Race · Round 16 of 19 · 16 October 2011

2011 Korean Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from 2nd on the grid at Korea International Circuit. 3 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 19 °C, 0.1 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Korea International CircuitYeongam, South Korea
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2421 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB7	2	55	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-26	1	55	Finished	18
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB7	4	55	Finished	15
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-26	3	55	Finished	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	150° Italia	6	55	Finished	10
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	150° Italia	5	55	Finished	8
7	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	11	55	Finished	6
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02	7	55	Finished	4
9	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR6	13	55	Finished	2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM04	9	55	Finished	1
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM04	10	55	Finished	0
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	FW33	18	55	Finished	0
13	Bruno Senna	Renault	R31	15	54	Finished	0
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	19	54	Finished	0
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C30	14	54	Finished	0
16	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C30	17	54	Finished	0
17	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T128	20	54	Finished	0
18	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	21	54	Finished	0
19	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	F111	24	54	Finished	0
20	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MVR-02	22	54	Finished	0
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	F111	23	52	Finished	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW33	16	30	Clutch	0
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	R31	8	16	Collision damage	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02	12	15	Collision	0

F1DB layout yeongam-1 · 5.615 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sebastian Vettel	2	1	55
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	2	55
Mark Webber	4	3	55
Jenson Button	3	4	55
Fernando Alonso	6	5	55
Felipe Massa	5	6	55
Jaime Alguersuari	11	7	55
Nico Rosberg	7	8	55
Sébastien Buemi	13	9	55
Paul di Resta	9	10	55
Adrian Sutil	10	11	55
Rubens Barrichello	18	12	55
Bruno Senna	15	13	54
Heikki Kovalainen	19	14	54
Kamui Kobayashi	14	15	54
Sergio Perez	17	16	54
Jarno Trulli	20	17	54
Timo Glock	21	18	54
Daniel Ricciardo	24	19	54
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22	20	54
Vitantonio Liuzzi	23	21	52
Pastor Maldonado	16	DNF	30
Vitaly Petrov	8	DNF	16
Michael Schumacher	12	DNF	15

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:37.525	1:36.526	1:35.820	—	0 m	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:39.093	1:37.285	1:36.042	+0.222	13 m	+0.222
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:37.929	1:37.302	1:36.126	+0.306	18 m	+0.084
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:39.071	1:37.292	1:36.468	+0.648	38 m	+0.342
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:38.670	1:37.313	1:36.831	+1.011	59 m	+0.363
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:38.393	1:37.352	1:36.980	+1.160	68 m	+0.149
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:38.426	1:37.892	1:37.754	+1.934	113 m	+0.774
8	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:38.378	1:38.186	1:38.124	+2.304	135 m	+0.370
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:38.549	1:38.254	—	—	101 m	—
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:38.789	1:38.219	—	—	98 m	—
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:39.392	1:38.315	—	—	104 m	—
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:38.502	1:38.354	—	—	106 m	—
13	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:39.352	1:38.508	—	—	115 m	—
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:39.464	1:38.775	—	—	131 m	—
15	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:39.316	1:38.791	—	—	132 m	—
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:39.436	1:39.189	—	—	155 m	—
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:39.097	1:39.443	—	—	170 m	—
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:39.538	—	—	—	116 m	—
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:40.522	—	—	—	173 m	—
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:41.101	—	—	—	206 m	—
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:42.091	—	—	—	263 m	—
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:43.483	—	—	—	343 m	—
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:43.758	—	—	—	359 m	—
NC	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	—	—	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sebastian Vettel	1	55	2	16, 34	20.0, 20.2
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	55	2	15, 33	20.8, 20.6
Mark Webber	3	55	2	14, 33	20.8, 20.8
Jenson Button	4	55	2	13, 34	20.8, 20.8
Fernando Alonso	5	55	2	15, 37	21.0, 20.6
Felipe Massa	6	55	2	14, 34	23.6, 21.1
Jaime Alguersuari	7	55	2	17, 37	22.3, 22.3
Nico Rosberg	8	55	2	13, 27	20.1, 20.8
Sébastien Buemi	9	55	2	14, 36	22.1, 22.0
Paul di Resta	10	55	2	11, 31	22.1, 21.1
Adrian Sutil	11	55	2	16, 35	24.8, 21.9
Rubens Barrichello	12	55	2	10, 31	21.7, 22.3
Bruno Senna	13	54	2	13, 30	21.2, 21.9
Heikki Kovalainen	14	54	2	13, 38	22.0, 22.7
Kamui Kobayashi	15	54	3	10, 24, 42	21.6, 25.6, 21.5
Sergio Perez	16	54	3	16, 36, 53	21.2, 21.4, 22.0
Jarno Trulli	17	54	2	12, 36	22.4, 22.9
Timo Glock	18	54	2	16, 41	22.5, 22.5
Daniel Ricciardo	19	54	2	16, 41	23.2, 22.1
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20	54	2	16, 38	26.9, 22.4
Vitantonio Liuzzi	21	52	3	1, 16, 38	26.4, 23.5, 22.1
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	30	3	16, 22, 28	21.6, 14.0, 22.0
Vitaly Petrov	DNF	16	1	14	21.5
Michael Schumacher	DNF	15	1	14	20.2

