Six tyre failures and a dramatic safety car period defined this race, prompting Pirelli to modify its compounds for subsequent 2013 grands prix.
Key Facts
- Race winner
- Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
- Race laps
- 52 laps
- Spectators
- 120,000 people
- Championship round
- 8th of 2013 season
- Tyre failures
- 6 total during the race
- Rosberg career wins
- 3rd career victory
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Lewis Hamilton took pole position and led the opening laps, but a left-rear tyre failure on lap eight retired him from the lead. Further tyre failures for Felipe Massa and Jean-Éric Vergne prompted deployment of the safety car, exposing systemic fragility in Pirelli's tyre compounds under race conditions at Silverstone.
Nico Rosberg won the 52-lap 2013 British Grand Prix at Silverstone after championship leader Sebastian Vettel, who had inherited the lead, retired on lap 41 with a gearbox failure. Rosberg held off Mark Webber to secure victory, with Fernando Alonso completing the podium in third place for Ferrari.
Pirelli modified its tyre construction for the German Grand Prix as an interim fix and introduced an entirely new tyre at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Alonso closed to within 21 points of Vettel in the Drivers' Championship, and Mercedes overtook Ferrari in the Constructors' standings, moving to within 48 points of Red Bull.