2013 Canadian Grand Prix

2013 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One World Championship
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Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details
Date 9 June 2013
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013[1]
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather Mild with temperatures approaching 23 °C (73 °F); wind speeds up to 15 kilometres per hour (9.3 mph)[2]
Pole position
Driver Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:25.425
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:16.182 on lap 69
Podium
First Red Bull-Renault
Second Ferrari
Third Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2013 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 9 June 2013 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] The race was the seventh round of the 2013 season, and marked the 50th running of the Canadian Grand Prix.

After taking pole position, Sebastian Vettel took his and Red Bull's first victory at the Canadian Grand Prix, just over 14 seconds ahead of second-placed Fernando Alonso.[4]

The event was marred by the death of track marshal Mark Robinson,[5][6] who was run over by a recovery vehicle. The accident happened while marshals were removing the Sauber of Esteban Gutiérrez after the Mexican had spun off during the closing stages of the race. Robinson died later in hospital,[7] and became the first trackside death in Formula One since that of marshal Graham Beveridge at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b "2013 Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Weather information for the "2013 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. ^ "FIA Formula One calendar". FIA.com. Fedération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Sebastian Vettel wins in Canada in grand prix marred by marshal's death". The Guardian. 9 June 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Friends describe F1 marshal killed at Grand Prix as a major racing fan". CTV News. CTV Television Network. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  6. ^ "World auto-racing body identifies man killed at Canadian Grand Prix". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The Canadian Press. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Motor racing-Marshall killed at Canadian Grand Prix". Chicago Tribune. 9 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.