F1 2013 PS3 Career Season 1

2013 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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This is a Championship where online racer and Virtual Grand Prix participant Bradley Downton uses the F1 2013 game for a career mode. This is the first season where Downton joined Sauber, taking the place of Esteban Gutierrez.

The season features all the other drivers, cars and circuits from the 2013 season.

Sebastian Vettel started the season as defending World Drivers' Champion while his team, Red Bull Racing, started the seaosn as defending World Constructors' Champions.

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race drivers	Rounds
Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault	RB9	Renault RS27-2013	P	1	Sebastian Vettel	1–4
					2	Mark Webber	1–4
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F138	Ferrari Type 056	P	3	Fernando Alonso	1–4
					4	Felipe Massa	1–4
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-28	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	5	Jenson Button	1–4
					6	Sergio Pérez	1–4
Lotus F1 Team	Lotus-Renault	E21	Renault RS27-2013	P	7	Kimi Räikkönen	1–4
					8	Romain Grosjean	1–4
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W04	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	9	Nico Rosberg	1–4
					10	Lewis Hamilton	1–4
Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari	C32	Ferrari Type 056	P	11	Nico Hülkenberg	1–4
					12	Bradley Downton	1–4
Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	VJM06	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	14	Paul di Resta	1–4
					15	Adrian Sutil	1–4
Williams F1 Team	Williams-Renault	FW35	Renault RS27-2013	P	16	Pastor Maldonado	1–4
					17	Valtteri Bottas	1–4
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR8	Ferrari Type 056	P	18	Jean-Éric Vergne	1–4
					19	Daniel Ricciardo	1–4
Caterham F1 Team	Caterham-Renault	CT03	Renault RS27-2013	P	20	Charles Pic	1–4
					21	Giedo van der Garde	1–4
Marussia F1 Team	Marussia-Cosworth	MR02	Cosworth CA2013	P	22	Jules Bianchi	1–4
					23	Max Chilton	1–4

Season report

Australia

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid 1 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.391 (6) 1:25.090 (3) 1:24.913 (1) 1 2 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.496 (8) 1:25.003 (2) 1:25.124 (2) 2 3 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.150 (2) 1:24.956 (1) 1:25.160 (3) 3 4 12 Bradley Downton Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.309 (14) 1:25.791 (10) 1:25.583 (4) 4 5 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:25.880 (1) 1:25.325 (5) 1:25.603 (5) 5 6 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.236 (4) 1:25.503 (7) 1:25.827 (6) 6 7 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.402 (7) 1:25.615 (9) 1:25.853 (7) 7 8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.758 (11) 1:25.091 (4) 1:26.166 (8) 8 9 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.169 (3) 1:25.415 (6) 1:26.185 (9) 9 10 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.471 (16) 1:25.533 (8) 1:26.201 (10) 10 11 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:26.758 (12) 1:26.269 (11) No Time 11 12 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:26.326 (5) 1:26.328 (12) No Time 12 13 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:27.336 (15) 1:26.508 (13) No Time 13 14 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:26.587 (10) 1:26.623 (14) No Time 14 15 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:26.770 (13) 1:26.625 (15) No Time 15 16 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:26.586 (9) 1:26.686 (16) No Time 16 17 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:27.511 (17) No Time No Time 17 18 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:28.000 (18) No Time No Time 18 19 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:28.401 (19) No Time No Time 19 20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:28.542 (20) No Time No Time 20 21 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:28.954 (21) No Time No Time 21 107% time: 1:31.892 22 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault No Time (22) No Time No Time 22

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Bradley Downton Sauber-Ferrari 58 1:29:11.244 4 25 2 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 58 +12.137 2 18 3 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 58 +31.429 9 15 4 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 58 +57.412 1 12 5 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 58 +57.694 8 10 6 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 +1:09.626 6 8 7 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 58 +1:38.328 7 6 8 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 12 4 9 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 57 +1 Lap 11 2 10 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 57 +1 Lap 15 1 11 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 13 12 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 17 13 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 56 +2 Laps 20 14 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 56 +2 Laps 21 15 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 55 +3 Laps 19 Ret 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 18 Electrical 16 Ret 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 8 Spun off 22 Ret 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 7 Collision 18 Ret 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 7 Collision 3 Ret 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 7 Collision 5 Ret 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 3 Collision 10 Ret 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 3 Collision 14 Fastest Lap F.L 12 Bradley Downton Sauber-Ferrari 49 1:26.883

