Hi Everyone,
I thought I'd do a complete report after the Korean Grand Prix today, so that you are reading one post instead of several different post over a Grand Prix weekend, so starting from today, an all-in-one report for each race weekend,
I trust that all my readers would like this new format,
As always, leave any comments or suggestions.
Regards
Marius
Friday 4th October 1st Free Practice Sessions Results:
Friday 4th October 2nd Free Practice Sessions Results:
Lewis Hamilton followed up his impressive Practice One showing by clocking the fastest time in second practice in Korea on Friday. The Mercedes driver’s best lap of 1m 38.673 was 0.108s quicker than Sebastian Vettel’s effort of 1m 38.781 for Red Bull, as both drivers trimmed their times by switching from the medium-compound Pirelli tyres to the supersofts. The second Mercedes of Nico Rosberg was just another 0.016s slower on 1m 38.797s, whilst Mark Webber recorded a 1m 38.844s in the other Red Bull.
Saturday 5th October Free Practice Results:
Having been second best to Mercedes on Friday, Red Bull underlined their status as favorites by heading the final practice session in Korea on Saturday morning. Championship-leader Sebastian Vettel edged team mate Mark Webber by just 0.137s to top the time-sheets with the Mercedes pairing of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton third and fourth fastest respectively.
Saturday Qualifying Results:
Official Starting Grid for Sunday's Grand Prix:
Sunday 6th October: Korean F1 Grand Prix
Race Report - Sebastian Vettel claimed his fourth successive 2013 victory in an action-packed race in Yeongam on Sunday.
As battles raged behind him, the Red Bull driver kept his cool, surviving two safety-car restarts to lead home the Lotus duo of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean, with Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg a superb fourth. Vettel was less dominant in Yeongam than he had been in the previous three races, and had to be careful to nurse his right-front tyre in a race in which several rivals ran into graining problems.
Grosjean took the fight to the Red Bull man initially by passing Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes on the opening lap, but the Frenchman was later jumped by team mate Raikkonen. The first safety-car deployment had thrown the Finn a lifeline after he’d run eighth early on as he struggled with under-steer.
When Sergio Perez’s McLaren had thrown the tread off its right-front Pirelli tyre on the 31st lap it sent safety-car driver Bernd Maylander into action as the debris was cleared up. After the usual rash of pit stops (which included Red Bull's Mark Webber taking an extra stop because of a puncture from the debris), the racing resumed on the 37th lap, with Vettel and Grosjean pushing ahead again. But some great opportunistic driving by Raikkonen - allied to a mistake from Grosjean who ran wide in the final corner - saw him jump his team mate going into the first corner.
Just as things were settling down, Adrian Sutil spun at Turn 3, the Force India striking Mark Webber’s Red Bull. The latter caught fire and as a merry blaze erupted the safety car was deployed again on the 38th lap. A fire vehicle also took to the track in front of Vettel, adding to the confusion. The RB9 was eventually recovered so that the racing could resume a second time on the 41st lap.
Now Vettel moved clear but Raikkonen was initially able to keep him honest before having to safeguard his position against his team mate as Grosjean got his second wind. As Vettel nursed his right-front tyre after being told off for setting the fastest lap with two to go, he won by 4.2s from Raikkonen who had Grosjean just seven-tenths of a second behind him. Behind them, fourth place had been the subject of a fabulous dust-up between Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, McLaren’s Jenson Button and the second Mercedes of Nico Rosberg. Hulkenberg’s Sauber at the head of the pack had the edge on traction and straight-line speed over Hamilton’s Mercedes, and though the Briton briefly got ahead with a nice pass going into Turn 1 on the 48th lap, Hulkenberg was able to re-pass on the main straight. Thereafter he calmly frustrated Hamilton’s every move to take a great fourth place and further boost his value in the driver market.
While Hamilton and the German battled, Alonso did all he could to take advantage, and on the 41st lap he and Hamilton switched places several times before the Mercedes driver reasserted himself. That left Alonso to settle for a sixth place which makes his title hopes ever slimmer. Further back Rosberg lost touch as he was held up by Button’s slowing McLaren.
The German had briefly caught and passed Hamilton on the 28th lap before his Mercedes’ nose broke and started sparking spectacularly after dragging on the track. He fell back behind his team mate when it proved difficult to change the nose during his resultant pit stop, took advantage of the lifelines of the safety cars, and got back into contention for fourth in the closing stages. But as Button lost pace on his ageing tyres, Rosberg lost touch with the Hulkenberg-Hamilton-Alonso scrap, and they were out of reach by the time he had overtaken Button on the 53rd lap.
