2013 Japanese Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps

Mark Webber set the fastest lap of the Japanese Grand Prix as he began his final stint of the race.

But despite lapping up to 1.8 seconds faster than Romain Grosjean at this point it took Webber seven laps to find a way past the Lotus, which cost him dearly in his pursuit of eventual race winner Sebastian Vettel.

Nico Rosberg showed the Mercedes had good pace, lapping within a tenth of a second of Webber’s best just two laps after the Red Bull driver. But with Lewis Hamilton dropping out early on and Rosberg collecting a pit lane speeding penalty they were unable to make their performance count.

Here’s all the lap time data from the Japanese Grand Prix.

Japanese 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
Mark Webber	100.917	99.512	99.071	98.851	98.897	98.838	99.182	99.321	99.17	99.419	101.502	117.553	97.913	97.978	97.786	98.156	97.754	97.919	97.983	97.907	97.878	97.747	97.43	97.797	99.982	114.678	96.012	96.337	96.423	96.283	96.223	96.095	96.061	96.175	96.296	96.048	96.076	96.12	96.139	96.224	96.39	98.82	114.313	94.587	94.641	95.983	96.243	95.959	96.525	96.385	97.231	96.221	95.479
Sebastian Vettel	101.631	99.876	99.45	98.882	99.001	99.46	98.871	98.835	99.721	99.107	99.065	98.943	98.958	101.755	116.366	97.445	97.978	97.837	97.692	97.699	97.594	97.732	97.669	97.514	97.963	96.971	97.471	97.464	97.592	97.098	96.897	96.949	97.098	97.066	96.994	97.381	100.736	114.588	95.317	96.238	95.725	95.336	95.334	95.607	95.558	95.338	95.422	95.941	97.225	95.689	95.993	95.819	97.41
Lewis Hamilton	151.257	123.558	101.202	101.427	101.467	101.363	112.137
Romain Grosjean	100.274	99.527	98.827	98.651	99.107	98.548	98.907	98.958	98.83	99.016	98.835	101.171	117.857	97.691	97.901	98.037	97.88	97.883	97.619	97.781	97.881	98.027	98.072	98.38	97.885	97.905	98.148	98.03	100.637	116.268	96.512	96.68	96.854	96.794	97.138	97.025	96.795	96.897	96.626	96.937	97.745	96.3	96.135	96.102	96.472	96.448	96.196	95.991	96.544	96.358	97.476	97.906	96.747
Felipe Massa	103.453	100.536	99.773	100.532	99.916	99.898	99.68	99.55	100.28	100.205	102.36	117.651	99.131	98.91	98.791	99.258	98.706	99.918	100.827	101.517	101.68	98.73	98.799	98.46	98.427	98.758	99.162	101.21	115.821	97.001	97.206	97.95	97.491	99.964	112.08	97.701	97.617	98.734	97.278	97.273	97.173	97.418	97.571	97.613	98.565	97.779	97.787	98.156	97.512	97.813	99.081	99.721	100.141
Nico Rosberg	102.951	100.109	99.803	99.946	100.099	99.798	99.456	99.389	100.902	99.621	99.711	101.784	117.736	98.526	99.122	101.172	113.599	98.83	98.486	98.344	98.208	99.241	98.578	100.622	115.689	98.336	99.067	98.691	97.575	97.99	98.012	98.522	96.412	96.613	96.647	96.678	97.293	97.037	99.321	115.19	95.667	97.049	96.847	97.623	97.786	94.65	95.879	95.932	97.456	96.668	96.797	97.141	96.723