Malaysia

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid 1 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:37.284 (5) 1:36.486 (4) 1:49.864 (1) 1 2 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:36.721 (2) 1:36.329 (2) 1:49.917 (2) 2 3 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:36.586 (1) 1:36.186 (1) 1:50.167 (3) 3 4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:37.243 (4) 1:36.614 (5) 1:50.189 (4) 4 5 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:37.355 (6) 1:36.474 (3) 1:51.351 (5) 5 6 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.866 (3) 1:36.818 (7) 1:52.013 (6) 6 7 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.579 (7) 1:37.062 (8) 1:52.812 (7) 7 8 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.907 (15) 1:37.106 (9) 1:53.468 (8) 8 9 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.634 (8) 1:37.227 (10) 1:53.983 (9) 9 10 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:38.225 (10) 1:36.788 (6) 1:54.018 (10) 10 11 12 Bradley Downton Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.984 (9) 1:37.641 (11) No Time 11 12 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:38.510 (11) 1:38.436 (12) No Time 12 13 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:38.779 (12) 1:38.460 (13) No Time 13 14 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.075 (16) 1:38.565 (14) No Time 14 15 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.824 (13) 1:39.051 (15) No Time 15 16 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.840 (14) 1:39.182 (16) No Time 16 17 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:39.136 (17) No Time No Time 17 18 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.818 (18) No Time No Time 18 19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:41.148 (19) No Time No Time 19 20 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:41.355 (20) No Time No Time 20 21 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.748 (21) No Time No Time 21 107% time: 1:43.347 22 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault No Time (22) No Time No Time 22

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 1:39:44.454 2 25 2 12 Bradley Downton Sauber-Ferrari 56 +14.036 11 18 3 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56 +23.142 8 15 4 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 +26.570 1 12 5 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 56 +38.694 10 10 6 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +39.229 6 8 7 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56 +44.805 4 6 8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 56 +47.609 5 4 9 6 Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 56 +51.421 7 2 10 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 +56.254 3 1 11 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 13 12 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 12 13 18 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 15 14 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 55 +1 Lap 17 15 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 +1 Lap 14 16 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 54 +2 Laps 18 17 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 54 +2 Laps 20 18 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 53 +3 Laps 19 19 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 53 +3 Laps 21 Ret 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 44 Brake failure 22 Ret 19 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 43 Hydraulics 16 Ret 11 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 35 Puncture damage 10 Fastest Lap F.L 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 1:37.021

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner	Second place	Third place
1	Australian Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg	Bradley Downton	Bradley Downton	Fernando Alonso	Jenson Button
		Mercedes	Sauber-Ferrari	Sauber-Ferrari	Ferrari	McLaren-Mercedes
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg	Fernando Alonso	Lewis Hamilton	Bradley Downton	Jenson Button
		Mercedes	Ferrari	Mercedes	Sauber-Ferrari	McLaren-Mercedes
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Sergio Perez	Romain Grosjean
		Mercedes	Mercedes	Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	Lotus-Renault
4	Bahrain Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg	Mark Webber	Nico Rosberg	Sergio Perez
		Mercedes	Mercedes	Red Bull-Renault	Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes
5	Spanish Grand Prix
6	Monaco Grand Prix
7	Canadian Grand Prix
8	British Grand Prix
9	German Grand Prix
10	Hungarian Grand Prix
11	Belgian Grand Prix
12	Italian Grand Prix
13	Singapore Grand Prix
14	Korean Grand Prix
15	Japanese Grand Prix
16	Indian Grand Prix
17	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
18	United States Grand Prix
19	Brazilian Grand Prix

Drivers' standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos. Driver AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU USA BRA Points 1 Bradley Downton 1 2 4 5 65 2 Lewis Hamilton Ret 1 1 6 58 3 Romain Grosjean 5 5 3 4 47 4 Nico Rosberg 4 4 Ret 2 42 5 Sergio Pérez Ret 9 2 3 35 6 Mark Webber 9 7 Ret 1 33 7 Jenson Button 3 3 Ret Ret 30 8 Fernando Alonso 2 10 Ret 7 25 9 Nico Hülkenberg 7 Ret 5 Ret 16 10 Felipe Massa 6 6 Ret Ret 16 11 Kimi Räikkönen Ret 8 6 9 14 12 Pastor Maldonado Ret 15 7 10 7 13 Adrian Sutil 8 11 9 11 6 14 Paul di Resta 10 12 Ret 8 5 15 Daniel Ricciardo 12 Ret 8 12 4 16 Valtteri Bottas Ret 14 10 14 1 17 Jean-Éric Vergne 11 13 Ret 13 0 18 Charles Pic 14 17 11 18 0 19 Jules Bianchi 15 16 12 17 0 20 Giedo van der Garde 13 18 13 16 0 21 Max Chilton Ret 19 14 15 0 - Sebastian Vettel Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Pos. Driver AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU USA BRA Points Notes: † — Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Constructors standings Pos. Constructor Car No. AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU USA BRA Points 1 Mercedes 9 4 4 Ret 2 100 10 Ret 1 1 6 2 Sauber-Ferrari 11 7 Ret 5 Ret 81 12 1 2 4 5 3 McLaren-Mercedes 5 3 3 Ret Ret 65 6 Ret 9 2 3 4 Lotus-Renault 7 Ret 8 6 9 61 8 5 5 3 4 5 Ferrari 3 2 10 Ret 7 41 4 6 6 Ret Ret 6 Red Bull-Renault 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 33 2 9 7 Ret 1 7 Force India-Mercedes 14 10 12 Ret 8 11 15 8 11 9 11 8 Williams-Renault 16 Ret 15 7 10 8 17 Ret 14 10 14 9 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18 11 13 Ret 13 4 19 12 Ret 8 12 10 Caterham-Renault 20 14 17 11 18 0 21 13 18 13 16 11 Marussia-Cosworth 22 15 16 12 17 0 23 Ret 19 14 15 Pos. Constructor Car No. AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU USA BRA Points Notes: † — Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.