Felipe Massa battled strongly to recover from a half spin going into the third corner on the opening lap, which caused upsets and wing damage for Button and Sutil, but the intensity of a fight with McLaren’s Sergio Perez on the 43rd lap is to be investigated by the stewards. The Mexican recovered from his tyre failure and finished seven-tenths of a second behind the Ferrari to take the final point.
There was an even more intense, and less disciplined, street fight for 11th and as Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez and Williams’ Pastor Maldonado duffed each other up, Massa and Perez had swept by. Maldonado fell back, leaving Gutierrez to come through ahead of the Venezuelan’s team mate Valtteri Bottas.
Charles Pic took 14th, just ahead of Caterham partner Giedo van der Garde. The Dutchman had an adventurous race, getting a drive-through penalty for forcing Marussia’s Jules Bianchi wide on the opening lap. Even so he was able to catch and pass both Bianchi and the other Marussia of Max Chilton, who were the final finishers in 16th and 17th.
Both Toro Rossos retired on the penultimate lap with mechanical issues, losing Daniel Ricciardo the chance of some deserved points after a strong drive. They joined Webber and the Force Indias in retirement after Sutil had stopped in the pits on the 50th lap and Paul di Resta had dropped out after crashing on the 25th lap.
The stewards have four incidents to review following the race, including the Massa-Perez one mentioned above. Perez is also under investigation for forcing Paul di Resta off track, whilst Van der Garde and Chilton are to be looked at for speeding under the safety car. Finally, Pic, Van der Garde and Bianchi are under investigation for failing to slow for yellow flags.
The result brings Red Bull within seven points of their fourth consecutive constructors’ crown, and Mercedes within a point of Ferrari for second in the standings - Red Bull have 402 points, Ferrari 284 and Mercedes 283, while Lotus are on 239, McLaren 81 and Force India 62.
Vettel extended his championship lead over Alonso to 77 points and now sits on a total of 272. As a result the German could clinch the title in Japan next week were he to win with Alonso ninth or lower. The Spaniard has 195, and Raikkonen has displaced Hamilton from third with 168 to his 161. Webber remains fifth on 130 with Rosberg on 122.
Race Results
2013 Championship Standings:
The Next race will take place on the 11th, 12th & 13th of October at the Legendary Suzuka F1 Circuit in Japan.
I thought I'd do a complete report after the Korean Grand Prix today, so that you are reading one post instead of several different post over a Grand Prix weekend, so starting from today, an all-in-one report for each race weekend,
I trust that all my readers would like this new format,
As always, leave any comments or suggestions.
Regards
Marius
Friday 4th October 1st Free Practice Sessions Results:
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:39.630 | 20 |
2. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 01:39.667 | 20 |
3. | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 01:39.816 | 19 |
4. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:40.117 | 20 |
5. | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:40.215 | 22 |
6. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 01:40.374 | 18 |
7. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 01:40.396 | 19 |
8. | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 01:40.677 | 15 |
9. | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 01:40.860 | 20 |
10. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 01:40.880 | 13 |
11. | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 01:40.899 | 20 |
12. | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 01:41.432 | 18 |
13. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 01:41.482 | 22 |
14. | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 01:41.626 | 21 |
15. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 01:41.924 | 19 |
16. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:42.002 | 20 |
17. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 01:42.043 | 18 |
18. | James Calado | Force India | 01:43.008 | 21 |
19. | Charles Pic | Caterham | 01:43.660 | 20 |
20. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 01:43.883 | 19 |
21. | Max Chilton | Marussia | 01:44.100 | 14 |
22. | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Marussia | 01:46.810 | 10 |
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton had the edge over the Red Bull pairing of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber as practice got under way in Korea on Friday. The Briton lapped in 1m 39.630s which proved quick enough to withstand a very late challenge from Sebastian Vettel, as the world champion pared down to 1m 39.667s to miss out by 0.037s. Mark Webber underlined the Red Bull threat with the third fastest time of 1m 39.816s.
