Korean Grand Prix 2012

Korea
Yeongam
14 October 2012
55 laps
308.6 km
5.615 km a lap

Pole positionMark WebberRed Bull · 1:37.242
Fastest lapMark Webber1:42.037 · lap 54
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	1	Red Bull · Renault	2	55	1:36:28.651	25
2	Mark Webberfastest lap	2	Red Bull · Renault	1	55	+8.231	18
3	Fernando Alonso	5	Ferrari	4	55	+13.944	15
4	Felipe Massa	6	Ferrari	6	55	+20.168	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	9	Lotus · Renault	5	55	+36.739	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg	12	Force India · Mercedes	8	55	+45.301	8
7	Romain Grosjean	10	Lotus · Renault	7	55	+54.812	6
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	16	55	+1:09.589	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	21	55	+1:11.787	2
10	Lewis Hamilton	4	McLaren · Mercedes	3	55	+1:19.692	1
11	Sergio Pérez	15	Sauber · Ferrari	12	55	+1:20.062
12	Paul di Resta	11	Force India · Mercedes	14	55	+1:24.448
13	Michael Schumacher	7	Mercedes	10	55	+1:29.241
14	Pastor Maldonado	18	Williams · Renault	15	55	+1:34.924
15	Bruno Senna	19	Williams · Renault	17	55	+1:36.902
16	Vitaly Petrov	21	Caterham · Renault	18	54	+1 lap
17	Heikki Kovalainen	20	Caterham · Renault	19	54	+1 lap
18	Timo Glock	24	Marussia · Cosworth	20	54	+1 lap
19	Charles Pic	25	Marussia · Cosworth	24	53	+2 laps
20	Narain Karthikeyan	23	HRT · Cosworth	23	53	+2 laps
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	22	HRT · Cosworth	22	16	Throttle
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	14	Sauber · Ferrari	13	16	Collision damage
DNF	Nico Rosberg	8	Mercedes	9	1	Collision damage
DNF	Jenson Button	3	McLaren · Mercedes	11	0	Collision

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Sebastian Vettel 55. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 41	Finish	Laps led
Sebastian Vettel	2	1	1	1	1	55
Mark Webber	1	3	2	2	2
Fernando Alonso	4	2	3	3	3
Felipe Massa	6	4	4	4	4
Kimi Räikkönen	5	5	5	5	5
Nico Hülkenberg	8	12	6	6	6
Romain Grosjean	7	13	7	8	7
Jean-Éric Vergne	16	15	10	10	8
Daniel Ricciardo	21	10	9	9	9
Lewis Hamilton	3	7	8	7	10
Sergio Pérez	12	6	12	13	11
Paul di Resta	14	8	14	11	12
Michael Schumacher	10	14	11	12	13
Pastor Maldonado	15	9	15	14	14
Bruno Senna	17	11	13	15	15
Vitaly Petrov	18	16	17	16	16
Heikki Kovalainen	19	20	16	17	17
Timo Glock	20	17	18	18	18
Charles Pic	24	18	19	19	19
Narain Karthikeyan	23	21	20	20	20
Pedro de la Rosa	22	19	–	–	out
Kamui Kobayashi	13	22	–	–	out
Nico Rosberg	9	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 75 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 41	Last lap
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mark Webber	+8.8	+8.6	+8.6	+8.2
Fernando Alonso	+6.7	+10.8	+13.3	+13.9
Felipe Massa	+16.0	+13.8	+14.8	+20.2
Kimi Räikkönen	+17.0	+24.3	+31.0	+36.7
Nico Hülkenberg	+46.1	+38.8	+44.4	+45.3
Romain Grosjean	+46.7	+39.4	+45.9	+54.8
Jean-Éric Vergne	+57.5	+53.5	+64.3	+69.6
Daniel Ricciardo	+39.8	+48.3	+55.4	+71.8
Lewis Hamilton	+28.5	+46.5	+45.4	+79.7
Sergio Pérez	+26.3	+60.5	+75.2	+80.1
Paul di Resta	+34.1	+64.1	+68.2	+84.4
Michael Schumacher	+53.0	+56.8	+74.8	+89.2
Pastor Maldonado	+39.4	+77.4	+80.7	+94.9
Bruno Senna	+40.8	+63.1	+81.5	+96.9
Vitaly Petrov	+61.5	+96.0	+129.9	+165.3
Heikki Kovalainen	+74.7	+92.5	+132.0	+176.0
Timo Glock	+63.5	+99.7	+132.9	+186.6
Charles Pic	+73.1	+131.6	+174.9	+208.6
Narain Karthikeyan	+82.6	+172.6	+206.8	+289.1
Pedro de la Rosa	+74.5	–	–	out
Kamui Kobayashi	+125.8	–	–	out
Nico Rosberg	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:38.397	1:38.220	1:37.242
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:38.208	1:37.767	1:37.316
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:39.180	1:38.000	1:37.469
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:39.144	1:37.987	1:37.534
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:38.887	1:38.227	1:37.625
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38.937	1:38.253	1:37.884
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:38.863	1:38.275	1:37.934
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:38.981	1:38.428	1:38.266
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.999	1:38.417	1:38.361
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:38.808	1:38.436	1:38.513
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:38.615	1:38.441
12	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:38.630	1:38.460
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.719	1:38.594
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:38.942	1:38.643
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:39.024	1:38.725
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:38.784	1:39.084
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:38.744	1:39.340
18	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:39.443
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:40.207
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:40.333
21	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:41.317
22	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:41.371
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:42.881
NC	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Daniel Ricciardo	P16	P21	5 places – 5
Charles Pic	P21	P24	10 places – 10

