2013 Japanese Grand Prix lap charts

Felipe Massa’s refusal to follow an order to let Fernando Alonso past delayed his team mate’s progress and cost both Ferrari drivers a place at one point.

Alonso arrived on his team mate’s tail after passing Nico Hulkenberg at the start of the race. Massa was passed by Nico Rosberg and dropped out of the Mercedes drivers’ DRS range.

Meanwhile Alonso was pressuring his team mate, crossing the line within a few tenths of him on every lap during the first stint.

Ferrari told Massa to let Alonso using a coded instruction. Race engineer Rob Smedley repeatedly told him “Multi function strategy A”, adding “now please” as his driver refused to yield.

While Alonso snapped at Massa’s heels the pair came under attack from Hulkenberg. The Sauber driver made an early pit stop on lap nine and once Ferrari had reacted to it Hulkenberg jumped ahead of both their drivers.

Soon afterwards Alonso took advantage of Massa behind held up to pass his team mate, and eventually retook Hulkenberg as well.

See how this phase of the race unfolded and more with the lap chart and race chart below:

Japanese Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

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

	0	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
Mark Webber	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	6	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Sebastian Vettel	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Lewis Hamilton	3	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Romain Grosjean	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Felipe Massa	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	7	6	6	7	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Nico Rosberg	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	5	5	7	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	15	15	13	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Nico Hulkenberg	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	10	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Fernando Alonso	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	2	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Kimi Raikkonen	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Jenson Button	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	15	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	15	13	12	12	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Sergio Perez	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	5	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	11	17	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	15
Paul di Resta	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	12	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Valtteri Bottas	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	17
Esteban Gutierrez	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Pastor Maldonado	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	12	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	16
Daniel Ricciardo	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	10	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	10	16	16	15	14	13	12	10	10	10	8	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	12	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	13
Jean-Eric Vergne	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	13	13	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	12	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12
Max Chilton	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	14	14	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Giedo van der Garde	19
Charles Pic	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Jules Bianchi	21
Adrian Sutil	22	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	14	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14

