A small consolation in an otherwise poor race for McLaren was that they managed to produce the quickest pit stop.
Jenson Button’s sole visit to the pits was the briefest of the race.
Button was one of five drivers to complete the race using a single pit stop. Paul di Resta used this strategy to the best effect, starting on the medium tyres and making a late switch to super-softs.
Romain Grosjean tried to do the same but switched to the super-softs too early and had to make a second pit stop later on.
Two-stop strategies was the way to go for most drivers, with Nico Rosberg the only driver to make three.
Canadian Grand Prix tyre strategies
The tyre strategies for each driver:
Stint 1 | Stint 2 | Stint 3 | Stint 4 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sebastian Vettel | Super soft (16) | Medium (33) | Medium (21) | |
Fernando Alonso | Super soft (16) | Medium (31) | Medium (23) | |
Lewis Hamilton | Super soft (19) | Medium (29) | Medium (22) | |
Mark Webber | Super soft (13) | Medium (33) | Medium (24) | |
Nico Rosberg | Super soft (14) | Super soft (17) | Medium (26) | Medium (13) |
Jean-Eric Vergne | Super soft (13) | Medium (44) | Super soft (12) | |
Paul di Resta | Medium (56) | Super soft (13) | ||
Felipe Massa | Super soft (17) | Super soft (24) | Medium (28) | |
Kimi Raikkonen | Super soft (22) | Medium (47) | ||
Adrian Sutil | Super soft (9) | Medium (28) | Medium (32) | |
Sergio Perez | Super soft (13) | Medium (30) | Medium (26) | |
Jenson Button | Super soft (27) | Medium (42) | ||
Romain Grosjean | Medium (42) | Super soft (11) | Medium (16) | |
Valtteri Bottas | Super soft (14) | Medium (26) | Medium (29) | |
Daniel Ricciardo | Super soft (12) | Medium (27) | Medium (29) | |
Pastor Maldonado | Super soft (12) | Medium (37) | Medium (19) | |
Jules Bianchi | Medium (41) | Super soft (27) | ||
Charles Pic | Super soft (11) | Medium (25) | Medium (31) | |
Max Chilton | Medium (38) | Super soft (29) | ||
Esteban Gutierrez | Super soft (21) | Medium (42) | Super soft (0) | |
Nico Hulkenberg | Super soft (12) | Medium (26) | Medium (7) | |
Giedo van der Garde | Super soft (8) | Medium (24) | Medium (8) | Medium (3) |
Canadian Grand Prix pit stop times
How long each driver’s pit stops took:
Driver | Team | Pit stop time | Gap | On lap | |
1 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 20.212 | 27 | |
2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 20.372 | 0.160 | 41 |
3 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 20.427 | 0.215 | 13 |
4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 20.473 | 0.261 | 17 |
5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 20.512 | 0.300 | 16 |
6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 20.636 | 0.424 | 47 |
7 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 20.656 | 0.444 | 48 |
8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 20.716 | 0.504 | 13 |
9 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 20.739 | 0.527 | 57 |
10 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 20.805 | 0.593 | 43 |
11 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 20.832 | 0.620 | 31 |
12 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 20.835 | 0.623 | 16 |
13 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 20.859 | 0.647 | 42 |
14 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 20.879 | 0.667 | 19 |
15 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 20.898 | 0.686 | 49 |
16 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 21.000 | 0.788 | 37 |
17 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 21.014 | 0.802 | 38 |
18 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 21.066 | 0.854 | 56 |
19 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 21.125 | 0.913 | 14 |
20 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 21.223 | 1.011 | 12 |
21 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 21.315 | 1.103 | 39 |
22 | Max Chilton | Marussia | 21.374 | 1.162 | 38 |
23 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 21.378 | 1.166 | 41 |
24 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 21.459 | 1.247 | 57 |
25 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 21.524 | 1.312 | 63 |
26 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 21.574 | 1.362 | 53 |
27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 21.623 | 1.411 | 12 |
28 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 21.637 | 1.425 | 49 |
29 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 21.900 | 1.688 | 13 |
30 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 22.017 | 1.805 | 21 |
31 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 22.033 | 1.821 | 36 |
32 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 22.039 | 1.827 | 32 |
33 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 22.184 | 1.972 | 11 |
34 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 22.242 | 2.030 | 14 |
35 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 22.323 | 2.111 | 8 |
36 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 22.709 | 2.497 | 46 |
37 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 22.789 | 2.577 | 9 |
38 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 24.418 | 4.206 | 40 |
39 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 24.510 | 4.298 | 40 |
40 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 24.557 | 4.345 | 12 |
41 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus | 25.182 | 4.970 | 22 |
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wsrgo (@wsrgo)
10th June 2013, 11:34
Dear Lotus,
You will NEVER be a top team, if you cannot improve your pitstops. Yes, you’re consistent. Consistently slow in the pits, that is.
Manished
10th June 2013, 11:40
They are a joke. Can’t even sort out the rear brake issues that was detected on Friday.
Kimi4WDC
11th June 2013, 7:36
One would think they could improve, but they are slow as consistently as Kimi scoring points :)
Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
10th June 2013, 15:06
In my view, the top 4 (and maybe some others) came in for their second stop at the time they did only because they feared a safety car because of VDG. Otherwise, I would have expected them to either finish on a one-stop, or switch to the super-soft for a shorter last stint.