Race · Round 16 of 20 · 14 October 2012

2012 Korean Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from 2nd on the grid at Korea International Circuit. 4 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 23 °C, no 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: Mark Webber
Fastest lap: Mark Webber
Entries: 2420 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB8	2	55	Finished	25
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB8	1	55	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	4	55	Finished	15
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	6	55	Finished	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	E20	5	55	Finished	10
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM05	8	55	Finished	8
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E20	7	55	Finished	6
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	16	55	Finished	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR7	21	55	Finished	2
10	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-27	3	55	Finished	1
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	C31	12	55	Finished	0
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	VJM05	14	55	Finished	0
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	F1 W03	10	55	Finished	0
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	FW34	15	55	Finished	0
15	Bruno Senna	Williams	FW34	17	55	Finished	0
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	18	54	Finished	0
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT01	19	54	Finished	0
18	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	20	54	Finished	0
19	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR01	24	53	Finished	0
20	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	F112	23	53	Finished	0
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	F112	22	16	Throttle	0
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C31	13	16	Collision damage	0
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W03	9	1	Collision damage	0
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-27	11	0	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
Mark Webber	1	2	55
Fernando Alonso	4	3	55
Felipe Massa	6	4	55
Kimi Raikkonen	5	5	55
Nico Hulkenberg	8	6	55
Romain Grosjean	7	7	55
Jean-Éric Vergne	16	8	55
Daniel Ricciardo	21	9	55
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	10	55
Sergio Perez	12	11	55
Paul di Resta	14	12	55
Michael Schumacher	10	13	55
Pastor Maldonado	15	14	55
Bruno Senna	17	15	55
Vitaly Petrov	18	16	54
Heikki Kovalainen	19	17	54
Timo Glock	20	18	54
Charles Pic	24	19	53
Narain Karthikeyan	23	20	53
Pedro de la Rosa	22	DNF	16
Kamui Kobayashi	13	DNF	16
Nico Rosberg	9	DNF	1
Jenson Button	11	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:38.397	1:38.220	1:37.242	—	0 m	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:38.208	1:37.767	1:37.316	+0.074	4 m	+0.074
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:39.180	1:38.000	1:37.469	+0.227	13 m	+0.153
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:39.144	1:37.987	1:37.534	+0.292	17 m	+0.065
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:38.887	1:38.227	1:37.625	+0.383	22 m	+0.091
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:38.937	1:38.253	1:37.884	+0.642	37 m	+0.259
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:38.863	1:38.275	1:37.934	+0.692	40 m	+0.050
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:38.981	1:38.428	1:38.266	+1.024	59 m	+0.332
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:38.999	1:38.417	1:38.361	+1.119	65 m	+0.095
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:38.808	1:38.436	1:38.513	+1.271	73 m	+0.152
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:38.615	1:38.441	—	—	39 m	—
12	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:38.630	1:38.460	—	—	40 m	—
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:38.719	1:38.594	—	—	47 m	—
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:38.942	1:38.643	—	—	50 m	—
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:39.024	1:38.725	—	—	55 m	—
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:38.784	1:39.084	—	—	76 m	—
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:38.744	1:39.340	—	—	90 m	—
18	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:39.443	—	—	—	71 m	—
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:40.207	—	—	—	114 m	—
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:40.333	—	—	—	121 m	—
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:41.317	—	—	—	178 m	—
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:41.371	—	—	—	181 m	—
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:42.881	—	—	—	267 m	—
NC	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	—	—	—	—	—	—

