Kimi Räikkönen's victory was the last Formula One win for a non-Mercedes, Ferrari, or Red Bull driver for 147 races, until 2020.
Key Facts
- Race winner
- Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus)
- Championship round
- Opening round of 2013 F1 World Championship
- Australian GP edition
- 78th in combined history
- Times held at Melbourne circuit
- 18th
- Races until next outsider win
- 147 races later (2020 Italian GP)
- Notable debut
- Valtteri Bottas made his F1 debut in this race
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 2013 Formula One season opened at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park, continuing the long-standing tradition of Australia hosting the season opener. Teams including Lotus, Ferrari, and Red Bull entered with competitive machinery after the 2012 season's close title fight.
On 17 March 2013, Kimi Räikkönen won the race driving for Lotus, with Fernando Alonso finishing second and Sebastian Vettel third. The race was the 78th Australian Grand Prix overall and the 18th held at Melbourne's Albert Park circuit.
Räikkönen's win proved historically significant: it was Lotus's final Formula One victory, and no driver outside Mercedes, Ferrari, or Red Bull would win again for 147 races until Pierre Gasly's 2020 Italian Grand Prix triumph. Räikkönen also led the Drivers' Championship standings for the last time before his 2021 retirement.