Korean Grand Prix
2012 · Round 16 · Yeongam County, South Korea · Oct 13-14, 2012Race summary
Victory went to Vettel (from 2nd on the grid), with a 8.231s margin. Ricciardo made the biggest gain, from 21st on the grid to 9th (up 12 places). Hamilton had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 10th. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Webber (1:42.037).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 2 | 55 | 1:36:28.651 | 25 |
| 2 | Mark Webber 1:42.037 | Red Bull | 1 | 55 | +8.231 | 18 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 4 | 55 | +13.944 | 15 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 | 55 | +20.168 | 12 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 5 | 55 | +36.739 | 10 |
| 6 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 8 | 55 | +45.301 | 8 |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 7 | 55 | +54.812 | 6 |
| 8 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 16 | 55 | +1:09.589 | 4 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 21 | 55 | +1:11.787 | 2 |
| 10 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 3 | 55 | +1:19.692 | 1 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 12 | 55 | +1:20.062 | 0 |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 14 | 55 | +1:24.448 | 0 |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 10 | 55 | +1:29.241 | 0 |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 15 | 55 | +1:34.924 | 0 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 17 | 55 | +1:36.902 | 0 |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 18 | 54 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 19 | 54 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 18 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | 54 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 19 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 24 | 53 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 20 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | 53 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| – | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | 16 | Throttle | 0 |
| – | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 13 | 16 | Collision damage | 0 |
| – | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 9 | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Jenson Button | McLaren | 11 | 0 | Collision | 0 |