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Korean Grand Prix

2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix

Round 16 of 20Korea International Circuit, YeongamOct 14 201255 laps

Podium

WEBRed Bull

VETRed Bull

ALOFerrari

Key facts

WinnerVET1:36:28.651 from P2

PoleWEB1:37.242

Fastest lapWEB1:42.037 on lap 54

Pit stops41recorded stops

Finishers20 / 24classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	2	▲1	55	1:36:28.651	25	1:42.499	2
2	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1	▼1	55	+8.231s	18	1:42.037	2
3	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	4	▲1	55	+13.944s	15	1:42.442	2
4	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	6	▲2	55	+20.168s	12	1:42.242	2
5	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus	5	–	55	+36.739s	10	1:42.822	2
6	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	8	▲2	55	+45.301s	8	1:42.645	2
7	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	7	–	55	+54.812s	6	1:42.783	2
8	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	16	▲8	55	+69.589s	4	1:42.721	2
9	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	21	▲12	55	+71.787s	2	1:43.148	2
10	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	▼7	55	+79.692s	1	1:42.721	3
11	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	12	▲1	55	+80.062s		1:42.495	2
12	DIRPaul Di Resta	Force India	14	▲2	55	+84.448s		1:43.517	2
13	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	10	▼3	55	+89.241s		1:43.184	2
14	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	15	▲1	55	+94.924s		1:42.679	1
15	SENBruno Senna	Williams	17	▲2	55	+96.902s		1:43.411	2
16	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	18	▲2	54	+1 lap		1:45.013	2
17	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	19	▲2	54	+1 lap		1:44.955	2
18	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	20	▲2	54	+1 lap		1:45.236	2
19	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	24	▲5	53	+2 laps		1:44.462	2
20	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	23	▲3	53	+2 laps		1:47.068	1
DNF	DLRPedro De la Rosa	HRT	22		16	Throttle		1:49.861
DNF	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	13		16	Collision damage		1:47.066	2
DNF	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	9		1	Collision damage		–
DNF	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	11		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	KOB	7	14.0s
2	HAM	42	19.4s
3	WEB	32	19.6s
4	HAM	13	19.6s
5	VET	35	19.8s
6	WEB	14	19.8s
7	VET	15	19.8s
8	ALO	15	19.9s
9	MSC	13	20.1s
10	ALO	34	20.1s
11	RIC	14	20.2s
12	RAI	14	20.2s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 41 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:38.397	1:38.220	1:37.242
2	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:38.208	1:37.767	1:37.316	+0.074s
3	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:39.180	1:38.000	1:37.469	+0.227s
4	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:39.144	1:37.987	1:37.534	+0.292s
5	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:38.887	1:38.227	1:37.625	+0.383s
6	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38.937	1:38.253	1:37.884	+0.642s
7	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	1:38.863	1:38.275	1:37.934	+0.692s
8	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:38.981	1:38.428	1:38.266	+1.024s
9	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.999	1:38.417	1:38.361	+1.119s
10	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:38.808	1:38.436	1:38.513	+1.271s
11	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	1:38.615	1:38.441	–	+1.199s
12	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	1:38.630	1:38.460	–	+1.218s
13	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.719	1:38.594	–	+1.352s
14	DIRPaul Di Resta	Force India	1:38.942	1:38.643	–	+1.401s
15	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	1:39.024	1:38.725	–	+1.483s
16	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:38.784	1:39.084	–	+1.842s
17	VERJean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:38.744	1:39.340	–	+2.098s
18	SENBruno Senna	Williams	1:39.443	–	–	+2.201s
19	PETVitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:40.207	–	–	+2.965s
20	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:40.333	–	–	+3.091s
21	PICCharles Pic	Marussia	1:41.317	–	–	+4.075s
22	GLOTimo Glock	Marussia	1:41.371	–	–	+4.129s
23	DLRPedro De la Rosa	HRT	1:42.881	–	–	+5.639s
24	KARNarain Karthikeyan	HRT	–	–	–

Korea International Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2012. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2011	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2010	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari

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