F1 Canadian GP 2013 Race Report

F1 Canadian GP 2013 Race Report

After unsuccessful races in the last few years, especially the close one in 2011, Vettel finally won the Canadian Grand Prix. It all began with his Pole Position on Saturday under rainy conditions.

At the start Rosberg and Webber easily overtook Bottas, who was the surprise of Saturday on 3rd place. Alonso also managed it to take his position at the beginning, but Adrian Sutils following attempt to pass Bottas failed because he spun after accelerating in Turn 3.

He luckily didn't hit the following cars and was able to continue the race, but some laps later he was hit by Pastor Maldonado and he got a damaged rear wing. The Venezuelan driver received a drive-through penalty for causing a collision. Giedo van der Garde also caused a collision while Webber was lapping him at the hairpin. He had to do a 10-seconds-stop-and-go penalty.

Meanwhile, Alonso continued his way to the front passing Webber and Rosberg in some awesome battles. Vettel had a huge gap, mostly 15-20 seconds between him and the second place.

Alonso closed in to Hamilton and was able to pass him in the second DRS zone in at the start-finish straight. Sutil received a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags while Hamilton and Alonso were going to lap him.

Massa also had many manouvers after his crash in qualifying the day before. He recovered from 16th to 8th after finally passing Raikkonen in the penultimate lap in the first DRS zone.

In the end Vettel won ahead of Alonso, Hamilton, Webber and Rosberg, all other cars behind were lapped.