2011 Korean Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 16 October 2011
Winner:	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Pole position:	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap:	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Circuit:	Yeongam, 55 laps
Round:	16 of 19

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	55	1hr 38m 01.994s	25
2	-1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+12.019s	18
3	+1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	55	+12.477s	15
4	-1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+14.694s	12
5	+1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	+15.689s	10
6	-1	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	+25.133s	8
7	+4	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	+49.538s	6
8	-1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	+54.053s	4
9	+4	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	+1m 02.762s	2
10	-1	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1m 08.602s	1
11	-1	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1m 11.229s
12	+6	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	55	+1m 33.068s
13	+2	Bruno Senna	Renault	54	+1 lap
14	+5	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	54	+1 lap
15	-1	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	54	+1 lap
16	+1	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	54	+1 lap
17	+3	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	54	+1 lap
18	+3	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	54	+1 lap
19	+5	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	54	+1 lap
20	+2	Jerome d’Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	54	+1 lap
21	+2	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	52	+3 laps
R		Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	30	DNF
R		Vitaly Petrov	Renault	16	DNF
R		Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	15	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.820
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.042
3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.126
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.468
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.831
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:36.980
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:37.754
8	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:38.124
9	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	–
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	–
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:38.315
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:38.354
13	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:38.508
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:38.775
15	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:38.791
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1:39.189
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:39.443
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:39.538
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1:40.522
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1:41.101
21	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:42.091
22	Jerome d’Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1:43.483
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1:43.758
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	–

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.820
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.042	0.222
3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.126	0.306
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.468	0.648
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.831	1.011
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:36.980	1.160
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:37.754	1.934
8	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:38.124	2.304
9	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	–
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	–
Q2
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:38.315
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:38.354
13	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:38.508
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:38.775
15	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:38.791
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1:39.189
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:39.443
Q1
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:39.538
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1:40.522
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1:41.101
21	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:42.091
22	Jerome d’Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1:43.483
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1:43.758
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	–

Free Practice Appearances

Driver	Constructor
Karun Chandhok	Lotus-Renault
Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth
Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

• Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 2011

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	349
2	Jenson Button	222
3	Fernando Alonso	212
4	Mark Webber	209
5	Lewis Hamilton	196
6	Felipe Massa	98
7	Nico Rosberg	67
8	Michael Schumacher	60
9	Vitaly Petrov	36
10	Nick Heidfeld	34
11	Adrian Sutil	28
12	Kamui Kobayashi	27
13	Jaime Alguersuari	22
14	Paul di Resta	21
15	Sebastien Buemi	15
16	Sergio Perez	13
17	Rubens Barrichello	4
18	Bruno Senna	2
19	Pastor Maldonado	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Red Bull-Renault	558
2	McLaren-Mercedes	418
3	Ferrari	310
4	Mercedes	127
5	Renault	72
6	Force India-Mercedes	49
7	Sauber-Ferrari	40
8	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	37
9	Williams-Cosworth	5

Statistics & Milestones

World Champion

Constructor: 2nd World Championship for Red Bull

Wins

Driver: 20th for Sebastian Vettel

Constructor: 25th for Red Bull

Podiums

Driver: 41st for Lewis Hamilton, 34th for Sebastian Vettel, 29th for Mark Webber

Constructor: 466th for McLaren, 62nd & 63rd for Red Bull

Poles

Driver: 19th for Lewis Hamilton

Constructor: 147th for McLaren

Fastest laps

Driver: 8th for Sebastian Vettel

Constructor: 19th for Red Bull

Front row starts

Driver: 38th for Sebastian Vettel, 36th for Lewis Hamilton

Points finishes

Driver: 15th and last for Sebastien Buemi

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 4th for Sebastian Vettel

See also

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