2013 Canadian Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps

2013 Canadian Grand Prix

10th June 2013, 9:4510th June 2013, 1:42 | Written by Keith Collantine

A flurry of fast laps at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix saw half the starters set their quickest times in the final three tours.

Quickest of them all was Mark Webber, who claimed the fastest lap of the race despite having lost part of his front wing.

Despite failing to finish in the points the two McLaren drivers set the seventh and eighth fastest lap times. Team principal Martin Whitmarsh admitted afterwards they could have been more aggressive:

“Unfortunately, with the benefit of hindsight, we were a touch too conservative with our tyre management this afternoon. The [medium] turned out to be a stronger tyre than we’d anticipated, and we could have exploited it for longer and further in the race than we did.”

Canadian Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2013drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70
Sebastian Vettel	83.616	79.011	79.455	78.874	79.136	79.226	79.406	79.642	79.411	79.693	79.5	79.735	80.201	80.094	80.945	94.298	80.712	79.086	79.2	79.053	79.128	79.268	78.477	80.177	79.572	78.606	78.591	78.477	78.616	78.862	78.574	78.597	78.797	81.494	78.667	78.52	78.631	79.287	77.795	78.647	78.04	77.381	79.374	77.68	77.324	77.042	76.926	78.464	91.037	79.376	77.768	81.578	77.434	77.072	76.561	76.711	77.032	76.778	76.62	76.833	76.599	76.96	76.973	77.144	77.447	77.01	78.149	77.864	76.975	77.914
Lewis Hamilton	85.666	79.829	79.788	79.563	79.508	79.359	79.503	79.747	79.968	80.103	80.453	80.629	80.335	80.468	80.304	80.174	80.093	80.375	93.941	81.428	79.811	79.951	79.931	79.519	79.807	79.966	79.012	79.093	79.787	79.059	79.098	78.678	79.31	78.926	79.15	78.594	78.796	79.116	78.055	77.912	77.769	77.748	77.808	78.076	77.765	78.177	78.1	91.546	80.198	78.222	77.976	77.573	77.23	77.586	77.56	77.155	76.727	76.646	77.764	76.651	76.719	79.585	77.584	77.713	77.243	76.733	76.804	76.471	76.354	76.797
Valtteri Bottas	89.797	81.439	80.396	80.665	81.451	83.31	81.674	82.26	82.542	82.793	83.063	83.04	82.475	96.541	83.825	81.679	80.902	80.896	82.83	81.645	80.881	80.531	80.707	80.773	81.134	80.8	80.622	80.661	81.106	81.097	80.848	81.302	83.839	81.156	81.507	81.055	80.429	80.1	79.55	96.39	81.643	80.037	79.499	79.45	79.391	81.297	80.116	79.709	79.603	79.094	79.196	79.541	79.517	78.914	79.285	80.162	79.17	79.628	79.963	78.539	78.272	78.66	78.004	78.33	79.73	79.678	78.757	78.226	81.362
Nico Rosberg	86.619	80.143	80.13	79.69	79.858	79.739	79.899	80.237	80.729	80.542	80.754	80.807	80.82	93.903	80.75	79.436	79.951	79.995	80.247	80.605	80.15	80.29	80.052	80.333	79.681	80.181	80.365	80.216	80.744	81.949	94.429	82.468	80.583	79.962	79.228	80.054	79.532	78.652	78.583	78.477	78.429	78.344	78.368	78.022	77.997	78.532	80.921	79.92	79.277	78.202	77.576	77.76	77.663	78.121	78.507	77.216	91.681	81.516	78.273	77.806	77.291	77.929	78.466	77.397	76.641	77.282	78.213	76.75	77.451	76.534
