| 2013 British Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 8 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One World Championship
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 Silverstone Circuit | |||||
| Race details[1][2][3] | |||||
| Date | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| Official name | 2013 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix | ||||
| Location | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.891 km (3.661 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 52 laps, 306.198 km (190.263[a] miles) | ||||
| Weather | Dry | ||||
| Attendance | 120,000 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:29.607 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:33.401 on lap 52 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2013 British Grand Prix (formally the 2013 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, England, United Kingdom, on 30 June 2013 before 120,000 spectators. It was the eighth round of the 2013 Formula One World Championship and the 64th British Grand Prix to be held as part of the series. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won the 52-lap race starting from second position. Mark Webber of the Red Bull team finished second and Fernando Alonso took third in a Ferrari.
Lewis Hamilton, Rosberg's teammate, won the pole position by setting the fastest lap in qualifying. He led for the first seven laps until his car's left-rear tyre failed on lap eight, promoting Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel to the lead. Two more left-rear tyre failures for Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Toro Rosso driver Jean-Éric Vergne led to race director Charlie Whiting deploying the safety car. The race was restarted at the end of lap 21 with Vettel leading. He led for the next 20 laps before a gearbox failure forced him to retire on the 41st lap and cause a second safety car deployment. Rosberg took the lead, and held off Webber for the rest of the race to achieve his second victory of the season and the third of his career.
A total of six tyre failures occurred during the race and supplier Pirelli modified them to make them less susceptible to punctures for the following German Grand Prix as a stop-gap solution before introducing a new tyre at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Pirelli investigated the incidents and concluded there was no single cause. As a result of the race, Alonso moved to within 21 points of the World Drivers' Championship leader Vettel. Kimi Räikkönen of the Lotus team finished fifth to remain in third and Hamilton maintained fourth place. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes overtook Ferrari, moving to within 48 points behind Red Bull with eleven rounds remaining in the season.
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