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 2	2 · 1	15 · 16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Jenson Button	2 · 3	1 · 4	16 · 13	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Mark Webber	1 · 4	2 · 3	15 · 14	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Mark Webber	3 · 4	4 · 3	13 · 14	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Felipe Massa	4 · 5	3 · 6	14 · 14	Same lap	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	3 · 6	4 · 5	13 · 15	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso	5 · 6	6 · 5	14 · 15	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Nico Rosberg	6 · 7	5 · 8	15 · 13	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Jaime Alguersuari	5 · 11	6 · 7	14 · 17	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Jaime Alguersuari	7 · 11	8 · 7	13 · 17	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Adrian Sutil · Jaime Alguersuari	10 · 11	11 · 7	16 · 17	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Sébastien Buemi	7 · 13	8 · 9	13 · 14	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Paul di Resta · Sébastien Buemi	9 · 13	10 · 9	11 · 14	Paul di Resta	Swapped places
Sébastien Buemi · Kamui Kobayashi	13 · 14	9 · 15	14 · 10	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Paul di Resta · Adrian Sutil	9 · 10	10 · 11	11 · 16	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Rubens Barrichello	10 · 18	11 · 12	16 · 10	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Rubens Barrichello	15 · 18	13 · 12	13 · 10	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Rubens Barrichello	17 · 18	16 · 12	16 · 10	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Heikki Kovalainen	18 · 19	12 · 14	10 · 13	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Bruno Senna	14 · 15	15 · 13	10 · 13	Kamui Kobayashi	Swapped places
Bruno Senna · Heikki Kovalainen	15 · 19	13 · 14	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Heikki Kovalainen	14 · 19	15 · 14	10 · 13	Kamui Kobayashi	Swapped places
Heikki Kovalainen · Jarno Trulli	19 · 20	14 · 17	13 · 12	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Sergio Perez	14 · 17	15 · 16	10 · 16	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Jarno Trulli	17 · 20	16 · 17	16 · 12	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Timo Glock	20 · 21	17 · 18	12 · 16	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Daniel Ricciardo	21 · 24	18 · 19	16 · 16	Same lap	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Jérôme d'Ambrosio	21 · 22	18 · 20	16 · 16	Same lap	Kept their order
Jérôme d'Ambrosio · Daniel Ricciardo	22 · 24	20 · 19	16 · 16	Same lap	Swapped places
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Daniel Ricciardo	23 · 24	21 · 19	1 · 16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Swapped places
Jérôme d'Ambrosio · Vitantonio Liuzzi	22 · 23	20 · 21	16 · 1	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	2:02.784	—	0 m	—	10
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	2:02.840	+0.056	3 m	+0.056	8
3	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	2:02.912	+0.128	6 m	+0.072	12
4	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	2:03.141	+0.357	16 m	+0.229	12
5	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	2:03.182	+0.398	18 m	+0.041	9
6	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	2:03.292	+0.508	23 m	+0.110	13
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	2:03.391	+0.607	28 m	+0.099	6
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	2:04.311	+1.527	70 m	+0.920	12
9	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	2:04.797	+2.013	92 m	+0.486	8
10	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	2:05.183	+2.399	110 m	+0.386	5
11	Karun Chandhok	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	2:06.350	+3.566	163 m	+1.167	11
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	2:06.852	+4.068	186 m	+0.502	11
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	2:07.541	+4.757	218 m	+0.689	9
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	2:08.218	+5.434	249 m	+0.677	5
15	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	2:08.832	+6.048	277 m	+0.614	14
16	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	2:09.232	+6.448	295 m	+0.400	14
17	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	2:12.658	+9.874	452 m	+3.426	7
18	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	2:14.508	+11.724	536 m	+1.850	4
19	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	—	—	—	—	1
20	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	—	—	—	—	5
21	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	—	—	—	—	1
22	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	—	—	—	—	1
23	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	—	—	—	—	1
24	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	—	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:50.828	—	0 m	—	26
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:50.932	+0.104	5 m	+0.104	19
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:52.646	+1.818	92 m	+1.714	30
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:52.774	+1.946	99 m	+0.128	25
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:53.049	+2.221	113 m	+0.275	27
6	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:53.402	+2.574	130 m	+0.353	25
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:53.707	+2.879	146 m	+0.305	24
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:53.914	+3.086	156 m	+0.207	18
9	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:53.948	+3.120	158 m	+0.034	27
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:53.957	+3.129	159 m	+0.009	32
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:54.200	+3.372	171 m	+0.243	26
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:54.392	+3.564	181 m	+0.192	26
13	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:54.831	+4.003	203 m	+0.439	30
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:54.965	+4.137	210 m	+0.134	21
15	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:55.187	+4.359	221 m	+0.222	28
16	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:55.203	+4.375	222 m	+0.016	24
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:55.544	+4.716	239 m	+0.341	23
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:56.067	+5.239	265 m	+0.523	22
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:56.669	+5.841	296 m	+0.602	20
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:57.173	+6.345	321 m	+0.504	19
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:58.269	+7.441	377 m	+1.096	25
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:59.458	+8.630	437 m	+1.189	26
23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:59.958	+9.130	463 m	+0.500	19
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	2:00.165	+9.337	473 m	+0.207	20

