2010 Korean Grand Prix
Racing data | ||
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17th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
Surname: | I Korean Grand Prix | |
Date: | October 24, 2010 | |
Place: | Yeongam | |
Course: | Korean International Circuit | |
Length: | 308.63 km in 55 laps of 5.615 km
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Weather: | rain | |
Spectator: | ~ 80,000 | |
Pole position | ||
Driver: | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault |
Time: | 1: 35.585 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
Time: | 1: 50.257 min (lap 42) | |
Podium | ||
First: | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
Second: | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes |
Third: | Felipe Massa |
Ferrari
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Leadership laps
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The 2010 Korean Grand Prix took place on October 24th at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam , South Korea and was the 17th race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .
Reports
background
After the Japanese Grand Prix , Mark Webber led the drivers' standings with 14 points ahead of Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 45 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 92 points ahead of Ferrari .
training
In the first free practice session, Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap ahead of Robert Kubica and Nico Rosberg . At Virgin-Cosworth , Jérôme D'Ambrosio took over the cockpit from Lucas di Grassi . In the second free practice session, Webber took the lead in front of Alonso and Hamilton. In the third free practice, Kubica was the fastest driver ahead of Hamilton and Alonso.
Qualifying
In the first qualifying segment, Hamilton was the fastest driver. The HRT , Virgin and Lotus pilots as well as Vitantonio Liuzzi were eliminated. In the second section, Webber took over the leadership position. The Toro Rosso and Sauber pilots as well as Vitali Petrow , Adrian Sutil and Nico Hülkenberg were eliminated. In the third section, Vettel achieved the fastest time for pole position . His team-mate Webber came second ahead of Alonso.
run
The start of the Korean Grand Prix was initially postponed by ten minutes due to rain and finally took place behind the safety car . Since several pilots complained that they could no longer see the vehicle in front of them, the race management decided to interrupt the race after three laps with the red flag. During the break, Mercedes took the chance to adapt the car to the wet weather conditions. After about 49 minutes, the Grand Prix resumed behind the safety car. The pilots reported that the conditions had improved somewhat. However, it took until the 18th lap to open the race.
When the race restarted, both Mercedes drivers benefited from their changed setup. Michael Schumacher overtook Kubica and Rosberg passed Hamilton, who had previously complained over the pit radio about the delay in being allowed to race. Vettel benefited from the clear view and set himself apart from his team-mate Webber. After some vehicles had already turned in the back of the field, Webber also lost control of his vehicle when driving over a curb. He spun, hit the barrier and collided with Rosberg while rolling back onto the track. The race was over for both drivers and there was another safety car phase. The safety car phase was used by some drivers in the back of the field to switch to intermediate tires.
At the restart there were no shifts at the front of the field. There was another retirement in the rear section as Jarno Trulli had to retire due to a collision with Bruno Senna . Di Grassi also had to retire after an accident at this stage of the race. After Schumacher drove past Button, the McLaren driver decided to switch to intermediates. However, he made his pit stop at an inopportune time and fell behind a larger group of drivers who were all on intermediate tires.
During the battle for twelfth position, Sébastien Buemi tried to drive past Timo Glock . Buemi collided with Glock and lost his left front wheel. The race was over for both of them after this incident. Since Buemi could no longer drive his car, the safety car had to go out again. Glock made it to the pits, but did not restart the race. In the safety car phase, all drivers except Vettel and Alonso, who had already driven past the pits, decided to switch to intermediates. Kubica almost collided with a Force India in the pit lane when he stopped. A lap later, Vettel and Alonso also stopped. While Vettel's stop went without any problems, one of Alonso's mechanics lost a wheel nut and his stop was delayed by a few seconds, so that he fell behind Hamilton.
However, Hamilton did not hold the position in front of Alonso for long: When restarting, he braked himself in the first corner and Alonso pulled past him again and took second place behind Vettel. The two leading drivers broke away from the rest of the field. On lap 39, Petrov came off the track in the last corner and hit the boundary. His car was completely destroyed. He was unharmed. Until his accident, Petrov was in front of his teammate Kubica. This time, however, the safety car never came out again.
After Vettel had complained over the radio about too dark lighting conditions and Hamilton had said that the light was okay, Vettel slowed down. A little later he stopped with an engine failure. For Red Bull-Renault there was a double retirement after the team had initially led the race with both cars. Alonso took the lead from Hamilton. A little later there was a collision between Sutil and Kamui Kobayashi . While Kobayashi drove on, the race was over for Sutil, who had damaged a wheel suspension.
As the track continued to dry out, some riders had problems with their intermediates and spun. At the front, however, all the drivers were able to finish the race in a controlled manner.
Eventually Alonso won his fifth race of the season ahead of Hamilton and his teammate Felipe Massa . Schumacher benefited from his rain settings and crossed the finish line in fourth place ahead of Kubica. Liuzzi achieved his best result of the season with a sixth place. The remaining points went to Rubens Barrichello , Kobayashi, Nick Heidfeld and Hülkenberg.
With his win, Alonso took the lead in the World Championship from Webber, who dropped to second place. Hamilton finished third. In the constructors' championship, the positions remained unchanged, but the gaps narrowed as Red Bull-Renault remained without points.