Mark Webber	87.088	80.582	79.848	79.751	80.095	79.805	80.201	80.349	80.455	80.613	80.846	81.04	93.646	81.181	79.665	79.515	79.958	80.328	80.268	80.583	80.219	80.022	79.785	80.397	79.585	80.799	79.749	80.139	80.56	81.02	78.739	78.375	78.754	78.457	78.532	79.544	78.075	77.934	77.813	77.953	78.126	78.875	78.25	78.946	78.003	92.569	80.509	77.907	77.007	76.753	77.105	77.542	78.265	77.614	77.345	77.012	77.297	77.675	77.579	76.83	77.38	77.169	77.246	76.812	77.367	77.394	77.267	77.162	76.182	77.418
Fernando Alonso	89.095	80.474	80.255	79.858	79.828	79.888	80.128	80.318	80.041	80.165	80.174	80.833	81.045	80.868	80.998	93.893	81.584	79.785	79.794	79.484	79.624	79.639	79.494	80.359	79.523	79.734	79.773	80.083	80.572	81.458	79.439	78.795	79.038	78.456	78.457	78.347	78.009	77.844	77.726	77.793	77.747	77.745	77.589	78.646	78.475	77.606	90.971	79.764	77.699	77.072	76.83	76.895	76.734	76.89	76.758	76.691	76.457	76.429	77.254	76.616	76.516	79.352	76.884	77.895	76.543	76.599	76.49	76.513	76.203	77.017
Jean-Eric Vergne	90.132	81.643	80.193	80.427	81.369	81.29	80.501	80.41	80.698	80.801	82.091	82.343	96.122	83.341	81.17	80.782	80.715	80.586	80.671	80.799	80.733	81.218	80.714	80.506	80.341	80.254	80.094	79.725	80.644	80.361	80.181	80.267	80.342	80.648	79.892	79.741	80.038	79.677	79.22	79.299	79.232	79.008	78.913	78.831	78.866	78.909	79.526	79.119	78.813	78.78	78.874	78.895	78.596	78.768	78.8	78.621	91.88	80.107	78.033	78.112	77.909	78.1	78.028	78.111	77.946	78.511	78.97	79.418	79.917
Adrian Sutil	90.755	81.555	80.603	80.218	81.114	87.947	81.717	82.406	98.135	83.349	82.74	81.705	80.873	80.892	81.295	80.737	80.54	81.027	81.222	80.824	80.687	80.468	80.783	80.726	80.208	80.318	80.03	79.867	80.017	80.609	80.113	79.971	79.753	79.675	79.67	79.922	93.668	81.912	78.933	78.46	78.967	78.927	79.066	78.849	78.946	79.155	79.983	79.184	78.953	79.074	79.066	78.559	78.789	79.3	79.038	78.385	78.404	79.768	78.178	77.755	84.824	79.357	78.105	78.055	78.022	78.777	77.78	77.694	77.717
Nico Hulkenberg	91.483	82.528	80.779	80.134	80.984	84.552	81.868	82.663	82.859	83.952	83.459	97.492	83.683	82.415	82.939	80.708	80.475	80.477	81.002	81.324	81.245	80.942	81.387	81.236	81.083	80.793	80.739	80.525	80.845	80.696	80.671	81.889	81.183	80.679	80.893	80.88	80.8	93.678	80.607	79.056	79.461	79.355	79.47	79.515	80.141
Kimi Raikkonen	91.259	81.928	80.657	80.274	81.441	83.99	81.979	82.948	82.78	83.741	83.172	82.501	81.515	81.54	81.288	80.821	80.665	80.564	80.9	81.111	81.41	99.548	82.699	80.713	80.266	80.591	81.205	80.26	80.065	80.788	80.922	80.67	83.831	80.878	80.491	79.615	79.614	80.277	79.683	79.346	79.094	79.415	80.848	78.979	78.834	79.222	79.453	79.866	78.532	78.254	78.633	78.804	78.528	78.528	78.329	80.009	78.756	78.103	78.02	77.88	77.766	78.027	77.865	78.095	79.518	78.573	77.793	78.883	79.089
