2012 KOREAN GP: RED BULL IS FASTEST QUALIFYING TEAM - FORMULA 1

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

2012 KOREAN GP: RED BULL IS FASTEST QUALIFYING TEAM

Red Bull is unstoppable!!!
Mark Webber beat Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel to Korean Grand Prix pole. Vettel had provisional pole after the first runs and was last on an ever-improving track for the final laps, but Webber went quickest by less than 0.1s and Vettel couldn't respond. It was an impressive result as Webber missed out on running the supersoft tyres in FP3 due to an engine software problem.

Lewis Hamilton recovered to take third place on the grid, with Fernando Alonso fourth and Kimi Raikkonen fifth as the main title contenders start in a row. Raikkonen may be a little uneasy, however, as he could be investigated for improving under yellow flags in Q2. That incident left Jenson Button out of the top ten, with Felipe Massa, Romain Grosjean, Nico Hulkenberg and the two Mercedes completing the first five rows.

Here are the results:
Pos     Driver               Team           Time       Gap   
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull       1:37.242
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull       1:37.316  + 0.074
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren        1:37.469  + 0.227
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari        1:37.534  + 0.292
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus          1:37.625  + 0.383
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari        1:37.884  + 0.642
 7.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus          1:37.934  + 0.692
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India    1:38.266  + 1.024
 9.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes AMG   1:38.361  + 1.119
10.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes AMG   1:38.513  + 1.271
Q2 Fastest time: S.Vettel 1:37.767                         
11.  Jenson Button         McLaren        1:38.441  + 0.674
12.  Sergio Perez          Sauber         1:38.460  + 0.693
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber         1:38.594  + 0.827
14.  Paul di Resta         Force India    1:38.643  + 0.876
15.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams       1:38.725  + 0.958
16.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso     1:39.084  + 1.317
17.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso     1:39.340  + 1.573
Q1 Fastest time: S.Vettel 1:38.208                                               
18.  Bruno Senna           Williams       1:39.443  + 1.235
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham       1:40.207  + 1.999
20.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham       1:40.333  + 2.125
21.  Charles Pic           Marussia       1:41.317  + 3.109
22.  Timo Glock            Marussia       1:41.371  + 3.163
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT            1:42.881  + 4.673
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT            no set time      
107% time: 1:45.082