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. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. 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	15, 35	19.8, 19.8
Mark Webber	2	55	2	14, 32	19.8, 19.6
Fernando Alonso	3	55	2	15, 34	19.9, 20.1
Felipe Massa	4	55	2	14, 35	20.6, 20.9
Kimi Raikkonen	5	55	2	14, 35	20.2, 21.0
Nico Hulkenberg	6	55	2	13, 32	22.1, 21.0
Romain Grosjean	7	55	2	13, 31	21.7, 20.9
Jean-Éric Vergne	8	55	2	13, 38	20.9, 21.2
Daniel Ricciardo	9	55	2	14, 34	20.2, 20.8
Sir Lewis Hamilton	10	55	3	13, 26, 42	19.6, 20.8, 19.4
Sergio Perez	11	55	2	18, 33	24.4, 20.8
Paul di Resta	12	55	2	15, 28	20.8, 20.2
Michael Schumacher	13	55	2	13, 32	20.1, 20.3
Pastor Maldonado	14	55	1	21	21.1
Bruno Senna	15	55	2	14, 32	21.9, 22.8
Vitaly Petrov	16	54	2	14, 32	22.3, 21.6
Heikki Kovalainen	17	54	2	13, 33	21.9, 21.5
Timo Glock	18	54	2	14, 31	22.3, 20.5
Charles Pic	19	53	2	17, 34	21.3, 22.0
Narain Karthikeyan	20	53	1	18	22.7
Pedro de la Rosa	DNF	16	0	None recorded	—
Kamui Kobayashi	DNF	16	2	1, 7	33.0, 14.0
Nico Rosberg	DNF	1	0	None recorded	—
Jenson Button	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

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
Mark Webber · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 2	2 · 1	14 · 15	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Sir Lewis Hamilton	2 · 3	1 · 10	15 · 13	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Fernando Alonso	1 · 4	2 · 3	14 · 15	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Fernando Alonso	3 · 4	10 · 3	13 · 15	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Felipe Massa	4 · 6	3 · 4	15 · 14	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 5	3 · 5	15 · 14	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Felipe Massa	5 · 6	5 · 4	14 · 14	Same lap	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Romain Grosjean	6 · 7	4 · 7	14 · 13	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Hulkenberg	5 · 8	5 · 6	14 · 13	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Nico Hulkenberg	7 · 8	7 · 6	13 · 13	Same lap	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Jean-Éric Vergne	7 · 16	7 · 8	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Jean-Éric Vergne	15 · 16	14 · 8	21 · 13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Swapped places
Jean-Éric Vergne · Daniel Ricciardo	16 · 21	8 · 9	13 · 14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Kept their order
Jean-Éric Vergne · Bruno Senna	16 · 17	8 · 15	13 · 14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Daniel Ricciardo	3 · 21	10 · 9	13 · 14	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Timo Glock · Daniel Ricciardo	20 · 21	18 · 9	14 · 14	Same lap	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sergio Perez	3 · 12	10 · 11	13 · 18	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Paul di Resta	12 · 14	11 · 12	18 · 15	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Paul di Resta	10 · 14	13 · 12	13 · 15	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Paul di Resta · Pastor Maldonado	14 · 15	12 · 14	15 · 21	Paul di Resta	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Pastor Maldonado	10 · 15	13 · 14	13 · 21	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Bruno Senna	15 · 17	14 · 15	21 · 14	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Vitaly Petrov	17 · 18	15 · 16	14 · 14	Same lap	Kept their order
Vitaly Petrov · Heikki Kovalainen	18 · 19	16 · 17	14 · 13	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Timo Glock	19 · 20	17 · 18	13 · 14	Heikki Kovalainen	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Charles Pic	20 · 24	18 · 19	14 · 17	Timo Glock	Kept their order
Narain Karthikeyan · Charles Pic	23 · 24	20 · 19	18 · 17	Charles Pic	Swapped places