Japanese Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

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
Mark Webber	0.643	0.628	0.872	1.072	0.862	1.152	1.427	1.79	2.13	2.533	5.2	21.582	18.346	14.569	1.81	1.929	1.803	1.839	2.203	2.329	2.326	2.046	1.404	0.821	2.918	19.691	17.555	15.862	13.371	12.556	11.882	11.028	9.991	9.1	8.402	7.069	2.409	0	0	0	0	0	7.877	6.857	5.94	6.585	7.406	7.424	6.724	7.42	8.658	9.06	7.129
Sebastian Vettel	1.357	1.706	2.329	2.56	2.454	3.366	3.33	3.207	4.098	4.189	4.419	2.191	0	0	5.821	5.229	5.327	5.281	5.354	5.272	4.985	4.69	4.287	3.421	3.499	2.565	1.888	1.322	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.059	15.237	15.251	14.586	11.102	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lewis Hamilton	50.983	75.014	77.389	80.165	82.525	85.34	98.57
Romain Grosjean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.708	12.644	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.723	20.893	20.508	20.239	19.995	19.723	19.867	19.511	15.57	13.938	14.425	15.138	16.493	13.973	3.672	4.167	5.081	6.191	6.965	7.015	6.334	7.003	8.486	10.573	9.91
Felipe Massa	3.179	4.188	5.134	7.015	7.824	9.174	9.947	10.539	11.989	13.178	16.703	33.183	31.165	28.32	16.566	17.787	18.613	20.648	23.856	27.592	31.391	32.094	32.821	32.901	33.443	34.296	35.31	38.49	55.397	55.3	55.609	56.61	57.003	59.901	74.987	75.307	72.188	72.393	73.532	74.581	75.364	73.962	65.097	67.103	70.11	72.551	74.916	77.131	77.418	79.542	82.63	86.532	89.263
Nico Rosberg	2.677	3.259	4.235	5.53	6.522	7.772	8.321	8.752	10.824	11.429	12.305	12.918	29.505	26.276	14.853	17.988	33.707	34.654	35.521	36.084	36.411	37.625	38.131	40.373	58.177	58.608	59.527	60.188	58.849	59.741	60.856	62.429	61.743	61.29	60.943	60.24	56.797	55.305	58.487	77.453	76.73	74.959	65.37	67.386	69.614	68.926	69.383	69.374	69.605	70.584	71.388	72.71	72.023
Nico Hulkenberg	4.164	5.331	6.863	8.234	9.51	10.733	11.671	12.472	13.599	17.137	35.701	32.639	30.406	27.388	15.841	16.727	17.747	20.091	23.319	26.028	26.514	26.884	27.129	27.442	27.984	28.69	29.217	30.018	31.731	51.289	51.277	51.08	50.464	50.44	50.486	50.944	47.611	46.095	46.912	47.717	48.172	46.151	36.363	37.417	38.978	41.465	43.257	44.527	44.461	46.091	48.585	50.881	51.615
Fernando Alonso	3.672	4.833	5.961	7.326	8.507	9.616	10.523	11.15	12.461	14.156	15.312	13.336	14.49	30.271	18.526	19.534	20.467	21.509	23.946	27.126	27.614	27.537	27.918	29.187	30.151	31.179	31.449	31.682	30.464	32.968	53.328	54.076	54.648	54.788	55.171	55.008	51.552	49.826	49.564	49.499	49.397	46.9	37.319	38.219	39.246	40.303	41.738	43.09	42.553	43.771	44.721	45.879	45.605
Kimi Raikkonen	6.343	8.137	10.513	12.249	13.525	15.795	16.717	17.303	18.095	18.794	21.957	38.813	36.333	33.728	21.773	22.205	23.053	24.044	25.584	28.713	32.046	32.959	33.574	33.707	34.289	35.241	35.774	37.159	35.806	36.875	40.395	59.476	58.731	58.402	56.924	56.001	52.114	50.702	50.813	50.942	50.61	48.197	38.294	38.85	39.947	41.984	43.909	45.215	44.744	46.433	48.274	48.388	47.325
Jenson Button	5.928	8.074	10.445	11.727	13.23	15.686	18.337	22.256	40.985	42.38	42.004	40.259	38.54	36.807	25.5	26.382	27.665	29.148	31.028	32.927	35.146	38.473	43.437	64.551	64.508	64.829	64.903	65.152	64.322	65.292	65.919	66.846	67.404	67.712	68.002	68.082	64.62	63.682	65.12	68.465	87.338	84.753	74.491	76.22	78.643	80.674	82.546	82.47	81.28	81.478	82.722	82.682	80.821
Sergio Perez	4.887	6.194	7.934	9.6	10.729	12.292	13.506	14.41	15.41	16.382	17.109	17.788	38.6	34.827	22.937	23.564	24.294	25.27	26.968	29.093	32.965	35.172	36.557	37.566	38.773	40.235	41.75	43.998	45.503	51.965	76.201	76.092	76.013	76.168	76.625	76.705	73.526	73.075	74.339	75.627	76.239	82.613	94.419	96.199	97.013	97.52	99.392	100.143	100.391	105.113	109.14	114.571
