Round 16 · 2011

Korean Grand Prix

CircuitKorean International CircuitLocationSeoul, South KoreaDates14 Oct – 16 Oct 2011Final

WinnerVETRed Bull Racing · from P2

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:39.605Vettel · L55

Most laps led52Vettel

Biggest gain+6Barrichello P18→P12

Retirements3of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2	+1	55	1:38:01.994 FL	2	25
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1	-1	55	+12.020	2	18
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	4	+1	55	+12.480	2	15
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	3	-1	55	+14.690	2	12
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	6	+1	55	+15.690	2	10
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	5	-1	55	+25.130	2	8
7	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	11	+4	55	+49.540	2	6
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	7	-1	55	+54.050	2	4
9	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	13	+4	55	+1:02.760	2	2
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	9	-1	55	+1:08.600	2	1
11	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	10	-1	55	+1:11.230	2
12	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	18	+6	55	+1:33.070	2
13	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	15	+2	54	+1 lap	2
14	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	19	+5	54	+1 lap	2
15	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	14	-1	54	+1 lap	3
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	17	+1	54	+1 lap	3
17	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	20	+3	54	+1 lap	2
18	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+3	54	+1 lap	2
19	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	24	+5	54	+1 lap	2
20	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22	+2	54	+1 lap	2
21	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	23	+2	52	+3 laps	3
—	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	12		15	DNF · L15	1
—	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	8		16	DNF · L16	2
—	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	16		30	DNF · L30	4

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	14
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	12
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	14
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	11
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	16
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	11
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	12
8	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	—	—	—	19
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	16
10	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	—	—	—	14
11	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	11
12	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	9
13	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	11
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	13
15	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	—	—	—	14
16	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	8
17	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	14
18	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	—	—	—	4
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	—	—	—	6
20	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	—	—	—	6
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	7
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8
23	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	—	—	—	8
24	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	—	—	—	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:36.910	18
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:37.199	18
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:37.723	23
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:38.029	21
5	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:38.434	18
6	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:39.559	23
7	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:39.612	20
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:39.660	22
9	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:39.695	22
10	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:39.743	25
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:39.847	22
12	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:39.851	20
13	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:39.964	21
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:40.005	17
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:40.030	18
16	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	1:40.451	19
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:40.529	20
18	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:40.711	22
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:41.909	18
20	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:41.945	13
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.275	19
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:44.377	16
23	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	1:44.421	22
24	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	1:45.143	11

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:50.828	26
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:50.932	19
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:52.646	30
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:52.774	25
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:53.049	27
6	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:53.402	25
7	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:53.707	24
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:53.914	18
9	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:53.948	27
10	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:53.957	32
11	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	1:54.200	26
12	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:54.392	26
13	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:54.831	30
14	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:54.965	21
15	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	1:55.187	28
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:55.203	24
17	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:55.544	23
18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:56.067	22
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:56.669	20
20	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:57.173	19
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:58.269	25
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:59.458	26
23	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	1:59.958	19
24	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	HRT	2:00.165	20

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	2:02.784	10
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2:02.840	8
3	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	2:02.912	12
4	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	2:03.141	12
5	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	2:03.182	9
6	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	2:03.292	13
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2:03.391	6
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	2:04.311	12
9	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	2:04.797	8
10	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2:05.183	5
11	Karun Chandhok CHN	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	2:06.350	11
12	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	2:06.852	11
13	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	2:07.541	9
14	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	2:08.218	5
15	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	2:08.832	14
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	HRT	2:09.232	14
17	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	2:12.658	7
18	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	2:14.508	4
19	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	1
20	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	5
21	Bruno Senna SEN	Lotus Renault GP	—	1
22	Vitaly Petrov PET	Lotus Renault GP	—	1
23	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	—	1
24	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	1

Session schedule

Practice 1Final14 Oct 2011 01:00 UTC

Practice 2Final14 Oct 2011 05:00 UTC

Practice 3Final15 Oct 2011 02:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal15 Oct 2011 05:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal16 Oct 2011 06:00 UTC

Championship after round 16

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	349
2	Jenson Button BUT	222
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	212
4	Mark Webber WEB	209
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	196
6	Felipe Massa MAS	98
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	67
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	60

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Red Bull Racing	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Mark Webber WEB
Ferrari	Felipe Massa MAS	—	Fernando Alonso ALO
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg ROS	—	Michael Schumacher SCH
Lotus Renault GP	Vitaly Petrov PET	—	Bruno Senna SEN
Force India	Paul di Resta DIR	—	Adrian Sutil SUT
Toro Rosso	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	—	Sebastien Buemi BUE
Sauber	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Williams	Pastor Maldonado MAL	—	Rubens Barrichello BAR
Lotus Racing (2010–11)	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	—	Jarno Trulli TRU
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Timo Glock GLO	—	Jerome d'Ambrosio DAM
HRT	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2010	Korean Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3