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:39.148	—	0 m	—	23
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:39.450	+0.302	17 m	+0.302	21
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:39.575	+0.427	24 m	+0.125	21
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:39.854	+0.706	40 m	+0.279	23
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:40.088	+0.940	53 m	+0.234	21
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:40.221	+1.073	61 m	+0.133	21
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:40.396	+1.248	71 m	+0.175	24
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:40.422	+1.274	72 m	+0.026	22
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:40.440	+1.292	73 m	+0.018	19
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:40.480	+1.332	75 m	+0.040	21
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:40.929	+1.781	101 m	+0.449	14
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:41.048	+1.900	108 m	+0.119	25
13	Jules Bianchi	Force India	12	1:41.140	+1.992	113 m	+0.092	21
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:41.220	+2.072	117 m	+0.080	19
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:41.514	+2.366	134 m	+0.294	20
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:41.596	+2.448	139 m	+0.082	23
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:42.021	+2.873	163 m	+0.425	25
18	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	19	1:42.027	+2.879	163 m	+0.006	23
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:42.104	+2.956	167 m	+0.077	24
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:42.175	+3.027	171 m	+0.071	13
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:42.706	+3.558	201 m	+0.531	22
22	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:42.820	+3.672	208 m	+0.114	19
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:44.517	+5.369	304 m	+1.697	23
24	Dani Clos (never started a Grand Prix)	HRT	23	1:45.735	+6.587	373 m	+1.218	22

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:38.832	—	0 m	—	33
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:38.864	+0.032	2 m	+0.032	33
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:39.160	+0.328	19 m	+0.296	28
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:39.219	+0.387	22 m	+0.059	29
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:39.330	+0.498	28 m	+0.111	31
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:39.422	+0.590	34 m	+0.092	30
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:39.584	+0.752	43 m	+0.162	36
8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:39.717	+0.885	50 m	+0.133	25
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:39.739	+0.907	52 m	+0.022	33
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:39.839	+1.007	57 m	+0.100	26
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:39.957	+1.125	64 m	+0.118	28
12	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:40.089	+1.257	71 m	+0.132	32
13	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:40.112	+1.280	73 m	+0.023	34
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:40.445	+1.613	92 m	+0.333	28
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:40.745	+1.913	109 m	+0.300	11
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:40.789	+1.957	111 m	+0.044	31
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:40.997	+2.165	123 m	+0.208	32
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:41.200	+2.368	135 m	+0.203	33
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:41.602	+2.770	157 m	+0.402	23
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:42.596	+3.764	214 m	+0.994	28
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:43.066	+4.234	241 m	+0.470	21
22	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:43.067	+4.235	241 m	+0.001	22
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:43.869	+5.037	286 m	+0.802	36
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:44.533	+5.701	324 m	+0.664	24

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	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.642	—	0 m	—	17
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	4	1:38.169	+0.527	30 m	+0.527	12
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	1:38.511	+0.869	50 m	+0.342	13
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	10	1:38.582	+0.940	54 m	+0.071	16
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus F1 Team	9	1:38.666	+1.024	59 m	+0.084	18
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	1:38.705	+1.063	61 m	+0.039	12
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	2	1:38.766	+1.124	65 m	+0.061	7
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	6	1:38.791	+1.149	66 m	+0.025	13
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	18	1:38.833	+1.191	68 m	+0.042	16
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	12	1:38.932	+1.290	74 m	+0.099	17
11	Sergio Perez	Sauber	15	1:38.954	+1.312	75 m	+0.022	17
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	1:39.010	+1.368	79 m	+0.056	20
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	7	1:39.150	+1.508	87 m	+0.140	18
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	11	1:39.156	+1.514	87 m	+0.006	18
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	1:39.345	+1.703	98 m	+0.189	14
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:39.448	+1.806	104 m	+0.103	17
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:39.537	+1.895	109 m	+0.089	18
18	Bruno Senna	Williams	19	1:39.706	+2.064	119 m	+0.169	18
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	21	1:41.114	+3.472	200 m	+1.408	14
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	20	1:41.437	+3.795	218 m	+0.323	19
21	Charles Pic	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:41.684	+4.042	232 m	+0.247	16
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:42.062	+4.420	254 m	+0.378	15
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	1:42.845	+5.203	299 m	+0.783	15
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	22	1:42.882	+5.240	301 m	+0.037	14

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 2012
Grand Prix: Korean Grand Prix
Dates: 14 Oct 2012
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.