Friday 4th October 2nd Free Practice Sessions Results:
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:38.673 | 31 |
2. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 01:38.781 | 30 |
3. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:38.797 | 32 |
4. | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 01:38.844 | 35 |
5. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 01:39.114 | 30 |
6. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 01:39.226 | 34 |
7. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 01:39.444 | 31 |
8. | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 01:39.757 | 33 |
9. | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:39.774 | 29 |
10. | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 01:40.006 | 34 |
11. | Paul di Resta | Force India | 01:40.007 | 34 |
12. | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 01:40.152 | 31 |
13. | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 01:40.186 | 33 |
14. | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 01:40.210 | 34 |
15. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 01:40.446 | 30 |
16. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 01:40.552 | 26 |
17. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 01:41.117 | 35 |
18. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:41.289 | 34 |
19. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 01:42.461 | 36 |
20. | Charles Pic | Caterham | 01:42.798 | 35 |
21. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 01:43.108 | 31 |
22. | Max Chilton | Marussia | 01:43.441 | 29 |
Lewis Hamilton followed up his impressive Practice One showing by clocking the fastest time in second practice in Korea on Friday. The Mercedes driver’s best lap of 1m 38.673 was 0.108s quicker than Sebastian Vettel’s effort of 1m 38.781 for Red Bull, as both drivers trimmed their times by switching from the medium-compound Pirelli tyres to the supersofts. The second Mercedes of Nico Rosberg was just another 0.016s slower on 1m 38.797s, whilst Mark Webber recorded a 1m 38.844s in the other Red Bull.
Saturday 5th October Free Practice Results:
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 01:37.881 | 17 |
2. | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 01:38.018 | 17 |
3. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:38.318 | 16 |
4. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:38.332 | 15 |
5. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 01:38.486 | 13 |
6. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 01:38.701 | 19 |
7. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 01:38.816 | 14 |
8. | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 01:38.857 | 17 |
9. | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 01:38.961 | 16 |
10. | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:39.114 | 14 |
11. | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 01:39.128 | 15 |
12. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 01:39.196 | 16 |
13. | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 01:39.204 | 17 |
14. | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 01:39.274 | 15 |
15. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 01:39.327 | 17 |
16. | Paul di Resta | Force India | 01:39.371 | 19 |
17. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 01:39.665 | 15 |
18. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:40.128 | 17 |
19. | Charles Pic | Caterham | 01:41.360 | 19 |
20. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 01:41.614 | 20 |
21. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 01:41.646 | 14 |
22. | Max Chilton | Marussia | 01:42.267 | 17 |
Having been second best to Mercedes on Friday, Red Bull underlined their status as favorites by heading the final practice session in Korea on Saturday morning. Championship-leader Sebastian Vettel edged team mate Mark Webber by just 0.137s to top the time-sheets with the Mercedes pairing of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton third and fourth fastest respectively.
Saturday Qualifying Results:
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 01:37.202 | 13 |
2. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:37.420 | 16 |
3. | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 01:37.464 | 13 |
4. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 01:37.531 | 14 |
5. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:37.679 | 16 |
6. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 01:38.038 | 17 |
7. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 01:38.223 | 16 |
8. | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 01:38.237 | 17 |
9. | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 01:38.405 | 15 |
10. | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 01:38.822 | 17 |
11. | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 01:38.362 | 14 |
12. | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:38.365 | 14 |
13. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 01:38.417 | 14 |
14. | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 01:38.431 | 15 |
15. | Paul di Resta | Force India | 01:38.718 | 15 |
16. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 01:38.781 | 13 |
17. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:39.470 | 8 |
18. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 01:39.987 | 8 |
19. | Charles Pic | Caterham | 01:40.864 | 6 |
20. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 01:40.871 | 6 |
21. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 01:41.169 | 6 |
22. | Max Chilton | Marussia | 01:41.322 | 6 |
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel continued his brilliant recent run of form by beating Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to pole position in Yeongam on Saturday afternoon.
The world championship leader’s first run in Q3 yielded a lap of 1m 37.202s and Hamilton was unable to get any closer than 0.218s to the German, handing Vettel his sixth pole position of the season and the 42nd of his career.
The other Red Bull of Mark Webber was third quickest, but he will start 13th following the ten-place grid penalty he earned in Singapore for accumulating his third stewards' reprimand of the season.
Official Starting Grid for Sunday's Grand Prix:
Sunday 6th October: Korean F1 Grand Prix
Race Report - Sebastian Vettel claimed his fourth successive 2013 victory in an action-packed race in Yeongam on Sunday.