Nico Hulkenberg	104.438	100.694	100.359	100.022	100.383	99.771	99.845	99.759	99.957	102.554	117.399	98.109	98.916	98.737	98.998	98.923	98.9	100.227	100.847	100.49	98.367	98.397	98.317	98.693	98.427	98.611	98.675	98.831	100.627	116.656	96.885	96.752	96.482	97.042	97.04	97.839	97.403	97.013	96.956	97.029	96.845	96.799	96.648	96.661	97.119	97.825	97.214	97.211	97.159	97.319	98.487	98.115	98.144
Fernando Alonso	103.946	100.688	99.955	100.016	100.288	99.657	99.814	99.585	100.141	100.711	99.991	99.195	102.303	117.536	98.8	99.045	98.813	98.925	100.056	100.961	98.369	97.95	98.453	99.649	98.849	98.933	98.418	98.263	97.696	99.602	117.257	97.697	97.67	97.206	97.377	97.218	97.28	96.803	95.877	96.159	96.288	96.323	96.855	96.507	96.585	96.395	96.857	97.293	96.688	96.907	96.943	96.977	97.136
Kimi Raikkonen	106.617	101.321	101.203	100.387	100.383	100.818	99.829	99.544	99.622	99.715	101.998	118.027	98.669	99.15	98.59	98.469	98.728	98.874	99.159	100.91	101.214	98.94	98.687	98.513	98.467	98.857	98.681	99.415	97.561	98.167	100.417	116.03	96.353	96.737	95.516	96.458	96.849	97.117	96.25	96.353	96.058	96.407	96.533	96.163	96.655	97.375	97.347	97.247	96.754	97.378	97.834	95.933	96.347
Jenson Button	106.202	101.673	101.198	99.933	100.61	101.004	101.558	102.877	117.559	100.411	98.459	99.426	99.43	100.022	99.238	98.919	99.163	99.366	99.499	99.68	100.1	101.354	103.036	119.494	97.842	98.226	98.222	98.279	98.084	98.068	97.524	97.876	97.656	97.374	97.284	97.461	97.274	97.591	97.577	99.569	115.263	96.235	96.174	97.336	97.981	97.369	97.294	95.865	96.035	95.887	97.237	95.779	95.549
Sergio Perez	105.161	100.834	100.567	100.317	100.236	100.111	100.121	99.862	99.83	99.988	99.562	101.85	121.961	97.982	98.655	98.664	98.61	98.859	99.317	99.906	101.753	100.234	99.457	99.389	99.092	99.367	99.663	100.278	100.419	103.56	121.133	96.84	97.019	97.221	97.451	97.461	97.557	98.078	97.403	97.512	97.002	105.194	118.242	97.387	96.372	95.845	97.294	96.692	97.473	100.411	100.02	101.25
Paul di Resta	107.283	101.341	101.076	100.933	100.623	100.608	101.643	100.841	100.322	102.523	120.265	99.715	99.93	100.136	100.064	99.789	100.094	100.143	100.295	99.919	99.81	99.886	100.195	99.754	99.602	102.162	117.646	97.827	98.308	98.41	98.564	97.93	98.484	98.089	97.917	97.847	97.854	97.63	97.711	97.47	97.407	97.553	97.481	97.798	97.753	97.446	98.146	98.39	98.276	98.578	98.64	98.754	101.012
Valtteri Bottas	107.77	101.496	101.312	101.08	101.017	101.048	101.86	103.139	118.545	99.602	100.156	99.72	99.754	100.05	99.663	99.6	100.27	99.908	100.061	99.877	99.928	99.759	99.977	99.827	99.685	99.79	102.003	118.034	98.904	99.064	98.803	98.438	98.412	98.381	99.575	98.608	98.474	98.235	98.109	97.964	98.141	98.248	97.856	98.068	98.557	98.001	98.353	99.838	98.879	100.124	101.214	104.076
