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The German Grand Prix 2013 was the 9th round of the 2013 F1 season, and took place at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany, on July 7th.
Sebastian Vettel won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Kimi Räikkönen, and Romain Grosjean completing the podium.
Lewis Hamilton started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 5th.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
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There were a total of 56 pit stops during the race, but only 55 which can be considered "normal", since clearly had to resolve some serious issues during his pit stop on lap Array which took the team 2 minutes, 42.042 seconds.
The most popular pit stop windows were:
- Laps 4-8: 13 stops
- Laps 16-24: 21 stops
- Laps 37-38: 4 stops
- Laps 40-41: 4 stops
- Laps 47-50: 6 stops
The fastest pit stop was Sebastian Vettel's, stopping the clock at 18.979 seconds during his pit stop on lap 7, while the slowest one was was Valtteri Bottas's, who stopped the clock at 45.695 seconds, 26.716 seconds slower than Vettel, during his pit stop on lap 54.
These times include the time the driver spent going through the pit lane, as well as the actual time he stopped for the mechanics to work on his car.
Strategy
We saw a variety of options in terms of pit stop strategies during this race, however most drivers chose a 3 stops. Only 1 driver tried a 1 stop, 6 drivers tried a 2 stops, and 1 driver tried a 4 stops.
The race winner, Sebastian Vettel, was on a 3 stops strategy.
1 stop
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4Jean-Éric Vergne
2 stops
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1Paul di Resta
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2Jules Bianchi
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5Sergio Pérez
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3Jenson Button
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3Pastor Maldonado
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1Valtteri Bottas
3 stops
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5Charles Pic
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6Daniel Ricciardo
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2Adrian Sutil
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2Giedo van der Garde
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4Lewis Hamilton
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-Esteban Gutiérrez
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1Sebastian Vettel
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4Mark Webber
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2Kimi Räikkönen
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4Fernando Alonso
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2Romain Grosjean
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2Nico Rosberg
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-Nico Hülkenberg
4 stops
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2Max Chilton
Excluding those drivers who could not finish the race, those on a 2 stops strategy gained 2.6 positions on average, the ones on a 3 stops strategy lost an average of 0.46 positions, while those on a 4 stops strategy gained 2 positions on average.
This difference in possitions gained, together with a deeper nalaysis of each strategy, reinforces the conclusion that a 2 stops strategy was the best option, even if Sebastian Vettel managed to win the race making 3 stops.
It is important to note that this might not always be the case for other races held at the Nürburgring, as the conditions might change from year to year, in terms of wheel degradation, accidents, safety cars, etc.
Incidents
There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 3 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.
These included, Jean-Éric Vergne, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 22, Jules Bianchi, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 21, and Felipe Massa, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 3.
Hydraulics
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Jean-Éric VergneLap 22
Engine
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Jules BianchiLap 21
Spun off
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Felipe MassaLap 3
Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton managed to get the pole position by 0.103 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:29.398. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Sebastian Vettel.
Track evolution
As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and all of the drivers that took place in Q2 improved their times in this second session.
The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. It therefore comes as no surprise that 4 out of the 8 drivers that took place in Q3 were able to improve their times.