Paul di Resta	7.009	8.823	11.072	13.354	14.87	16.93	19.666	21.549	23.041	26.548	47.978	46.522	45.303	43.684	33.203	34.955	37.169	39.429	42.105	44.243	46.172	48.031	50.154	51.528	53.245	57.502	77	76.797	76.191	77.503	79.17	80.151	81.537	82.56	83.483	83.949	81.067	80.168	81.74	82.986	84.003	82.736	73.781	75.972	78.167	80.275	82.999	85.448	86.499	89.388	92.035	94.97	98.572
Valtteri Bottas	7.496	9.465	11.95	14.379	16.289	18.789	21.742	25.923	45.638	46.224	47.545	46.094	44.699	42.994	32.112	33.675	36.065	38.09	40.532	42.628	44.675	46.407	48.312	49.759	51.559	53.444	57.299	77.303	77.293	79.259	81.165	82.654	83.968	85.283	87.864	89.091	86.829	86.535	88.505	90.245	91.996	91.424	82.844	85.305	88.304	90.967	93.898	97.795	99.449	103.884	109.105	117.362
Esteban Gutierrez	5.489	6.878	8.475	10.178	11.435	13.208	14.431	15.744	19.026	38.504	38.552	36.491	34.244	31.938	20.259	21.072	22.236	23.344	24.997	28.171	32.768	34.621	35.792	36.47	37.677	38.979	40.884	43.02	44.477	50.699	70.846	70.991	71.309	71.721	71.837	72.086	70.697	69.543	70.928	71.675	72.393	70.712	61.371	63.005	64.5	66.189	68.224	69.075	69.206	70.016	71.082	72.224	71.63
Pastor Maldonado	8.235	10.546	13.132	15.543	17.652	20.09	22.309	24.089	26.934	46.869	48.717	47.386	45.977	44.4	34.029	35.77	37.788	40.74	43.504	45.187	47.14	49.258	51.097	52.527	54.438	56.638	58.319	64.525	83.176	83.501	84.184	84.953	85.817	87.562	88.358	89.508	87.363	87.121	89.053	90.903	92.524	92.112	83.81	86.113	88.918	91.888	95.799	100.046	102.312	107.668	111.244	116.78
Daniel Ricciardo	7.906	9.78	12.334	14.618	16.666	18.914	20.467	22.148	23.512	25.074	26.127	25.368	24.663	23.068	12.454	14.645	17.362	19.772	23.037	27.055	33.358	54.685	54.98	55.125	55.942	57.799	58.509	58.602	58.213	59.063	60.155	64.211	79.865	80.768	81.667	82.244	79.395	78.658	80.112	81.329	82.22	80.683	71.827	77.003	97.777	97.763	97.477	98.442	99.865	102.135	103.506	102.707
Jean-Eric Vergne	9.172	11.436	14.254	16.579	18.654	20.808	25.836	47.637	48.626	48.457	49.817	48.558	47.347	45.623	35.141	37.502	39.277	41.774	44.974	47.58	53.065	72.731	72.007	70.761	70.16	69.748	69.538	69.137	68.085	68.804	69.202	69.513	69.588	70.029	70.685	71.581	70.487	74.863	97.403	97.227	97.653	95.966	86.398	87.367	89.041	91.913	94.164	98.11	99.53	100.422	100.443	100.519
Max Chilton	10.114	13.577	17.354	22.369	26.92	30.866	34.269	37.171	40.231	43.824	49.849	69.778	69.081	67.899	58.065	60.988	64.207	67.553	71.08	73.884	76.584	79.543	82.64	84.913	87.983	91.005	93.959	97.77	105.642	131.06	134.629	137.43	140.364	143.038	145.413	147.771	148.03	150.406	153.187	156.405	159.5	159.623	151.947	155.078	158.233	167.958	172.311	177.602	181.454	185.557	190.001	196.84
Giedo van der Garde
Charles Pic	14.05	33.657	37.096	40.169	42.891	45.451	48.002	51.336	54.26	56.88	59.554	60.085	60.812	61.101	52.387	56.529	63.787	87.511	89.996	92.196	94.407	96.384	100.454	103.261	105.509	107.715	109.695	111.737	113.447	116.173	119.458	122.355	125.318	128.116	133.471	159.123	158.197	158.642	161.144	163.219	165.11	164.444	155.822	157.891	160.267	166.335	169.237	171.514	172.059	174.109	175.605	177.633
Jules Bianchi
Adrian Sutil	8.827	11.14	13.611	15.923	18.098	20.601	23.053	27.035	47.339	47.73	49.095	47.97	46.582	44.935	34.395	36.432	38.468	41.101	44.308	45.92	47.655	50.016	51.929	53.342	55.275	58.403	63.759	83.416	81.869	82.463	83.174	83.763	84.48	85.596	86.761	87.252	84.308	83.434	84.875	86.044	87.071	86.709	78.237	80.625	82.942	85.709	88.528	91.936	93.893	100.19	108.823	114.453