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	1:36.910	—	0 m	—	18
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	1:37.199	+0.289	17 m	+0.289	18
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:37.723	+0.813	47 m	+0.524	23
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:38.029	+1.119	65 m	+0.306	21
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:38.434	+1.524	88 m	+0.405	18
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:39.559	+2.649	153 m	+1.125	23
7	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	10	1:39.612	+2.702	157 m	+0.053	20
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:39.660	+2.750	159 m	+0.048	22
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:39.695	+2.785	161 m	+0.035	22
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:39.743	+2.833	164 m	+0.048	25
11	Paul di Resta	Force India	15	1:39.847	+2.937	170 m	+0.104	22
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	19	1:39.851	+2.941	170 m	+0.004	20
13	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1:39.964	+3.054	177 m	+0.113	21
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	16	1:40.005	+3.095	179 m	+0.041	17
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	17	1:40.030	+3.120	181 m	+0.025	18
16	Bruno Senna	Renault	9	1:40.451	+3.541	205 m	+0.421	19
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	12	1:40.529	+3.619	210 m	+0.078	20
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	1:40.711	+3.801	220 m	+0.182	22
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:41.909	+4.999	290 m	+1.198	18
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:41.945	+5.035	292 m	+0.036	13
21	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:43.275	+6.365	369 m	+1.330	19
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:44.377	+7.467	433 m	+1.102	16
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	1:44.421	+7.511	435 m	+0.044	22
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	22	1:45.143	+8.233	477 m	+0.722	11

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 16 of 2011
Grand Prix: Korean Grand Prix
Dates: 16 Oct 2011
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.