid penalty for the race, after overtaking under red flags during the opening practice session.[9]Charles Pic was given a five-place penalty for the race after Caterham changed the gearbox in his car.[10]
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Esteban Gutiérrez andMax Chilton were given penalties for impeding other drivers in the first qualifying session. Gutiérrez, who blockedPastor Maldonado was handed a ten-place grid penalty; Chilton had served a drive-through penalty within the first five laps of the race after he impeded both Maldonado andAdrian Sutil.[11]
At the start,Sebastian Vettel led away but soon after thesafety car was deployed afterPastor Maldonado andAdrian Sutil collided, sending the latter into the barriers. At the restart on lap 5, Vettel quickly built up his lead and was never challenged en route to his 8th consecutive victory, taking the fastest lap with two laps remaining. Behind himLotus driverRomain Grosjean held off Vettel's teammate,Mark Webber, for 2nd.[12]
Jean-Éric Vergne was given a 20-second penalty for a collision withEsteban Gutiérrez on the final lap of the race. He moved down from 12th to 16th as a result.[13]
Notes:
Notes:
^1 –Jean-Éric Vergne was penalised 20 seconds post-race for colliding withEsteban Gutiérrez.[13]
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