2010 Korean Grand Prix

 2010 Korean Grand Prix

Racing data
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
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

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

Starting line-up in midfield

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.

Scene from the race

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.

Lewis Hamilton out and about on rain tires

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

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01	Jenson Button	McLaren MP4-25	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	02	Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	03	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes MGP W01	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	04th	Nico Rosberg
Red Bull Racing	05	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB6	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	06th	Mark Webber
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari F10	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	08th	Fernando Alonso
AT&T Williams	09	Rubens Barrichello	Williams FW32	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	10	Nico Hulkenberg
Renault F1 Team	11	Robert Kubica	Renault R30	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	12	Vitaly Petrov
Force India F1 Team	14th	Adrian Sutil	Force India VJM03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	15th	Vitantonio Liuzzi
Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso STR5	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	17th	Jaime Alguersuari
Lotus Racing	18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus T127	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	19th	Heikki Kovalainen
HRT F1 team	20th	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT F110	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	21st	Bruno Senna
BMW Sauber F1 Team	22nd	Nick Heidfeld	Clean C29	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	23	Kamui Kobayashi
Virgin Racing	24	Timo Glock	Virgin VR-01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	25th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
		Lucas di Grassi

1. ↑ ^{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
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 37.123	1: 36.074	1: 35.585	01
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 37.373	1: 36.039	1: 35.659	02
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 37.144	1: 36.287	1: 35.766	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 37.113	1: 36.197	1: 36.062	04th
05	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 37.708	1: 36.791	1: 36.535	05
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 37.515	1: 36.169	1: 36.571	06th
07th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 38.123	1: 37.064	1: 36.731	07th
08th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 37.703	1: 37.179	1: 36.824	08th
09	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 37.980	1: 37.077	1: 36.950	09
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
01	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	1	2: 48: 20.810	03	1: 50.257 (42nd)
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	55	1	+ 14.999	04th	1: 50,430 (42nd)
03	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	1	+ 30.868	06th	1: 50.502 (44.)
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	55	1	+ 39.688	09	1: 51.835 (43rd)
05	Robert Kubica	Renault	55	1	+ 47.734	08th	1: 51.604 (45th)
06th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	55	1	+ 53.571	17th	1: 51.371 (45th)
07th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	55	1	+1: 09.257	10	1: 51,564 (45th)
08th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	55	1	+1: 17.889	12	1: 53.086 (42nd)
09	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	07th	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	01	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	02	2: 00.025 (18.)
-	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	18th	0	DNF	05	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

Item driver constructor Points 01  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 231 02  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 220 03  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 210 04th  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 206 05  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 189 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 143 07th  Robert Kubica Renault 124 08th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 122 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 66 10  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 47 11  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 47 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 31 13  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 21st 14th  Vitaly Petrov Renault 19th

Item driver constructor Points 15th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 18th 16  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8th 17th  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 6th 18th  Nick Heidfeld Clean Ferrari 6th 19th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 20th  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Cosworth 0 21st  Jarno Trulli Lotus Cosworth 0 22nd  Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 0 23  Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 0 24  Lucas di Grassi Virgin Cosworth 0 25th  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 26th  Sakon Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 0 -  Christian Klien HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 426 02  McLaren-Mercedes 399 03  Ferrari 374 04th  Mercedes 188 05  Renault 143 06th  Force India-Mercedes 68

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Cosworth 65 08th  Clean Ferrari 43 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 11 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "GP South Korea in Yeongum / Free Practice 1" (Motorsport-Total.com on 22 October 2010)
2. ↑ "GP South Korea in Yeongum / Free Practice 2" (Motorsport-Total.com on 22 October 2010)
3. ↑ "GP South Korea in Yeongum / 3rd Free Practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 23, 2010)
4. ^ "Petrov punished after collision with Hülkenberg" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 10, 2010)

Web links

Commons : Korean Grand Prix 2010  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Korean Grand Prix 2010  - News

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com