Daniel Ricciardo	91.069	81.775	80.623	80.257	81.646	83.823	82.154	82.685	82.899	83.333	83.84	97.495	87.008	82.856	82.157	81.445	81.104	81.075	81.115	80.834	80.977	80.941	81.147	81.061	80.589	81.286	80.843	80.879	80.815	81.954	81.035	80.963	80.918	80.882	80.541	80.451	80.523	80.222	96.45	82.72	79.842	79.346	79.101	78.986	79.171	79.582	80.279	79.355	80.132	79.974	80.201	79.451	81.014	79.74	79.724	79.815	79.329	79.504	79.77	79.706	80.308	81.505	79.277	80.273	79.664	79.378	78.538	78.257
Sergio Perez	91.861	82.764	80.615	80.359	80.734	84.599	81.775	82.908	83.096	83.594	83.617	83.69	95.848	82.999	80.801	80.641	80.682	80.891	81.066	81.409	80.787	80.364	81.477	80.731	80.392	81.241	81.618	80.403	80.071	80.745	80.984	80.973	80.76	79.649	79.179	79.507	80.352	79.84	79.204	79.088	79.156	79.308	92.691	83.018	79.508	78.942	78.393	78.378	78.711	80.173	78.609	79.47	78.075	78.157	77.808	78.188	78.268	79.838	78.559	77.844	77.976	78.058	77.677	78.066	78.176	78.087	78.169	77.42	77.369
Pastor Maldonado	92.775	83.214	80.943	81.107	80.839	84.166	82.359	82.422	83.05	84.362	83.161	99.933	83.628	82.917	81.362	81.737	88.117	82.781	82.159	81.852	81.313	81.545	82.747	82.384	81.897	81.504	80.796	80.826	82.176	81.141	80.701	80.676	80.785	82.506	81.114	80.551	80.365	80.243	80.223	80.206	80.339	80.296	80.231	80.425	80.461	82.089	81.941	80.745	93.992	82.885	78.954	79.335	78.861	79.268	80.594	79.362	80.422	79.706	82	82.605	78.944	81.156	80.781	79.006	80.996	82.218	78.737	78.105
Jenson Button	93.676	82.559	81.486	80.743	81.163	82.749	82.064	82.55	83.019	83.339	83.382	84.03	82.963	82.512	82.409	82.19	82.194	81.804	81.688	81.345	81.343	81.108	81.658	82.536	81.667	82.182	94.972	81.744	80.435	80.03	80.446	80.136	80.308	80.419	80.573	80.242	80.934	80.52	79.145	78.919	78.919	79.136	80.177	80.816	79.534	78.957	79.139	78.944	78.883	79.52	79.827	78.71	78.579	79.586	78.359	78.453	78.658	78.615	78.051	77.831	78.058	77.884	78.016	77.704	77.867	77.938	77.64	77.458	77.587
Esteban Gutierrez	95.474	83.059	81.792	81.202	80.82	81.976	82.308	82.225	83.026	83.946	83.402	84.179	83.555	82.48	82.33	82.223	82.19	82.016	82.548	83.075	98.202	83.15	81.582	82.196	80.858	81.053	80.527	80.414	80.774	80.43	80.71	81.329	80.848	80.449	80.173	79.886	81.821	80.627	80.416	80.336	80.495	80.092	79.988	79.837	79.582	80.336	80.166	79.639	80.29	79.967	79.771	79.478	79.733	80.387	79.605	79.804	79.687	79.926	79.818	80.125	82.814	80.593	95.749
Felipe Massa	93.125	82.213	80.403	80.158	80.696	84.767	81.407	82.448	82.623	83.171	83.235	84.014	81.043	82.329	81.92	81.259	93.572	80.773	81.513	79.851	79.898	80.516	81.078	81.035	79.629	80.378	80.272	80.205	80.787	80.8	81.128	82.38	81.007	80.412	79.809	79.873	79.921	79.711	80.899	79.838	92.757	80.429	78.92	78.551	78.327	80.066	78.87	79.149	78.296	78.305	78.325	78.762	78.679	79.338	79.37	77.874	77.918	77.382	77.535	77.692	77.667	77.976	77.836	77.912	79.687	78.575	77.578	78.14	76.939
