The W04 was undoubtedly fast, and between Hamilton and Nico Rosberg had taken six of the season’s nine pole positions at that time. However, the Mercedes W04 was a far cry from the juggernauts that its turbo-hybrid successors would be. One thing that will be familiar for today’s F1 viewers is that the 2013 German Grand Prix started with Hamilton on pole for Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (Wolfgang Wilhelm / Mercedes AMG) As for Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and George Russell, they were all still in karts. Meanwhile, Bottas was a rookie at Williams, Perez was enduring his ill-fated McLaren season, and Ricciardo was still cutting his teeth in a Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso before his Red Bull break a year later.Īs for F1’s current crop of drivers, the likes of Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon and Alex Albon were all racing in Formula Renault categories in 2013. Back then, Vettel was still the reigning champion at Red Bull-Renault, while his future Ferrari teammate Raikkonen was in the second year of his F1 comeback partnering Grosjean at Lotus. Of those that aren’t, Fernando Alonso will be returning next year, and it wasn’t that long since we last saw the likes of Felipe Massa, Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg either.īut of those seven drivers still in F1 today, only Hamilton at Mercedes is still with the same team as in 2013. There are seven drivers from 2013 that are still racing in F1 today: Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Valtteri Bottas, Daniel Ricciardo, Romain Grosjean and Sergio Perez (or eight, if you include Racing Point stand-in Nico Hulkenberg). Taking a quick glance down the grid, 2013 doesn’t look too far removed from present-day F1. As it’s been seven years since F1 last raced at the Ring, we’re throwing things back to its most recent visit-the 2013 German Grand Prix. This weekend Formula One heads to the mighty Nurburgring for the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix.
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