2013 NewF1 Series season

2013 NewF1 Series
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The 2013 NewF1 season is the 64th season of the Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognised by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. It was also officially recognised as the first season of the NewF1 Series. Twelve teams and twenty-four drivers contest the nineteen Grands Prix that make up the calendar for the 2013 season, with the winning driver being crowned the World Drivers' Champion and the winning team the World Constructors' Champions. The season started in Australia on 17 March 2013 and is planned to end in Brazil on 24 November 2013.

The 2013 season was the first to be referred to as NewF1, although the term is officially interchangeable with Formula One and F1. The new format brought in several rule changes, aimed at revamping motorsport and bringing more interest to junior categories. For the first time in history, the two bottom-placed teams in the season would be relegated to NewGP2 for the 2014 season, being replaced by the top two GP2 teams. The series brought about a number of other changes in format, mentioned later.

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault	1	Sebastian Vettel	1-	Sébastien Buemi António Félix da Costa
		2	Kamui Kobayashi	1-
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	3	Fernando Alonso	1-	Davide Rigon Marc Gené Pedro de la Rosa
		4	Felipe Massa	1-
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	5	Jenson Button	1-	Gary Paffett Oliver Turvey
		6	Mark Webber	1-
Lotus F1 Team	Lotus-Renault	7	Kimi Räikkönen	1-	Davide Valsecchi Giedo van der Garde
		8	Romain Grosjean	1-
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	9	Nico Rosberg	1-	Anthony Davidson Brendon Hartley
		10	Lewis Hamilton	1-
Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari	11	Nico Hülkenberg	1-	Esteban Gutiérrez Vitaly Petrov Christian Klien
		12	Timo Glock	1-
Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	14	Paul di Resta	1-	James Calado James Rossiter
		15	Adrian Sutil	1-
Williams F1 Team	Williams-Renault	16	Pastor Maldonado	1-	Susie Wolff Felipe Nasr
		17	Valteri Bottas	1-
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	1-	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
		19	Daniel Ricciardo	1-
Caterham F1 Team	Caterham-Renault	20	Heikki Kovalainen	1-	Alexander Rossi Ma Qinghua
		21	Charles Pic	1-
Marussia F1 Team	Marussia-Cosworth	22	Jules Bianchi	1-	Max Chilton Tom Dillmann Rodolfo González
		23	Sam Bird	1-
Scorpion Racing F1 Team	Scorpion-Cosworth	24	Kevin Magnussen	1-	Luca Badoer
		25	Sergio Pérez	1-