Paul di Resta	94.372	82.695	81.703	81.104	80.986	82.543	82.517	82.355	82.734	83.577	82.762	82.873	82.295	81.279	81.323	81.428	81.069	80.858	80.676	80.719	80.498	80.619	80.761	80.468	80.47	80.114	80.125	80.044	79.943	81.18	80.043	79.916	79.92	79.809	79.867	79.715	79.695	79.506	79.516	79.461	79.144	79.243	79.117	78.896	78.75	78.879	79.898	79.206	78.777	78.709	78.953	78.953	78.446	78.769	78.581	92.895	80.812	79.213	78.932	79.156	78.273	77.957	77.841	78.163	80.869	79.018	79.06	78.216	80.693
Charles Pic	95.937	83.134	82.132	81.738	82.532	84.237	84.781	83.261	84.147	85.016	99.65	83.777	82.478	82.26	81.989	82.555	82.146	82.37	82.595	82.405	83.186	82.522	82.362	82.306	83.676	82.879	83.702	82.017	83.463	82.37	82.212	81.704	81.529	81.627	82.906	96.168	82.168	80.872	81.474	80.83	81.047	80.39	80.782	81.772	80.944	81.812	82.78	81.53	82.031	81.463	81.26	80.183	80.471	82.352	80.912	80.437	80.593	79.966	79.514	79.38	80.95	79.955	79.433	79.623	80.8	79.592	80.913
Jules Bianchi	97.522	84.548	82.805	82.379	82.596	82.761	82.87	84.127	83.146	83.6	82.895	83.752	84.95	84.123	83.332	83.713	83.003	82.334	82.666	82.303	82.526	82.42	83.717	82.516	81.851	82.482	82.213	82.47	81.562	81.542	81.031	83.667	81.653	80.766	81.225	81.705	81.107	80.534	80.921	81.115	94.562	83.341	81.474	81.936	80.643	80.814	80.195	80.112	81.14	81.838	79.962	80.216	82.84	82.871	81.532	82.139	81.197	79.804	79.737	80.482	80.595	80.059	80.582	80.716	80.346	79.316	78.984	78.873
Max Chilton	97.907	85.708	83.462	83.035	82.727	83.261	83.305	83.906	83.483	83.382	83.332	83.833	83.77	84.25	83.89	83.525	83.753	83.789	82.675	82.647	84.422	83.123	82.713	81.916	83.371	82.079	82.004	84.658	82.082	82.197	81.667	81.947	82.139	82.431	82.269	83.045	81.675	95.333	82.47	81.171	80.458	81.212	80.057	80.88	80.881	80.789	82.083	82.048	80.39	81.915	82.305	82.159	80.776	81.132	82.184	81.705	83.243	83.632	81.333	84.375	82.951	80.648	80.199	81.141	80.698	84.029	79.566
Giedo van der Garde	95.026	82.986	81.955	82.016	82.6	84.937	85.566	101.276	85.076	82.552	82.465	82.627	82.501	82.546	82.735	83.384	83.748	84.022	84.176	83.896	84.081	84.61	86.456	84.618	83.885	83.842	83.755	84.495	86.173	87.034	86.18	99.843	86.429	92.478	81.965	81.835	82.458	102.836	83.567	99.709	87.707	81.811	82.586
Romain Grosjean	97.094	82.908	81.927	81.383	81.782	82.673	81.2	81.402	81.762	83.795	83.41	84.126	82.049	81.345	81.344	81.579	81.385	81.163	80.995	80.942	80.767	80.799	80.901	80.739	80.245	80.351	80.338	80.362	80.347	80.756	81.205	80.308	80.249	80.263	79.893	80.041	80.257	80.242	80.25	80.209	80.551	96.06	81.611	79.162	78.449	78.574	79.04	79.061	78.349	78.678	78.916	80.138	94.897	81.173	78.618	78.355	78.319	78.31	78.291	78.282	77.823	77.607	78.042	78.347	78.733	78.707	77.764	78.279	77.61