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24 comments on “2013 Japanese Grand Prix lap charts”

Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
13th October 2013, 17:54

That mid-race scrap between Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Massa, Alonso, Gutierrez, Kimi and Button was superb.

For a place so fast, and so narrow, it was glorious to see all those dancing through Spoon and the esses. The aerial shots nailed it aswell. Kudos to Fuji TV, this year they did well (maybe because there wasn’t a japanese in the grid?)

Francorchamps (@francorchamps17)
13th October 2013, 18:10
It was not Fuji TV this year.
1. Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
  13th October 2013, 18:22
  @francorchamps17 it wasn’t? ah… well, kudos to the FOM footage, cuz they also do rubbish most of the time.

Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
13th October 2013, 17:55

I admire Massa’s defiance immensely. Even if it was ultimately pointless, it shows he’s not simply Alonso’s whipping boy – that can only be a good thing!

Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
13th October 2013, 19:24
@vettel1 it also shows that Alonso, just like Vettel, doesn’t need help from his team mate…
1. Nick (@nick101)
  13th October 2013, 20:40
  You’ve gotta be kidding dude! But you are right, Vettel doesn’t need to rely on help from his team mate. Why would he? Every time his team mate is in front of him the team feel the need to change strategies which, surprise surprise, puts him in front of his team mate.
  Total crock from redbull today! Absolutely no need to pit Webber when they did! 10 laps to go, 15 seconds ahead of Vettel and lapping at roughly the same pace. Yeah, definitely a good call to bring him in!
  1. Feuerdrache (@xenomorph91)
    13th October 2013, 21:32
    Do you think that he could have driven 28 laps (more than half distance) on the hard tyres without falling back? Thinking ahead helped RedBull here to avoid Webber falling back behind Vettel and Grosjean.
    1. Haizan (@haizan)
      14th October 2013, 0:10
      Yeah i doubt webber can do that… If vettel 3 stop.. Webber 2 stop.. They will complaint too..
    2. F1Fanatic_2013
      14th October 2013, 14:10
      Webber could have easily had a 2-stopper. RBR deliberately 3 stopped him to help Vettel. Nothing wrong in that as Seb is at the threshold of winning a WDC. Only thing is Horner shouldnt lie about Webber destroying his tires. Lap times dont support that. Check last year. In 2012 after being hit by Grosjean, Mark came in on the first lap and then stopped only once making it virtually a 1-stopper.
      RBR are worse than Ferrari now, but hide it. Just say this driver is our No. 1 and his winning is the first priority
    3. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      14th October 2013, 18:11
      In 2012 after being hit by Grosjean, Mark came in on the first lap and then stopped only once making it virtually a 1-stopper.
      In a different car on a different day on harder tyres.
palmerstoneroad (@palmerstoneroad)
14th October 2013, 8:37
The non-whipping-boy created a disadvantage for the entire team. If Massa wanted to show he can be faster than Alonso he failed miserly, bringing only problems to the team.
Being in another team’s shoes remotely interested in sign Massa, I would take into account that the non-whipping-boy can get frustration, act selfish and create issues.
Was really this the comment of the day? Seriously, nothing better?

Tazio
13th October 2013, 18:14

As far as I know, Alonso:
1) didn’t ask for a TO (cannot be sure but nothing like that was heard that I know off)
2) passed Massa fair and square a
if there is any data to contradict me I’d like to know, thanks

Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31)
13th October 2013, 18:20

So that’s how Ferrari now call “Fernando is faster than you”?

Laine Baker (@bainelaker)
13th October 2013, 18:40

Good on Massa for that. Team orders are rubbish, if a trailing driver is faster – well then, he should figure out how to make an overtake stick. Team mates need to compete!

X-X
13th October 2013, 21:45
But I thought people were pro-team orders? At least thats what I read here with the multi21 fiasco between the bulls?
1. MarkM (@mpmark)
  14th October 2013, 14:54
  haha! awesome point, people will sing one tune when it comes to Ferrari but totally another when it comes to Red Bull… well pointed out!

JackySteeg (@jackysteeg)
13th October 2013, 18:51

Not sure if this is beneficial or detrimental to Felipe’s mission for a 2014 seat. Sure, it shows he’s capable of being selfish and single-minded, which are qualities of a top driver. But are there many teams out there who will hire a driver who won’t do what he’s told?

It’s great to see Massa driving for himself and all, but I can’t see how it’s going to help his cause…

Ant
13th October 2013, 19:39

So Massa drive for himself and still finished well behind Alonso..

iAltair (@)
13th October 2013, 19:47
Didn’t he had a setback? Penalty or a damaged part?
1. Nick (@npf1)
  13th October 2013, 19:56
  @ialtair Massa had a penalty for speeding in the pitlane. At that point he was already behind Alonso and not really keeping up with him, either.

Aquataz
13th October 2013, 19:47

Pride goes before the fall. I found his racing improved but his attitude wholly unnecessary.

Aquataz
13th October 2013, 20:00

Happy 70 for P Sauber – good team effort on his behalf.
Hop Schwyz!

Tomsk (@tomsk)
14th October 2013, 19:59
Yep, good to see them back where they belong.
Like Williams, they had a little fire in the garage to mark their founder’s 70th.
They should ban those birthday cakes from the pit lane, they’re really not safe!

AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
13th October 2013, 20:17

I think it’s a shame Hulkenberg lost out to Alonso, but I think 4th place was his to lose. He had done all the hard work to come out of the pits just ahead of Alonso at the start of their final stints, and ‘all’ he had to do was to keep Fernando behind. Instead, he pushed pretty hard at the beginning of his final stint (which was going to be more than 20 laps), and ultimately lost out to the Ferrari driver who had been saving his tyres. If he had kept Fernando at around 1.5 seconds – but no more – he might have kept enough life in his tyres to defend.

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