2011 Korean Grand Prix

 2011 Korean Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 19 races in the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	II Korean Grand Prix
Date:	October 16, 2011
Place:	Yeongam
Course:	Korean International Circuit
Length:	308.63 km in 55 laps of 5.615 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 35.820 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 39.605 min (lap 55)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault

The 2011 Korean Grand Prix took place on October 16 at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam , South Korea and was the 16th race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Japanese Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 114 points from Jenson Button and 122 points from Fernando Alonso . Vettel was already prematurely known as world champion. Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 130 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 226 points ahead of Ferrari .

At Force India , there was a change in the shareholder prior to this Grand Prix. The Indian company Sahara India Pariwar took over 42.5% of the shares. Team boss Vijay Mallya reduced his share from 50% to 42.5% and the Dutch Mol family from 50% to 15%.

At the Korean Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with soft (yellow) and supersoft (red) tire compounds , as well as intermediates (light blue) and full wets (orange) for wet conditions .

Alonso was the only winner to date at this Grand Prix.

McLaren celebrated its 700th Formula 1 start at this Grand Prix, and Sauber its 250th.

training

The first free practice took place under rainy conditions, which is why there was little driving. Michael Schumacher achieved the fastest lap time under these conditions, ahead of Vettel and Paul di Resta . Jean-Éric Vergne took over the Toro Rosso from Jaime Alguersuari in this training session and was used for the first time on a Grand Prix weekend. In addition, Karun Chandhok took over the Lotus from Jarno Trulli and Narain Karthikeyan took over the HRT from Vitantonio Liuzzi . The second free practice took place again on a wet track. Although some drivers switched to the super-soft tires at the end of practice, the fastest laps were achieved on intermediates. Lewis Hamilton was the fastest pilot ahead of his teammates Button and Vettel. In the third free practice, Button took first position in front of Hamilton and Mark Webber . Jérôme D'Ambrosio and Liuzzi never achieved a time within the 107 percent rule in any training session .

Qualifying

Hamilton posted the best time in the first section of qualifying. Daniel Ricciardo did not score any time and therefore failed to qualify. He was subsequently admitted to the race. Alongside him, Liuzzi, the Virgin and Lotus pilots and Rubens Barrichello were eliminated. In the second section, Hamilton retained the leadership position. The Sauber and Toro Rosso pilots as well as Pastor Maldonado , Bruno Senna and Schumacher were eliminated. In the final segment, Hamilton was again the fastest and achieved pole position . It was the first time since the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix that a Red Bull-Renault was not on pole position. Vettel and Button followed in second and third place.

run

Vettel won the Grand Prix ahead of Hamilton and Webber. Starting from second place, Vettel took the lead from Hamilton in the early stages of the race and then stayed in front of him. Exceptionally for a Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel drove the fastest lap of the race in the last race lap.

Red Bull-Renault won the constructors' world championship prematurely in this race.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Red Bull Racing	01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB7	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	02	Mark Webber
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	03	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren MP4-26	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	04th	Jenson Button
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari 150 ° Italia	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	06th	Felipe Massa
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	07th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes MGP W02	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	08th	Nico Rosberg
Lotus Renault GP	09	Bruno Senna	Renault R31	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	10	Vitaly Petrov
AT&T Williams	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams FW33	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	12	Pastor Maldonado
Force India F1 Team	14th	Adrian Sutil	Force India VJM04	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	P
	15th	Paul di Resta
Sauber F1 Team	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean C30	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	17th	Sergio Perez
Scuderia Toro Rosso	18th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso STR6	Ferrari 2.4 V8	P
	19th	Jean-Éric Vergne
		Jaime Alguersuari
Team Lotus	20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus T128	Renault 2.4 V8	P
	21st	Karun Chandhok
		Jarno Trulli
HRT F1 team	22nd	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT F111	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	23	Narain Karthikeyan
		Vitantonio Liuzzi
Marussia Virgin Racing	24	Timo Glock	Virgin MVR-02	Cosworth 2.4 V8	P
	25th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Vergne drove the Toro Rosso with the number 19 in the first free practice. Alguersuari then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chandhok drove the Lotus with the number 21 in the first free practice. Trulli then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Karthikeyan drove the HRT with the number 23 in the first free practice. Liuzzi then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 37.525	1: 36.526	1: 35.820	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 39.093	1: 37.285	1: 36.042	02
03	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 37.929	1: 37.302	1: 36.126	03
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 39.071	1: 37.292	1: 36.468	04th
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 38.670	1: 37.313	1: 36.831	05
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 38.393	1: 37.352	1: 36.980	06th
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 38.426	1: 37.892	1: 37.754	07th
08th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 38.378	1: 38.186	1: 38.124	08th
09	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1: 38.549	1: 38.254	no time	09
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 38.789	1: 38.219	no time	10
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 39.392	1: 38.315	-	11
12	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 38.502	1: 38.354	-	12
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 39.352	1: 38.508	-	13
14th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 39.464	1: 38.775	-	14th
15th	Bruno Senna	Renault	1: 39.316	1: 38.791	-	15th
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1: 39.436	1: 39.189	-	16
17th	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	1: 39.097	1: 39.443	-	17th
18th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 39.538	-	-	18th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	1: 40.522	-	-	19th
20th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	1: 41.101	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 42.091	-	-	21st
22nd	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	1: 43.483	-	-	22nd
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1: 43.758	-	-	23
107 percent time : 1: 44.351 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 37.525 min)
DNQ	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	no time	-	-	24

