2011 Korean Grand Prix

Date: 16 Oct 2011
Circuit: Korean International Circuit, Yeongam County, Korea
Round: 16 of 19
Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton (1:35.820)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	2	55	1:38:01.994	1:39.605	25
2	3	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	55	+12.019		18
3	2	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	4	55	+12.477		15
4	4	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	3	55	+14.694		12
5	5	ALOFernando Alonso	Ferrari	6	55	+15.689		10
6	6	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	5	55	+25.133		8
7	19	ALGJaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	11	55	+49.538		6
8	8	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	55	+54.053		4
9	18	BUESébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	13	55	+62.762		2
10	15	DIRPaul di Resta	Force India	9	55	+68.602		1
11	14	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	10	55	+71.229		0
12	11	BARRubens Barrichello	Williams	18	55	+93.068		0
13	9	SENBruno Senna	Renault	15	54	+1 Lap		0
14	20	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	Lotus	19	54	+1 Lap		0
15	16	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Sauber	14	54	+1 Lap		0
16	17	PERSergio Pérez	Sauber	17	54	+1 Lap		0
17	21	TRUJarno Trulli	Lotus	20	54	+1 Lap		0
18	24	GLOTimo Glock	Virgin	21	54	+1 Lap		0
19	22	RICDaniel Ricciardo	HRT	24	54	+1 Lap		0
20	25	DAMJérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	22	54	+1 Lap		0
21	23	LIUVitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	23	52	+3 Laps		0
R	12	MALPastor Maldonado	Williams	16	30	Clutch		0
R	10	PETVitaly Petrov	Renault	8	16	Collision		0
R	7	MSCMichael Schumacher	Mercedes	12	15	Collision		0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Shaded bands are safety-car periods. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 76 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Sebastian Vettel: 2 stops (laps 16, 34), stints of 16, 18, 21 laps
2nd: Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 15, 33), stints of 15, 18, 22 laps
3rd: Mark Webber: 2 stops (laps 14, 33), stints of 14, 19, 22 laps
Finishers: 2 stops: 18 · 3 or more: 3
First stops: median lap 14 of 55

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
VETSebastian Vettel	2	16 (20.0 s), 34 (20.2 s)	161821
HAMLewis Hamilton	2	15 (20.8 s), 33 (20.6 s)	151822
WEBMark Webber	2	14 (20.8 s), 33 (20.8 s)	141922
BUTJenson Button	2	13 (20.8 s), 34 (20.8 s)	132121
ALOFernando Alonso	2	15 (21.0 s), 37 (20.6 s)	152218
MASFelipe Massa	2	14 (23.6 s), 34 (21.1 s)	142021
ALGJaime Alguersuari	2	17 (22.3 s), 37 (22.3 s)	172018
ROSNico Rosberg	2	13 (20.1 s), 27 (20.8 s)	131428
BUESébastien Buemi	2	14 (22.1 s), 36 (22.0 s)	142219
DIRPaul di Resta	2	11 (22.1 s), 31 (21.1 s)	112024
SUTAdrian Sutil	2	16 (24.8 s), 35 (21.9 s)	161920
BARRubens Barrichello	2	10 (21.7 s), 31 (22.3 s)	102124
SENBruno Senna	2	13 (21.2 s), 30 (21.9 s)	131724
KOVHeikki Kovalainen	2	13 (22.0 s), 38 (22.7 s)	132516
KOBKamui Kobayashi	3	10 (21.6 s), 24 (25.6 s), 42 (21.5 s)	10141812
PERSergio Pérez	3	16 (21.2 s), 36 (21.4 s), 53 (22.0 s)	162017
TRUJarno Trulli	2	12 (22.4 s), 36 (22.9 s)	122418
GLOTimo Glock	2	16 (22.5 s), 41 (22.5 s)	162513
RICDaniel Ricciardo	2	16 (23.2 s), 41 (22.1 s)	162513
DAMJérôme d'Ambrosio	2	16 (26.9 s), 38 (22.4 s)	162216
LIUVitantonio Liuzzi	3	1 (26.4 s), 16 (23.5 s), 38 (22.1 s)	152214
MALPastor Maldonado	3	16 (21.6 s), 22 (14.0 s), 28 (22.0 s)	1666
PETVitaly Petrov	1	14 (21.5 s)	14
MSCMichael Schumacher	1	14 (20.2 s)	14

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:37.525	1:36.526	1:35.820	fastest Q3
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:39.093	1:37.285	1:36.042	+0.222 Q3
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:37.929	1:37.302	1:36.126	+0.306 Q3
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:39.071	1:37.292	1:36.468	+0.648 Q3
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38.670	1:37.313	1:36.831	+1.011 Q3
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:38.393	1:37.352	1:36.980	+1.160 Q3
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.426	1:37.892	1:37.754	+1.934 Q3
8	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:38.378	1:38.186	1:38.124	+2.304 Q3
9	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:38.549	1:38.254		+2.434 Q2
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:38.789	1:38.219		+2.399 Q2
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:39.392	1:38.315		+2.495 Q2
12	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:38.502	1:38.354		+2.534 Q2
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:39.352	1:38.508		+2.688 Q2
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:39.464	1:38.775		+2.955 Q2
15	Bruno Senna	Renault	1:39.316	1:38.791		+2.971 Q2
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:39.436	1:39.189		+3.369 Q2
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:39.097	1:39.443		+3.277 Q1
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:39.538			+3.718 Q1
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	1:40.522			+4.702 Q1
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus	1:41.101			+5.281 Q1
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:42.091			+6.271 Q1
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:43.483			+7.663 Q1
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	1:43.758			+7.938 Q1
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	10	349
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	222
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1	212
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	0	209
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	196
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	0	98
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	0	67
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	0	60
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	0	36
10	Nick Heidfeld		0	34

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Red Bull	10	558
2	McLaren	5	418
3	Ferrari	1	310
4	Mercedes	0	127
5	Renault	0	72
6	Force India	0	49
7	Sauber	0	40
8	Toro Rosso	0	37
9	Williams	0	5
10	Lotus	0	0

Full 2011 standings