After a difficult qualifying where the Williams F1 team would see their drivers finish in sixteenth and seventeenth with Valtteri Bottas ahead of team-mate Pastor Maldonado, the team would prepare for the start of the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. The weather conditions had improved with the sun out but it was still overcast. The Williams team was hoping to finish the race scoring points. On pole was Vettel followed by Webber, Hamilton, Massa, Alonso, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Grosjean, Di Resta, and Button tenth. Hulkenberg would not start the race with fuel systems issues. The top ten drivers would all be starting on the super soft tyre which may see drivers make early pit stops. There would be two DRS zones for the race as the grid
emptied.

The grid would move off with Valtteri on the super soft tyre and Pastor the medium. Williams was splitting their strategy for this race. Also on the medium tyre were Perez and Ricciardo. The grid would form up and the lights would go out and it would be Vettel leading with Massa up to second. A poor start from Webber while for Williams Valtteri was fourteenth and Pastor fifteenth. Alonso was now third from Hamilton and Raikkonen. Valtteri had passed Verge to now be thirteenth. Webber was in seventh behind Rosberg. Raikkonen had passed Hamilton for fourth with Sutil on the mediums in tenth. Pastor had dropped to seventeenth while on lap five Button would pit taking on medium tyres. On this lap Valtteri and Pastor were now fourteenth and fifteenth. At the front Massa was closing in onto Vettel as on lap six Webber would pit along with Grosjean, and Gutierrez for Sauber.

Valtteri would pit on lap seven joined by Chilton for Marussia. Vettel would pit on lap eight taking on medium tyres and a front wing adjustment. Vettel would come back out behind Pastor who was running tenth. Lap nine and Massa would pit for mediums joined by Di Resta. Vettel had passed Pastor while Massa came back out behind the Williams. With the stops Sutil is up to fifth with Perez sixth, Vergne seventh, Vettel comes through in eighth, Maldonado ninth and Massa tenth. Alonso and Raikkonen would pit on lap ten. Pastor would take to the grass at Turn one. Pastor would pit on lap eleven taking on another set of medium tyres dropping to seventeenth Hamilton was now leading from Rosberg, Sutil, Vettel, Massa, and Perez. Valtteri was now sixteenth and not looking like they would move forward from the lower order positions. Hamilton would pit on lap fourteen while team-mate Rosberg would pit the next lap.

Ricciardo would make his first stop pitting from fourteenth on lap sixteen. Perez would also pit on lap seventeen taking on super softs while at the front Sutil was now leading but yet to stop. Vettel was second followed by Massa, Alonso, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Rosberg, Button, Webber, and Di Resta tenth. Valtteri and Bottas were fifteenth and sixteenth. Webber would pit again on lap nineteen taking on medium tyres rejoining in seventeenth. He would split the two Williams drivers as Grosjean pitted on lap twenty. Alonso would pit also taking on medium tyres, joined by Button. Sutil would pit from the lead on lap twenty one with Vettel following him in. Alonso would pass Sutil at Turn one as the Force India came out of the pits. Massa was now leading from Raikkonen and Hamilton.

Vettel would pass Sutil under braking while on lap twenty four Massa would pit. Raikkonen was now leading from Hamilton and Rosberg. Valtteri was now fifteenth and Pastor was down in sixteenth. But Valtteri would pit on lap twenty five following Vergne in. But Pastor his race would end when he found himself going backwards and into the gravel. Reports had Pastor putting a wheel off onto the grass causing his spin. Rosberg would pull off the track at Turn four to retire with a technical issue. Valtteri was now in seventeenth but he would move up the order as other drivers pitted to be fourteenth. There were now a few spots of rain on the circuit as Raikkonen led from Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel, Sutil, Massa, Di Resta, Webber, Ricciardo, and Button tenth. Alonso was now attacking second placed Hamilton and the Ferrari would finally get past as Hamilton dived into the pits returning in seventh.

Lap thirty seven and Massa would pit from fourth coming back out in sixth. At the front Alonso was leading from Sutil and Vettel. Vettel would pit on lap thirty eight coming back out behind Hamilton. Button and Grosjean would pit from eleventh and twelfth on lap thirty nine. Webber would also pit followed Alonso pitting from the lead to return in third. Sutil was now leading again from Raikkonen and Alonso, as Ricciardo retired in his pit. Valtteri had also pitted again as on lap forty two Perez would pit. Webber would pass Di Resta for eighth as on lap forty three Hamilton would pit coming back out in sixth. Raikkonen would move ahead of Sutil with Alonso third but closing in onto the Force India. Webber would pass Vergne for seventh while for Williams Valtteri was fourteenth and one lap down. Vergne would pit on lap forty six as Alonso continued to attacking Sutil passing him at Turn three.

Sutil would pit on lap forty seven taking on the super soft tyres. Lap fifty and Raikkonen was leading by 7.6 seconds from Alonso, Vettel, Massa, Sutil, Hamilton, Webber, Di Resta, Button, and Grosjean in tenth. Hamilton would pass Sutil as the Force India struggled on its super soft tyres. lap fifty three and Raikkonen continued to lead Alonso by 6.7 seconds with Vettel third. Valtteri was still fourteenth as the race drew to a close. On lap fifty six Raikkonen would set a new fastest lap telling Alonso that he was in control as the started his final lap. He would complete the lap taking victory in the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. Alonso was a distant second from Vettel, Massa, Hamilton, Webber, Sutil, Di Resta, Button, and Grosjean in tenth. For Williams it must have been a frustrating race with only one car finishing and that was well down the order. But at least Valtteri had completed his first race without incident.