The Italian Grand Prix 2013 was the 12th round of the 2013 F1 season, and took place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy, on September 8th.
Sebastian Vettel won the race from the pole, followed by Fernando Alonso, and Mark Webber completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
There were a total of 24 pit stops during the race.
The most popular pit stop windows were:
- Laps 20-27: 16 stops
The fastest pit stop was Nico Rosberg's, stopping the clock at 24.079 seconds during his pit stop on lap 26, while the slowest one was was Giedo van der Garde's, who stopped the clock at 33.200 seconds, 9.121 seconds slower than Rosberg, during his pit stop on lap 39.
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 1 stop. Only Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde decided to try something different with a 2 stops strategy.
The race winner, Sebastian Vettel, was on a 1 stop strategy.
1 stop
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5Romain Grosjean
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1Jenson Button
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-Daniel Ricciardo
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4Sergio Pérez
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2Jules Bianchi
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-Sebastian Vettel
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1Mark Webber
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2Max Chilton
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-Felipe Massa
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2Nico Hülkenberg
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1Adrian Sutil
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-Pastor Maldonado
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3Valtteri Bottas
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-Nico Rosberg
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3Fernando Alonso
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3Esteban Gutiérrez
2 stops
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-Kimi Räikkönen
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3Lewis Hamilton
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3Charles Pic
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1Giedo van der Garde
Excluding those drivers who could not finish the race, those on a 1 stop strategy lost an average of 0.69 positions, while those on a 2 stops strategy gained 1.75 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 1 stop.
It is important to note that this might not always be the case for other races held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, 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 2 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.
These included, Jean-Éric Vergne, who had a transmission problem on lap 14, and Paul di Resta, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 0.
Transmission
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Jean-Éric VergneLap 14
Accident
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Paul di RestaLap 0
Qualifying
Sebastian Vettel dominated all the qualifying sessions and took the pole by 0.213 seconds, with a final lap time of 1:23.755. Mark Webber was right behind him, helping Red Bull score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.
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 12 out of the 16 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.
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 9 out of the 10 drivers that took place in Q3 were able to improve their times.