GP da Coreia: Vettel vence e lidera o campeonato
Vettel venceu o GP da Coreia do Sul, a 16ª etapa do campeonato. Foi o seu terceiro triunfo consecutivo, um domínio que lembra a soberania da RBR em 2011.
Com a vitória, ele ultrapassou Fernando Alonso na classificação geral do campeonato: chegou aos 215 pontos e agora está seis à frente do espanhol, que ficou em terceiro lugar na corrida.
2012 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 55 | 1:36:28.651 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 55 | +8.2 secs | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 55 | +13.9 secs | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 55 | +20.1 secs | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 55 | +36.7 secs | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 55 | +45.3 secs | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 55 | +54.8 secs | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 55 | +69.5 secs | 16 | 4 |
| 9 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 55 | +71.7 secs | 21 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 55 | +79.6 secs | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 55 | +80.0 secs | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 55 | +84.4 secs | 14 | |
| 13 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 55 | +89.2 secs | 10 | |
| 14 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 55 | +94.9 secs | 15 | |
| 15 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 55 | +96.9 secs | 17 | |
| 16 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 54 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
| 17 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 54 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 18 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 54 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 19 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 53 | +2 Laps | 24 | |
| 20 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 53 | +2 Laps | 23 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 16 | Throttle | 22 | |
| Ret | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 16 | Accident damage | 13 | |
| Ret | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 0 | Accident | 11 |
Note – Pic dropped ten grid places for an unscheduled engine change; Ricciardo dropped five – gearbox penalty. Karthikeyan failed to set a Q3 time within the 107% requirement – raced at stewards’ discretion.
Classificação do campeonato
| Pos | Driver | Nationality | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | German | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 215 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Spanish | Ferrari | 209 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Finnish | Lotus-Renault | 167 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | British | McLaren-Mercedes | 153 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Australian | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 152 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | British | McLaren-Mercedes | 131 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | German | Mercedes | 93 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | French | Lotus-Renault | 88 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Brazilian | Ferrari | 81 |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | Mexican | Sauber-Ferrari | 66 |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi | Japanese | Sauber-Ferrari | 50 |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | German | Force India-Mercedes | 45 |
| 13 | Paul di Resta | British | Force India-Mercedes | 44 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | German | Mercedes | 43 |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Venezuelan | Williams-Renault | 33 |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Brazilian | Williams-Renault | 25 |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | French | STR-Ferrari | 12 |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | Australian | STR-Ferrari | 9 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | German | Marussia-Cosworth | 0 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Finnish | Caterham-Renault | 0 |
| 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Russian | Caterham-Renault | 0 |
| 22 | Jerome D'Ambrosio | Belgian | Lotus-Renault | 0 |
| 23 | Charles Pic | French | Marussia-Cosworth | 0 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | Indian | HRT-Cosworth | 0 |
| 25 | Pedro de la Rosa | Spanish | HRT-Cosworth | 0 |
