2013 Malaysian Grand Prix
The 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Selangor on 24 March 2013 before 90,000 people. It was the second round of the 2013 Formula One World Championship, and the 15th Formula One Malaysian race. Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the 56-lap race from pole position. His teammate Mark Webber finished second, and Lewis Hamilton was third for the Mercedes team.
The Sepang International Circuit (pictured in 2016), where the race was held
Nico Hülkenberg was given a new C32 chassis by the Sauber team.
During the first practice session, Kimi Räikkönen was restricted due to a kinetic energy recovery system battery change.
Sebastian Vettel took his second pole position of the season and the 38th of his career.
2013 Formula One World Championship
The 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 67th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 64th FIA Formula One World Championship, a motor racing series for Formula One cars, recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) – the governing body of motorsport – as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Eleven teams and twenty-three drivers contested the nineteen Grands Prix that made up the calendar for the 2013 season, with the winning driver being crowned the World Drivers' Champion and the winning team the World Constructors' Champions. The season started in Australia on 17 March 2013 and ended in Brazil on 24 November 2013.
Lewis Hamilton—seen here at the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix—left McLaren to join the Mercedes works team in 2013.
Sebastian Vettel defies team orders to overtake teammate Mark Webber in Malaysia.
Mark Webber finished in 3rd place in his final year in Formula One.
Image: Sebastian Vettel 2012 Bahrain GP
