Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2013-10-27
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2013 Indian Grand Prix with a 1:24.119 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.752s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Jenson Button (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.368s — pole to P10 — with Jenson Button (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.943 | 1:24.568 | 1:24.119 | 1:24.119 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:25.833 | 1:25.304 | 1:24.871 | +0.752 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:25.802 | 1:25.259 | 1:24.941 | +0.822 |
| 4 |
| Mark Webber |
| Red Bull |
| 1:25.665 |
| 1:25.097 |
| 1:25.047 |
| +0.928 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:25.793 | 1:25.389 | 1:25.201 | +1.082 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:25.819 | 1:25.191 | 1:25.248 | +1.129 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Sauber | 1:25.883 | 1:25.339 | 1:25.334 | +1.215 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.934 | 1:24.885 | 1:25.826 | +1.707 |
| 9 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | McLaren | 1:26.107 | 1:25.365 | 1:26.153 | +2.034 |
| 10 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:25.574 | 1:25.458 | 1:26.487 | +2.368 |
| 11 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:25.673 | 1:25.519 | — | +1.400 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:25.908 | 1:25.711 | — | +1.592 |
| 13 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:26.164 | 1:25.740 | — | +1.621 |
| 14 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:26.155 | 1:25.798 | — | +1.679 |
| 15 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:26.178 | 1:26.134 | — | +2.015 |
| 16 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:26.057 | 1:26.366 | — | +2.247 |
| 17 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:26.577 | — | — | +2.458 |
| 18 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.842 | — | — | +2.723 |
| 19 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:26.970 | — | — | +2.851 |
| 20 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 1:27.105 | — | — | +2.986 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 1:27.487 | — | — | +3.368 |
| 22 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:28.138 | — | — | +4.019 |