Round 16 · 2012

Korean Grand Prix

CircuitKorean International CircuitLocationSeoul, South KoreaDates12 Oct – 14 Oct 2012Final

WinnerVETRed Bull Racing · from P2

PoleWEB

Fastest lap1:42.037Webber · L54

Most laps led40Vettel

Biggest gain+12Ricciardo P21→P9

Retirements4of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2	+1	55	1:36:28.651	2	25
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1	-1	55	+8.230 FL	2	18
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	4	+1	55	+13.940	2	15
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	6	+2	55	+20.170	2	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	5	0	55	+36.740	2	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	8	+2	55	+45.300	2	8
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	7	0	55	+54.810	2	6
8	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	16	+8	55	+1:09.590	2	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	21	+12	55	+1:11.790	2	2
10	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	3	-7	55	+1:19.690	3	1
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	12	+1	55	+1:20.060	2
12	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	14	+2	55	+1:24.450	2
13	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	10	-3	55	+1:29.240	2
14	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	15	+1	55	+1:34.920	1
15	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	17	+2	55	+1:36.900	2
16	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	18	+2	54	+1 lap	2
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	19	+2	54	+1 lap	2
18	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	+2	54	+1 lap	2
19	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	24	+5	53	+2 laps	2
20	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	23	+3	53	+2 laps	1
—	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	22		16	DNF · L16	1
—	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	11		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	9		1	DNF · L1	0
—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	13		16	DNF · L16	3

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	17
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	13
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	16
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	19
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	17
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	16
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	20
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	18
9	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	17
10	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	18
11	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	11
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	13
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	14
14	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	15
15	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	16
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	13
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	14
18	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	9
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	7
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	10
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	7
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	1

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:37.642	17
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:38.169	12
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:38.511	13
4	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:38.582	16
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:38.666	18
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:38.705	12
7	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:38.766	7
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:38.791	13
9	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:38.833	16
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:38.932	17
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:38.954	17
12	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:39.010	20
13	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:39.150	18
14	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:39.156	18
15	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:39.345	14
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:39.448	17
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:39.537	18
18	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:39.706	18
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:41.114	14
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:41.437	19
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.684	16
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.062	15
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:42.845	15
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:42.882	14

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:38.832	33
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:38.864	33
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:39.160	28
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:39.219	29
5	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:39.330	31
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:39.422	30
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:39.584	36
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:39.717	25
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:39.739	33
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:39.839	26
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:39.957	28
12	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:40.089	32
13	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:40.112	34
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:40.445	28
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:40.745	11
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:40.789	31
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:40.997	32
18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:41.200	33
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:41.602	23
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.596	28
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.066	21
22	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:43.067	22
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:43.869	36
24	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:44.533	24

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:39.148	23
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:39.450	21
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:39.575	21
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:39.854	23
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:40.088	21
6	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:40.221	21
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:40.396	24
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:40.422	22
9	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:40.440	19
10	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:40.480	21
11	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:40.929	14
12	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:41.048	25
13	Jules Bianchi BIA	Force India	1:41.140	21
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:41.220	19
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:41.514	20
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:41.596	23
17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:42.021	25
18	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:42.027	23
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:42.104	24
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.175	13
21	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.706	22
22	Giedo van der Garde VDG	Caterham	1:42.820	19
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:44.517	23
24	Dani Clos CLO	HRT	1:45.735	22

Session schedule

Practice 1Final12 Oct 2012 01:00 UTC

Practice 2Final12 Oct 2012 05:00 UTC

Practice 3Final13 Oct 2012 02:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal13 Oct 2012 05:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal14 Oct 2012 06:00 UTC

Championship after round 16

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	215	▲1
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	209	▼1
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	167
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	153
5	Mark Webber WEB	152
6	Jenson Button BUT	131
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	93
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	88

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Red Bull Racing	Mark Webber WEB	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Lotus F1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Force India	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Paul di Resta DIR
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg ROS	—	Michael Schumacher SCH
Sauber	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB
Williams	Pastor Maldonado MAL	—	Bruno Senna SEN
Toro Rosso	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Jean-Eric Vergne VER
Caterham	Vitaly Petrov PET	—	Heikki Kovalainen KOV
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Charles Pic PIC	—	Timo Glock GLO
HRT	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2011	Korean Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2
2010	Korean Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3