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Home / Seasons / 2011 F1 World Championship Season / 2011 Korean Grand Prix

2011 Korean Grand Prix

DateSunday, 16 October 2011
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
CircuitYeongam, 55 laps
Round16 of 19
Race numbers

The 2011 Korean Grand Prix was the

  • 855th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Korean Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Yeongam
  • 2011 Constructors’ title decider
More 2011 season
More Korean Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault551hr 38m 01.994s25
2-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes55+12.019s18
3+1Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault55+12.477s15
4-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes55+14.694s12
5+1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari55+15.689s10
6-1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari55+25.133s8
7+4Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari55+49.538s6
8-1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes55+54.053s4
9+4Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari55+1m 02.762s2
10-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes55+1m 08.602s1
11-1Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes55+1m 11.229s 
12+6Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth55+1m 33.068s 
13+2Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaRenault54+1 lap 
14+5Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault54+1 lap 
15-1Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari54+1 lap 
16+1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari54+1 lap 
17+3Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault54+1 lap 
18+3Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth54+1 lap 
19+5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoHRT-Cosworth54+1 lap 
20+2Belgium flag lazyload Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth54+1 lap 
21+2Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth52+3 laps 
R Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth30DNF 
R Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovRenault16DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes15DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
4Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
6Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari
7Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
8Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovRenault
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
10Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
11Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari
12Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes
13Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
14Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
15Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaRenault
16Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth
17Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
18Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth
19Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault
20Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault
21Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth
22Belgium flag lazyload Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth
23Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth
24Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoHRT-Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:35.820 
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:36.0420.222
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:36.1260.306
4Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:36.4680.648
5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:36.8311.011
6Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:36.9801.160
7Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:37.7541.934
8Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovRenault1:38.1242.304
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes– 
10Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes– 
Q2
11Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:38.315 
12Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:38.354 
13Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:38.508 
14Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:38.775 
15Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaRenault1:38.791 
16Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth1:39.189 
17Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:39.443 
Q1
18Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:39.538 
19Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault1:40.522 
20Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault1:41.101 
21Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:42.091 
22Belgium flag lazyload Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth1:43.483 
23Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth1:43.758 
24Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoHRT-Cosworth– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
India flag lazyload Karun ChandhokMalaysia flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanSpain flag lazyload HRT-Cosworth
France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneItaly flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2011 Korean Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel349
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button222
3Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso212
4Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber209
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton196
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa98
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg67
8Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher60
9Russia flag lazyload Vitaly Petrov36
10Germany flag lazyload Nick Heidfeld34
11Germany flag lazyload Adrian Sutil28
12Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi27
13Spain flag lazyload Jaime Alguersuari22
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta21
15Switzerland flag Sebastien Buemi15
16Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez13
17Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello4
18Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna2
19Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault558
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes418
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari310
4Germany flag lazyload Mercedes127
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Renault72
6India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes49
7Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari40
8Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari37
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Cosworth5

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
700th for McLaren (2nd constructor to start 700 races)
World Champion
2nd title for Red Bull (8th constructor to win two championships)
Wins
20th for Sebastian Vettel (13th driver to win 20 races, 2nd German driver)
25th for Red Bull
Podiums
41st for Lewis Hamilton, 34th for Sebastian Vettel, 29th for Mark Webber
466th for McLaren, 62nd & 63rd for Red Bull
Poles
19th for Lewis Hamilton
147th for McLaren
Fastest laps
8th for Sebastian Vettel
19th for Red Bull
Front row starts
38th for Sebastian Vettel, 36th for Lewis Hamilton
Points finishes
15th and last for Sebastien Buemi
Win & fastest lap
4th for Sebastian Vettel

See also

  • Korean Grand Prix
  • Yeongam circuit
  • 2011 World Championship season

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