Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2013-04-14
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:34.484 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) joined the front row, 0.277s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) third on the grid. Nico Hülkenberg (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Paul di Resta (Force India) missed the cut by 0.026s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.777s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:35.793 | 1:35.078 | 1:34.484 | 1:34.484 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:37.046 | 1:35.659 | 1:34.761 | +0.277 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:36.253 | 1:35.148 | 1:34.788 | +0.304 |
| 4 |
| 6Nico Rosberg |
| Mercedes |
| 1:35.959 |
| 1:35.537 |
| 1:34.861 |
| +0.377 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.972 | 1:35.403 | 1:34.933 | +0.449 |
| 6 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:36.929 | 1:36.065 | 1:35.364 | +0.880 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:36.993 | 1:36.258 | 1:35.998 | +1.514 |
| 8 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:36.667 | 1:35.784 | 2:05.673 | +31.189 |
| 9 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.537 | 1:35.343 | — | +0.859 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 1:36.985 | 1:36.261 | — | +1.777 |
| 11 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:37.478 | 1:36.287 | — | +1.803 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | McLaren | 1:36.952 | 1:36.314 | — | +1.830 |
| 13 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:37.349 | 1:36.405 | — | +1.921 |
| 14 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:36.148 | 1:36.679 | — | +2.195 |
| 15 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:37.281 | 1:37.139 | — | +2.655 |
| 16 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:37.508 | 1:37.199 | — | +2.715 |
| 17 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:37.769 | — | — | +3.285 |
| 18 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:37.990 | — | — | +3.506 |
| 19 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:38.780 | — | — | +4.296 |
| 20 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:39.537 | — | — | +5.053 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 1:39.614 | — | — | +5.130 |
| 22 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 1:39.660 | — | — | +5.176 |