Esteban Gutierrez	105.763	100.916	100.424	100.354	100.364	100.321	100.13	100.271	102.112	118.494	98.883	99.11	98.902	99.449	98.866	98.85	99.044	98.991	99.272	100.955	102.478	99.88	99.243	99.058	99.092	99.207	100.053	100.166	100.371	103.32	117.044	97.094	97.416	97.478	97.11	97.63	99.347	97.375	97.524	96.971	97.108	97.139	97.095	97.241	97.053	97.027	97.457	96.792	97.356	96.499	97.059	96.961	96.816
Pastor Maldonado	108.509	101.838	101.413	101.062	101.216	100.986	101.126	100.738	101.675	118.951	100.683	99.84	99.74	100.178	100.174	99.778	99.898	100.835	100.383	99.464	99.834	100.145	99.911	99.81	99.796	100.105	99.829	104.236	117.565	97.423	97.58	97.718	97.962	98.811	97.79	98.531	98.591	98.287	98.071	98.074	98.011	98.408	98.134	97.91	98.363	98.308	99.333	100.188	99.491	101.045	99.569	101.355
Daniel Ricciardo	108.18	101.401	101.381	100.935	101.155	100.796	100.46	100.639	100.194	100.578	99.888	100.412	100.444	100.16	99.931	100.228	100.597	100.293	100.884	101.799	104.184	119.354	98.367	98.525	98.702	99.762	98.858	98.123	98.525	97.948	97.989	101.005	112.752	97.969	97.893	97.958	97.887	97.792	97.593	97.441	97.281	97.283	97.58	100.783	116.332	95.324	95.136	96.906	98.648	97.959	97.364	95.02
Jean-Eric Vergne	109.446	101.791	101.645	100.976	101.182	100.702	103.935	120.759	99.819	98.847	100.195	99.912	99.938	100.031	100.063	100.398	99.655	100.38	100.819	100.387	103.366	117.693	97.348	97.134	97.284	97.493	97.938	97.629	97.862	97.817	97.295	97.26	97.173	97.507	97.65	98.277	99.642	102.905	118.679	96.048	96.816	97.133	96.868	96.576	97.232	98.21	97.673	99.887	98.645	96.581	96.014	95.895
Max Chilton	110.388	102.99	102.604	103.666	103.658	102.494	102.31	101.86	101.89	102.609	104.86	121.1	100.452	100.573	100.711	100.96	101.099	101.229	101.146	100.585	100.581	100.986	101.169	100.653	100.955	100.927	101.102	101.841	106.786	122.516	100.466	99.75	100.032	99.74	99.369	99.739	100.995	100.905	98.92	99.442	99.485	98.943	98.76	98.738	98.713	105.063	99.775	101.232	101.077	99.792	100.437	102.658
Giedo van der Garde
Charles Pic	114.324	119.134	102.266	101.724	101.829	101.108	101.458	102.292	101.754	101.636	101.509	101.702	101.876	102.044	101.831	102.179	105.138	121.607	100.104	99.981	100.092	100.004	102.142	101.187	100.133	100.111	100.128	100.072	100.624	99.824	100.182	99.846	100.061	99.864	102.349	123.033	99.81	98.974	98.641	98.299	98.281	98.154	97.814	97.676	97.934	101.406	98.324	98.218	97.77	97.739	97.489	97.847
Jules Bianchi
Adrian Sutil	109.101	101.84	101.298	100.963	101.282	101.051	101.359	102.94	119.134	99.407	100.2	100.046	99.761	100.108	100.005	100.074	99.916	100.516	100.826	99.393	99.616	100.388	99.985	99.793	99.818	101.033	103.504	117.687	97.367	97.692	97.608	97.538	97.815	98.182	98.159	97.872	97.792	97.655	97.58	97.393	97.417	98.458	97.964	97.995	97.875	98.105	98.241	99.349	99.182	101.986	104.626	101.449