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Pastor Maldonado	1	21	21.137 s
Narain Karthikeyan	1	18	22.749 s
Kamui Kobayashi	2	1, 7	13.986 s
Mark Webber	2	14, 32	19.616 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	15, 35	19.801 s
Fernando Alonso	2	15, 34	19.930 s
Michael Schumacher	2	13, 32	20.087 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	14, 34	20.151 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	14, 35	20.211 s
Paul di Resta	2	15, 28	20.218 s
Timo Glock	2	14, 31	20.494 s
Felipe Massa	2	14, 35	20.607 s
Sergio Pérez	2	18, 33	20.767 s
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	13, 38	20.865 s
Romain Grosjean	2	13, 31	20.935 s
Nico Hülkenberg	2	13, 32	20.982 s
Charles Pic	2	17, 34	21.302 s
Heikki Kovalainen	2	13, 33	21.489 s
Vitaly Petrov	2	14, 32	21.581 s
Bruno Senna	2	14, 32	21.886 s
Lewis Hamilton	3	13, 26, 42	19.447 s

Every stop, lap by lap (41)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Kamui Kobayashi	1	33.003 s
7	Kamui Kobayashi	2	13.986 s
13	Lewis Hamilton	1	19.638 s
13	Michael Schumacher	1	20.087 s
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	1	20.865 s
13	Romain Grosjean	1	21.681 s
13	Heikki Kovalainen	1	21.896 s
13	Nico Hülkenberg	1	22.125 s
14	Mark Webber	1	19.811 s
14	Daniel Ricciardo	1	20.151 s
14	Kimi Räikkönen	1	20.211 s
14	Felipe Massa	1	20.607 s
14	Bruno Senna	1	21.886 s
14	Vitaly Petrov	1	22.278 s
14	Timo Glock	1	22.334 s
15	Sebastian Vettel	1	19.830 s
15	Fernando Alonso	1	19.930 s
15	Paul di Resta	1	20.805 s
17	Charles Pic	1	21.302 s
18	Narain Karthikeyan	1	22.749 s
18	Sergio Pérez	1	24.408 s
21	Pastor Maldonado	1	21.137 s
26	Lewis Hamilton	2	20.777 s
28	Paul di Resta	2	20.218 s
31	Timo Glock	2	20.494 s
31	Romain Grosjean	2	20.935 s
32	Mark Webber	2	19.616 s
32	Michael Schumacher	2	20.276 s
32	Nico Hülkenberg	2	20.982 s
32	Vitaly Petrov	2	21.581 s
32	Bruno Senna	2	22.813 s
33	Sergio Pérez	2	20.767 s
33	Heikki Kovalainen	2	21.489 s
34	Fernando Alonso	2	20.090 s
34	Daniel Ricciardo	2	20.804 s
34	Charles Pic	2	22.019 s
35	Sebastian Vettel	2	19.801 s
35	Felipe Massa	2	20.855 s
35	Kimi Räikkönen	2	21.012 s
38	Jean-Éric Vergne	2	21.188 s
42	Lewis Hamilton	3	19.447 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Mark Webber	54	1:42.037
2	Felipe Massa	48	1:42.242	+0.205
3	Fernando Alonso	52	1:42.442	+0.405
4	Sergio Pérez	49	1:42.495	+0.458
5	Sebastian Vettel	55	1:42.499	+0.462
6	Nico Hülkenberg	54	1:42.645	+0.608
7	Pastor Maldonado	55	1:42.679	+0.642
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	48	1:42.721	+0.684
9	Lewis Hamilton	49	1:42.721	+0.684
10	Romain Grosjean	44	1:42.783	+0.746

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 16. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 16
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Sebastian Vettel	215	▲1
2	Fernando Alonso	209	▼1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	167
4	Lewis Hamilton	153
5	Mark Webber	152
6	Jenson Button	131
7	Nico Rosberg	93
8	Romain Grosjean	88
9	Felipe Massa	81
10	Sergio Pérez	66

Constructors' championship after round 16
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Red Bull	367
2	Ferrari	290	▲1
3	McLaren	284	▼1
4	Lotus	255
5	Mercedes	136
6	Sauber	116
7	Force India	89
8	Williams	58
9	Toro Rosso	21
10	Marussia	0