2011 Korean Grand Prix

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 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
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Race result

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

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

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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