Canadian Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1’16.182		69
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’16.203	0.021	69
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’16.354	0.172	69
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’16.534	0.352	70
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’16.561	0.379	55
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1’16.939	0.757	69
7	Sergio Perez	McLaren	1’17.369	1.187	69
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	1’17.458	1.276	68
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1’17.607	1.425	62
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1’17.694	1.512	68
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1’17.766	1.584	61
12	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1’17.841	1.659	63
13	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’17.909	1.727	61
14	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1’18.004	1.822	63
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1’18.105	1.923	68
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’18.257	2.075	68
17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1’18.873	2.691	68
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1’19.056	2.874	40
19	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1’19.380	3.198	60
20	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1’19.478	3.296	52
21	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1’19.566	3.384	67
22	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1’21.811	5.629	42

2013 Canadian Grand Prix

Browse all 2013 Canadian Grand Prix articles

Image © Red Bull/Getty

Author information

Keith Collantine

Lifelong motor sport fan Keith set up RaceFans in 2005 - when it was originally called F1 Fanatic. Having previously worked as a motoring...
Read more about Keith Collantine, find all their articles and get in touch with them

Got a potential story, tip or enquiry? Find out more about RaceFans and contact us here.

20 comments on “2013 Canadian Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps”

Retired (@jeff1s)
10th June 2013, 9:56

Bianchi fastest than the two Sauber’s
1. Matthijs (@matthijs)
  10th June 2013, 10:13
  
  No he wasn’t. He just posted a faster laptime that’s all. Gutierrez pitted much earlier for tyres, so his tyres were worn when the car was the lightest. When Bianchi posted his fastest lap, Hülkenberg already stood at the sidelines.
  
  To me, the lapchart is VERY informative. The fastest laps unfortunately are very much related to tyre management.
  1. Retired (@jeff1s)
    10th June 2013, 14:10
    
    I’m not stupid man [@matthijs], I read the headline; by fastest I meant a faster lap of course. And at the end of the day Bianchi did so.
    
    Lapchart can be informative for you, not for everyone. It’s a valuable info, thanks to @keith. Fastest lap(s) had always been related to something in F1: fuel saving, engine saving, tyre saving… It’s F1.
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
10th June 2013, 10:56

The pace of the top four was just incredible compared to the rest of the field. I don’t remember seeing such speed differentials since 2011. Also, the tyres were just right yesterday. They allowed drivers to push, yet still they had to come in once, twice, or sometimes three times for new tyres.

Looking at Hamilton’s times, he had a difficult start to his final stint. He came out between the McLarens, and possibly he had problems getting heat into his tyres, because he lost all of his lead to Alonso in a couple of laps. Once he was overtaken, he managed to set a pace in the one-minute sixteens that would have made it difficult for Alonso to pass.

In the graph there are two spikes in his final stint: on lap 59, I suppose he was behind Sutil when he ran a little wide into turn 5, but managed to stay in front of Alonso because he got into Sutil’s DRS. On lap 62 he was overtaken by Alonso (or perhaps it was just at the start of 63 that Alonso’s nose got in front). But I am still puzzled about what happened on lap 62.

Just as Ross Brawn came on air on the BBC, I saw Hamilton struggling out of the chicane at turns 8/9, with Alonso all over him. Hamilton also set a very slow S2 time of 26 seconds, where before and after he and Alonso were doing high 24s. First I thought he had a puncture, but perhaps he was baiting Alonso to get his nose in front before DRS detection, but Alonso didn’t bite. Instead, Fernando cleverly saved some KERS for the second DRS zone, and then Hamilton was defenseless.
1. TdM (@tdm)
  10th June 2013, 11:42
  
  Yeah, on that lap it looked like he was really struggling – I wonder if he had picked up some muck on his tires.
  
  He struggled with grip around a few corners and if you watch him accelerate mid/end of that lap he is really not getting traction/the car is moving around strangely. Not sure if he just ran off line somewhere and picked up something. I too thought he had a major problem at that point.
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
10th June 2013, 12:39

Huge difference in performance between Vettel and Webber and throughout much of the race until the end of the race.
1. @HoHum (@hohum)
  10th June 2013, 23:45
  
  Being at the front is what it is all about, Webber was stuck behind Rosberg for the 1st. stint and it was race-over right then, at least as far catching Vettel was concerned.
Steve McGrath (@)
10th June 2013, 14:22

Its amazing how quickly the supersofts start to degrade. When they are on the mediums laptimes are basically decreasing lap on lap
Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
10th June 2013, 15:10

It is a pity that Vettel got caught in traffic on the last lap. His first sector was 0.3 seconds faster than the first sector of the fastest lap of the race of Mark Webber.

