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The Korean Grand Prix 2013 was the 14th round of the 2013 F1 season, and took place at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam County, Korea, on October 6th.
Sebastian Vettel won the race from the pole, followed by Kimi Räikkönen, and Romain Grosjean completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
There were a total of 49 pit stops during the race.
The most popular pit stop windows were:
- Laps 6-12: 20 stops
- Laps 22-26: 6 stops
- Laps 28-31: 17 stops
The fastest pit stop was Giedo van der Garde's, stopping the clock at 17.513 seconds during his pit stop on lap 10, while the slowest one was was Adrian Sutil's, who stopped the clock at 1 minutes, 11.445 seconds, 53.932 seconds slower than van der Garde, during his pit stop on lap 38.
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 2 stops. Only 3 drivers tried a 3 stops, and 1 driver tried a 4 stops.
The race winner, Sebastian Vettel, was on a 2 stops strategy.
2 stops
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3Jenson Button
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3Felipe Massa
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5Pastor Maldonado
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7Paul di Resta
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3Esteban Gutiérrez
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5Valtteri Bottas
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3Lewis Hamilton
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1Fernando Alonso
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5Charles Pic
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-Romain Grosjean
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3Nico Rosberg
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3Nico Hülkenberg
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-Sergio Pérez
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6Jules Bianchi
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-Sebastian Vettel
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7Kimi Räikkönen
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4Max Chilton
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7Daniel Ricciardo
3 stops
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5Giedo van der Garde
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8Mark Webber
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2Jean-Éric Vergne
4 stops
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6Adrian Sutil
Excluding those drivers who could not finish the race, those on a 2 stops strategy gained 1.06 positions on average, while those on a 3 stops strategy gained 1.5 positions on average.
Despite of the average possitons gained or lost, and considering a deeper analysis of the performance of each strategy, we consider the 2 stops strategy as the optimal for this race.
It is important to note that this might not always be the case for other races held at the Korean International Circuit, 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, Adrian Sutil, and Mark Webber, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, and Paul di Resta, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 24.
Collision
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Adrian SutilLap 50
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Mark WebberLap 36
Spun off
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Paul di RestaLap 24
Qualifying
Sebastian Vettel managed to get the pole position by 0.218 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:37.202. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Lewis Hamilton.
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 6 out of the 10 drivers that took place in Q3 were able to improve their times.