Japanese Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1’34.587		44
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’34.650	0.063	46
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’35.020	0.433	52
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’35.317	0.730	39
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1’35.516	0.929	35
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	1’35.549	0.962	53
7	Sergio Perez	McLaren	1’35.845	1.258	46
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’35.877	1.290	39
9	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’35.895	1.308	52
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1’35.991	1.404	48
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1’36.482	1.895	33
12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1’36.499	1.912	50
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1’37.001	2.414	30
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1’37.367	2.780	29
15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1’37.407	2.820	41
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1’37.423	2.836	30
17	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1’37.489	2.902	51
18	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1’37.856	3.269	43
19	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1’38.713	4.126	45
20	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’41.202	6.615	3

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15 comments on “2013 Japanese Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps”

Candice
13th October 2013, 17:23
Newey should be knighted…..
1. MNM101 (@mnm101)
  13th October 2013, 17:26
  He was, and one man doesn’t win races and championships. It takes a team and a lot of effort, sweat blood and tears
  1. Jake (@jakehardyf1)
    13th October 2013, 23:24
    No he wasnt? He is OBE.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
13th October 2013, 17:51
Shows how well the Lotus manages its tyres… wonder if they could’ve done that middle stint far longer considering it was clear Mark was going to stop 3 times.
1. Rousseau (@orpheu)
  13th October 2013, 18:21
  I don’t hide the fact that i am a Kimi fan but I wonder if he was in the same position as Romain maybe Vettel couldn’t win (or at least with that advantage). But of course GRO made a great effort in quali and the start but he still lack in terms of race pace
  1. MNM101 (@mnm101)
    13th October 2013, 18:27
    I don’t think he lacks anything in race pace, the Red Bulls were just too strong
    1. ljgw
      14th October 2013, 21:55
      Immensely strong. Vettels second stint – laps 16-36 – was incredible – he just got faster and faster, to the point that even on tyres 15 laps old he was he was barely any slower than Grosjean who came out on a new set. From that he dominated. Oh – with more help from a handy 2 second advantage on each of his pit laps.
2. Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
  13th October 2013, 22:02
  @fer-no65 there was no real interest to make it longer as the medium were strong enough to hold to the finish line … And the longer the middle stint, the more vulnerable he was to Webber. With hindsights the only thing Lotus could have done (and should have) is extend the first stint. But not always easy to cover 2 different tactics at the same time and they got caught …
  1. Mr win or lose
    13th October 2013, 22:09
    They should probably have covered one of the Red Bulls, not both.
Tom (@newdecade)
13th October 2013, 18:38
Huge disappointment Lewis wasn’t in the mix for this, I reckon he would have easily claimed 4th, maybe fought for the podium, but we’ll never know. Could have made Red Bull work twice as hard on their strategies. Oh well such is racing.
DaveW (@dmw)
13th October 2013, 19:52
You can see how Grosjean’s poor pace in stint three was due to his earlier stop. Basically, Lotus didn’t cover Webber, and didn’t try to go long in the middle to cover Vettel. Their strategy fell between two stools. His only approach after this late early-stop was to try to preserve the tires and beat Webber’s three-stop by defensive driving at the end but still be quick enough to keep Vettel from jumping. You can’t drive fast and slow at the same time. They got rope-a-doped by RBR. It would have been a different story if Kimi was up front to help.
1. zotje
  13th October 2013, 20:17
  They were trying to cover a potential undercut by Vettel. At the time Grosjean pitted, Vettel was 0.8s behind him. Should he have stayed out and Vettel pitted, that gap likely wouldn’t have been enough to maintain track position if they pitted the next lap.
Fernando Cruz
14th October 2013, 17:21
Pic has a faster best lap than Bottas. Well, I’m glad Bruno Senna couldn’t stay with Williams. Had he achieved to go to Force India he wouldn’t do worse than Sutil or Di Resta but with this poor Williams he wouldn’t go anywhere. It is better to win races in the WEC…
patriots_fan (@f1007)
14th October 2013, 22:53
well these charts explain why mark was little upset about the strategy, which seemed to have favored vettel. Both had same laptimes, no one had significant drop-off for one to have 1 less stop. Clearly after seeing i am convinced redbull favored vettel. Well they can favor one but don’t give mark used up his tyres non-sense.
P
15th October 2013, 0:28
Rosberg got a drive through for unsafe release. Massa got one for speeding in the pit lane.