I don’t buy the comments of Horner that Vettel just “joked” with a purple first sector, and that he has shown maturity not to go for the fastest lap again. I think Vettel simply caught traffic and had no chance for the fastest lap so bailed out of it.
1. Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
  10th June 2013, 16:31
  
  @mike-dee agreed entirely: he wanted fastest lap and lost out due to traffic – that may irritate him slightly!
  
  I find that pretty impressive though how Vettel’s fastest lap was only 3 tenths off Webber’s despite coming 14 laps earlier! His pace relative to his teammate is a telling sign that this victory isn’t all down to the car: he was consistently over 0.5s faster a lap in the opening phases!
  1. beneboy (@beneboy)
    10th June 2013, 18:50
    
    @vettel1
    
    His pace relative to his teammate is a telling sign that this victory isn’t all down to the car
    
    Yeah: Mark getting hit by another driver, spending most of the race with a damaged front wing and having to fight for position while Sebastian spent the race with a clear track (except for lapping back-markers) ahead of him and no-one challenging him from behind would be pretty big factors too ;-)
    1. Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
      10th June 2013, 18:57
      
      @beneboy
      
      he was consistently over 0.5s faster a lap in the opening phases!
      
      Emphasis on “opening phases” ;)
      1. beneboy (@beneboy)
        10th June 2013, 19:29
        
        @vettel1
        It’s amazing how much faster you can go with a clear track ahead of you compared to when you’re driving in the pack isn’t it :-)
      2. Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
        10th June 2013, 19:31
        
        @beneboy it’s also amazing how long it takes Webber to commit to a move ;)
      3. beneboy (@beneboy)
        10th June 2013, 19:44
        
        @vettel1
        The only thing that amazes me about Webber these days is that he’s still driving for Red Bull: he’s spent the last few seasons being out-driven and outclassed by Vettel. I like Mark and think he’s a good driver but Sebastian is in a different class entirely.
        I’m probably never going to be Vettel’s biggest fan but credit were it’s due: the guy can put in some awesome performances and takes almost every opportunity that comes his way.
      4. Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
        10th June 2013, 19:48
        
        @beneboy I think he does a decent job of it but agreed there’s better out there. I doubt there are many available drivers that could have a realistic chance of beating Vettel currently but I think Ricciardo or Vergne would be a better fit in that Red Bull seat currently until AFC is ready (u reckon he’s the best driver in the RB young driver’s pipeline).
      5. beneboy (@beneboy)
        10th June 2013, 20:08
        
        @vettel1
        I work for a bookmakers and I was talking to one of our odds compilers (one of the guys who works out what odds to give different competitors in an event) a few weeks ago and he told me the next driver to partner Vettel was down to a choice between Vergne and AFC for him. I don’t know what information he’s basing that on but I wouldn’t bet against him :-)
        
        To be honest I’m more into motorcycle racing than car racing (apart from F1 & Le Mans) so I don’t watch as much minor racing as I do F1, MotoGP, BSB, TT etc but I do love Macau and Antonio looked pretty damn good there last year and he’s looked impressive in the other races I’ve seen him competing in too. I’d certainly give him a chance in F1 some time soon.
      6. Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
        10th June 2013, 20:22
        
        @beneboy he’ll be a damn good better at assessing the situation than I am: if my prediction’s championship standings are anything to go by I’m useless at foreseeing things!
        
        I’m kind of the opposite: I don’t pay much attention to Moto GP unless it happens to be on whilst I’m not busy but I have started following the junior categories (particularly WSR as I think that’s the best junior series ATM) and to me the clear stars are Magnussen and Da Costa. I expect both of them will find their way into F1!
      7. @HoHum (@hohum)
        10th June 2013, 23:59
        
        .5 secs a lap slower in the opening phase because Rosberg was .5 secs a lap slower and the super-softs weren’t going to last in a dog-fight and DRS didn’t help on the straights. The advantage of pole position is hugely enhanced with these fragile tyres.
WesselV1
11th June 2013, 17:59

Interesting to see Di Resta’s graphic. Discounting the first few laps and being held up the next few, his decrease in lap times is almost linear. His lap times didn’t go down as quick as for example Alonso’s or Vettel’s, but it’s evident that he was able to manage his tyres very well. It will be interesting to see whether he can manage his tyres in a tougher race like the Brittish GP.