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} racing cars with KERS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	55	2	1: 38: 01,994	02	1: 39.605 (55th)
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	55	2	+ 12.019	01	1: 40.459 (54th)
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	55	2	+ 12,477	04th	1: 40.294 (55.)
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	2	+ 14.694	03	1: 40.709 (55th)
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	2	+ 15.689	06th	1: 40,547 (41st)
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	2	+ 25.133	05	1: 40,541 (51st)
07th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	2	+ 49.538	11	1: 40.940 (55th)
08th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	2	+ 54.053	07th	1: 41.770 (49.)
09	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	2	+1: 02.762	13	1: 40.537 (50th)
10	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	2	+1: 08.602	09	1: 42.102 (50.)
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	2	+1: 11.229	10	1: 42.014 (49.)
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	55	2	+1: 33.068	18th	1: 42.371 (54.)
13	Bruno Senna	Renault	54	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 42,549 (41.)
14th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	54	2	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 42.456 (52nd)
15th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	54	3	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 42.080 (45th)
16	Sergio Perez	Clean Ferrari	54	3	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 42.425 (39.)
17th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	54	2	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 43.009 (46.)
18th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	54	2	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 44,536 (53.)
19th	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	54	2	+ 1 lap	24	1: 44.870 (53.)
20th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	54	2	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 44.746 (53rd)
21st	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	52	3	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 46,173 (45.)
-	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	30th	3	DNF	16	1: 44.689 (26.)
-	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	16	1	DNF	08th	1: 45.469 (10.)
-	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	15th	1	DNF	12	1: 45.327 (13th)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} racing cars with KERS

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  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 349 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 222 03  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 212 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 209 05  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 196 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 98 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 67 08th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 60 09  Vitaly Petrov Renault 36 10  Nick Heidfeld Renault 34 11  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 28 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 27 13  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 22nd 14th  Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 21st

Item driver constructor Points 15th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 15th 16  Sergio Perez Clean Ferrari 13 17th  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 4th 18th  Bruno Senna Renault 2 19th  Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1 20th  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 0 21st  Jarno Trulli Lotus Renault 0 22nd  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Renault 0 23  Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 0 24  Jérôme D'Ambrosio Virgin Cosworth 0 25th  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 26th  Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0 27  Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 0 28  Karun Chandhok Lotus Renault 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 558 02  McLaren-Mercedes 418 03  Ferrari 310 04th  Mercedes 127 05  Renault 72 06th  Force India-Mercedes 49

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Ferrari 40 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 37 09  Williams-Cosworth 5 10  Lotus Renault 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Force India now with a new name" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 12, 2011)
2. ↑ "Pirelli specifies tire variants for Japan and South Korea" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 16, 2011)
3. ^ "Whitmarsh: 700 starts 'great performance'" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 14, 2011)
4. ^ "GP South Korea in Yeongam / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 14, 2011)
5. ↑ "Hamilton and Button dominate bad weather drive" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 14, 2011)
6. ^ "GP South Korea in Yeongam / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 14, 2011)
7. ^ "GP South Korea in Yeongam / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 15, 2011)

Web links

Commons : 2011 Korean Grand Prix  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com