Registration list
- ↑ a b D'Ambrosio drove the Virgin with the number 25 in the first free practice. Di Grassi then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
Classifications
Qualifying
Item | driver | constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | begin |
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1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1: 37.123 | 1: 36.074 | 1: 35.585 | 1 |
2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1: 37.373 | 1: 36.039 | 1: 35.659 | 2 |
3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1: 37.144 | 1: 36.287 | 1: 35.766 | 3 |
4th | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1: 37.113 | 1: 36.197 | 1: 36.062 | 4th |
5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1: 37.708 | 1: 36.791 | 1: 36.535 | 5 |
6th | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1: 37.515 | 1: 36.169 | 1: 36.571 | 6th |
7th | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1: 38.123 | 1: 37.064 | 1: 36.731 | 7th |
8th | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1: 37.703 | 1: 37.179 | 1: 36.824 | 8th |
9 | Michael sSchumacher | Mercedes | 1: 37.980 | 1: 37.077 | 1: 36.950 | 9 |
10 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1: 38.257 | 1: 37.511 | 1: 36.998 | 10 |
11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1: 38.115 | 1: 37.620 | - | 11 |
12 | Kamui Kobayashi | Clean Ferrari | 1: 38.429 | 1: 37.643 | - | 12 |
13 | Nick Heidfeld | Clean Ferrari | 1: 38.171 | 1: 37.715 | - | 13 |
14th | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1: 38.572 | 1: 37.783 | - | 14th |
15th | Vitaly Petrov 1 | Renault | 1: 38.174 | 1: 37.799 | - | 20th |
16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1: 38.583 | 1: 37.853 | - | 15th |
17th | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1: 38.621 | 1: 38.594 | - | 16 |
18th | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1: 38.955 | - | - | 17th |
19th | Jarno Trulli | Lotus Cosworth | 1: 40.521 | - | - | 18th |
20th | Timo Glock | Virgin Cosworth | 1: 40.748 | - | - | 19th |
21st | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus Cosworth | 1: 41.768 | - | - | 21st |
22nd | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Cosworth | 1: 42.325 | - | - | 22nd |
23 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT-Cosworth | 1: 42.444 | - | - | 23 |
24 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1: 43.283 | - | - | 24 |
1 Due to a collision at the start of the Japanese Grand Prix, Vitaly Petrov was moved five positions back.
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap |
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1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 55 | 1 | 2: 48: 20.810 | 3 | 1: 50.257 (42nd) |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 55 | 1 | + 14.999 | 4th | 1: 50,430 (42nd) |
3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 55 | 1 | + 30.868 | 6th | 1: 50.502 (44.) |
4th | Michael sSchumacher | Mercedes | 55 | 1 | + 39.688 | 9 | 1: 51.835 (43rd) |
5 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 55 | 1 | + 47.734 | 8th | 1: 51.604 (45th) |
6th | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 55 | 1 | + 53.571 | 17th | 1: 51.371 (45th) |
7th | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 55 | 1 | +1: 09.257 | 10 | 1: 51,564 (45th) |
8th | Kamui Kobayashi | Clean Ferrari | 55 | 1 | +1: 17.889 | 12 | 1: 53.086 (42nd) |
9 | Nick Heidfeld | Clean Ferrari | 55 | 1 | +1: 20.107 | 13 | 1: 53.263 (42nd) |
10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 55 | 2 | +1: 20.851 | 11 | 1: 51.982 (43rd) |
11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 55 | 1 | +1: 24.146 | 15th | 1: 51.962 (43rd) |
12 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 55 | 1 | +1: 29.939 | 7th | 1: 52.193 (42nd) |
13 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus Cosworth | 54 | 2 | + 1 lap | 21st | 1: 55.018 (43rd) |
14th | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 53 | 2 | + 2 rounds | 24 | 1: 59.290 (30.) |
15th | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT-Cosworth | 53 | 1 | + 2 rounds | 23 | 1: 58.313 (36th) |
- | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 46 | 1 | DNF | 14th | 1: 52.601 (40th) |
- | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 45 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 1: 50.375 (44th) |
- | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 39 | 2 | DNF | 20th | 1: 53.031 (39.) |
- | Timo Glock | Virgin Cosworth | 31 | 0 | DNF | 19th | 1: 58.102 (29.) |
- | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 30th | 1 | DNF | 16 | 1: 56.768 (27.) |
- | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Cosworth | 25th | 3 | DNF | 22nd | 2: 02.635 (25th) |
- | Jarno Trulli | Lotus Cosworth | 25th | 2 | DNF | 18th | 2: 05.161 (20.) |
- | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 18th | 0 | DNF | 2 | 2: 00.025 (18.) |
- | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 18th | 0 | DNF | 5 | 2: 00.652 (18.) |
World Cup stands after the race
The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "GP South Korea in Yeongum / Free Practice 1" (Motorsport-Total.com on 22 October 2010)
- ↑ "GP South Korea in Yeongum / Free Practice 2" (Motorsport-Total.com on 22 October 2010)
- ↑ "GP South Korea in Yeongum / 3rd Free Practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 23, 2010)
- ^ "Petrov punished after collision with Hülkenberg" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 10, 2010)
Web links
- Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com