Quick reference guide to the 2013 F1 season

There’s just one more sleep until the 2013 Formula 1 season kicks off in earnest, so put up your hand if you’re a bit excited!

To help prepare you for what is sure to be another fascinating year in F1 we bring you this quick reference guide. We have the full entry list and numbers for all the drivers, plus links to our launch articles for all 11 teams. Very useful will be the coloured boxes which indicate which drivers will have a red grey camera atop their car and who will have yellow.

We’ve also included an introductory video from Pirelli explaining some of the changes they have made to their tyres for the season ahead. You can also download the full 2013 Pirelli Media Guide to really sink your teeth into the art of the black rubber.

And, finally, there’s a handy calendar with the start times for all 19 races converted to Australian Eastern time.

For easy reference be sure to save this link: ausm.tv/f1guide2013

2013 F1 calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Time*
1	March 17	AUSTRALIA	5:00pm
2	March 24	MALAYSIA	7:00pm
3	April 14	CHINA	5:00pm
4	April 21	BAHRAIN	10:00pm
5	May 12	SPAIN	10:00pm
6	May 26	MONACO	10:00pm
7	June 9	CANADA	4:00am (Monday)
8	June 30	GREAT BRITAIN	10:00pm
9	July 7	GERMANY	10:00pm
10	July 28	HUNGARY	10:00pm
11	August 25	BELGIUM	10:00pm
12	September 8	ITALY	10:00pm
13	September 22	SINGAPORE	10:00pm
14	October 6	KOREA	5:00pm
15	October 13	JAPAN	5:00pm
16	October 27	INDIA	8:30pm
17	November 3	ABU DHABI	Midnight
18	November 17	USA	6:00am (Monday)
19	November 24	BRAZIL	3:00am (Monday)
		Correct as at 13.3.13	*Australian Eastern

2013 F1 entry list

No.	Driver	Country	Team	Engine
1	Sebastian Vettel	GER	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Renault
2	Mark Webber	AUS	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Renault
3	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari
4	Felipe Massa	BRA	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari
5	Jenson Button	GBR	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	Mercedes
6	Sergio Perez	MEX	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	Mercedes
7	Kimi Raikkonen	FIN	Lotus F1 Team	Renualt
8	Romain Grosjean	FRA	Lotus F1 Team	Renualt
9	Nico Rosberg	GER	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes
10	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes
11	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	Sauber F1 Team	Ferrari
12	Esteban Gutierrez	MEX	Sauber F1 Team	Ferrari
14	Paul di Resta	GBR	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Mercedes
15	Adrian Sutil	GER	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Mercedes
16	Pastor Maldonado	VEN	Williams F1 Team	Renault
17	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Williams F1 Team	Renault
18	Jean-Eric Vergne	FRA	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Ferrari
19	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Ferrari
20	Charles Pic	FRA	Caterham F1 Team	Renault
21	Giedo van der Garde	NED	Caterham F1 Team	Renault
22	Jules Bianchi	FRA	Marussia F1 Team	Cosworth
23	Max Chilton	GBR	Marussia F1 Team	Cosworth

Infiniti Red Bull Racing

Chassis: RB9

1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) â–ˆ VET
2. Mark Webber (AUS) â–ˆ WEB

Scuderia Ferrari

Chassis: F138

3. Fernando Alonso (ESP) â–ˆ ALO
4. Felipe Massa (BRA) â–ˆ MAS

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

Chassis: MP4-28

5. Jenson Button (GBR) â–ˆ BUT
6. Sergio Perez (MEX) â–ˆ PER

Lotus F1 Team

Chassis: E21

7. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) â–ˆ RAI
8. Romain Grosjean (FRA) â–ˆ GRO

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team

Chassis: F1 W04

9. Nico Rosberg (GER) â–ˆ ROS
10. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) â–ˆ HAM

Sauber F1 Team

Chassis: C32

11. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) â–ˆ HUL
12. Esteban Gutierrez (MEX) █ GUT

Sahara Force India F1 Team

Chassis: VJM06

14. Paul di Resta (GBR) â–ˆ DIR
15. Adrian Sutil (GER) â–ˆ SUT

Williams F1 Team

Chassis: FW35

16. Pastor Maldonado (ESP) â–ˆ MAL
17. Valtterri Bottas (FIN) â–ˆ BOT

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Chassis: STR8

18. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) â–ˆ VER
19. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) â–ˆ RIC

Caterham F1 Team

Chassis: CT03

20. Charles Pic (FRA) â–ˆ PIC
21. Giedo van der Garde (NED) █ VDG

Marussia F1 Team

Chassis: MR02

22. Jules Bianchi (FRA) â–ˆ BIA
23. Max Chilton (GBR) â–ˆ CHI

2013 Pirelli tyres

What’s new for 2013?

While the tyre rules imposed by the sport’s governing body remain exactly the same for 2013, with no aspect of the regulations altered, Pirelli has been able to make some far-reaching evolutions to the tyres – amounting to the biggest set of changes since the company entered Formula One.

A new colour
Visibly, the biggest difference is the new colour for the hard tyre, which will now be known as the P Zero Orange, changing from Silver. This will help viewers distinguish the hard compound more easily from the White medium compound when both are used together.

New compounds
All the compounds are generally softer, which leads to enhanced performance and a deliberately higher degree of degradation, with increased thermal degradation in particular. This should ensure a minimum of two pit stops at each race.

New structures
The new structures have been designed with a different philosophy and new materials that increase the footprint of the tyre, allowing more rubber to be in contact with the track and leading to better performance – particularly when it comes to combined traction and cornering. Secondly, it means that temperatures are more evenly distributed across the whole surface of the tyre, meaning that there is no localized heat build-up that can lead to blistering.

Wider working range
As a result of the modifications the 2013 tyres are generally easier to bring up to temperature and they have a more varied working range, making them more easily adaptable to a bigger variety of set-ups. Generally speaking, the hard and the soft tyre have a high working range, while the medium and the supersoft have a low working range. This should help the teams to understand the tyres – and how they interact with their cars – faster.

Bigger performance gaps between compounds
The different compounds will lead to an increased gap in performance between the compounds – even though they are all generally softer. The tyres have been engineered to provide a time difference of at least half a second per lap between each compound, whereas on occasions it was less than that last year. The bigger gap will make strategy all the more important, with more to gain by being on the right tyre at the right time.

More driveability in the wet
Both the Cinturato tyres have changed as well, with the construction of the rear tyres re-engineered in particular, so that they provide more progressive traction and better warm-up in wet conditions. This helps to reduce snap oversteer and so makes the handling of the car more linear.

Increased weight
The new construction means that the weight of the tyres has increased slightly, but not enough to affect the performance of the cars. On average, each front tyre now weighs around 200 grams more than it did last year while each rear tyre is 700 grams heavier, meaning that approximately two kilograms have been added to the overall weight of a set of tyres. However, the overall minimum weight of the car has been adjusted in the 2013 technical regulations to compensate for this.

More overtaking
The increased thermal degradation means that there will be more significant difference in speeds between different cars at different points in the race. This makes overtaking easier, and places the emphasis on an effective race strategy.

Download

• 2013 Pirelli Media Guide (1.3mb PDF)