As battles raged behind him, the Red Bull driver kept his cool, surviving two safety-car restarts to lead home the Lotus duo of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean, with Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg a superb fourth. Vettel was less dominant in Yeongam than he had been in the previous three races, and had to be careful to nurse his right-front tyre in a race in which several rivals ran into graining problems.
Grosjean took the fight to the Red Bull man initially by passing Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes on the opening lap, but the Frenchman was later jumped by team mate Raikkonen. The first safety-car deployment had thrown the Finn a lifeline after he’d run eighth early on as he struggled with under-steer.
When Sergio Perez’s McLaren had thrown the tread off its right-front Pirelli tyre on the 31st lap it sent safety-car driver Bernd Maylander into action as the debris was cleared up. After the usual rash of pit stops (which included Red Bull's Mark Webber taking an extra stop because of a puncture from the debris), the racing resumed on the 37th lap, with Vettel and Grosjean pushing ahead again. But some great opportunistic driving by Raikkonen - allied to a mistake from Grosjean who ran wide in the final corner - saw him jump his team mate going into the first corner.
Just as things were settling down, Adrian Sutil spun at Turn 3, the Force India striking Mark Webber’s Red Bull. The latter caught fire and as a merry blaze erupted the safety car was deployed again on the 38th lap. A fire vehicle also took to the track in front of Vettel, adding to the confusion. The RB9 was eventually recovered so that the racing could resume a second time on the 41st lap.
Now Vettel moved clear but Raikkonen was initially able to keep him honest before having to safeguard his position against his team mate as Grosjean got his second wind. As Vettel nursed his right-front tyre after being told off for setting the fastest lap with two to go, he won by 4.2s from Raikkonen who had Grosjean just seven-tenths of a second behind him. Behind them, fourth place had been the subject of a fabulous dust-up between Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, McLaren’s Jenson Button and the second Mercedes of Nico Rosberg. Hulkenberg’s Sauber at the head of the pack had the edge on traction and straight-line speed over Hamilton’s Mercedes, and though the Briton briefly got ahead with a nice pass going into Turn 1 on the 48th lap, Hulkenberg was able to re-pass on the main straight. Thereafter he calmly frustrated Hamilton’s every move to take a great fourth place and further boost his value in the driver market.
While Hamilton and the German battled, Alonso did all he could to take advantage, and on the 41st lap he and Hamilton switched places several times before the Mercedes driver reasserted himself. That left Alonso to settle for a sixth place which makes his title hopes ever slimmer. Further back Rosberg lost touch as he was held up by Button’s slowing McLaren.
The German had briefly caught and passed Hamilton on the 28th lap before his Mercedes’ nose broke and started sparking spectacularly after dragging on the track. He fell back behind his team mate when it proved difficult to change the nose during his resultant pit stop, took advantage of the lifelines of the safety cars, and got back into contention for fourth in the closing stages. But as Button lost pace on his ageing tyres, Rosberg lost touch with the Hulkenberg-Hamilton-Alonso scrap, and they were out of reach by the time he had overtaken Button on the 53rd lap.
Felipe Massa battled strongly to recover from a half spin going into the third corner on the opening lap, which caused upsets and wing damage for Button and Sutil, but the intensity of a fight with McLaren’s Sergio Perez on the 43rd lap is to be investigated by the stewards. The Mexican recovered from his tyre failure and finished seven-tenths of a second behind the Ferrari to take the final point.
There was an even more intense, and less disciplined, street fight for 11th and as Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez and Williams’ Pastor Maldonado duffed each other up, Massa and Perez had swept by. Maldonado fell back, leaving Gutierrez to come through ahead of the Venezuelan’s team mate Valtteri Bottas.
Charles Pic took 14th, just ahead of Caterham partner Giedo van der Garde. The Dutchman had an adventurous race, getting a drive-through penalty for forcing Marussia’s Jules Bianchi wide on the opening lap. Even so he was able to catch and pass both Bianchi and the other Marussia of Max Chilton, who were the final finishers in 16th and 17th.
Both Toro Rossos retired on the penultimate lap with mechanical issues, losing Daniel Ricciardo the chance of some deserved points after a strong drive. They joined Webber and the Force Indias in retirement after Sutil had stopped in the pits on the 50th lap and Paul di Resta had dropped out after crashing on the 25th lap.
The stewards have four incidents to review following the race, including the Massa-Perez one mentioned above. Perez is also under investigation for forcing Paul di Resta off track, whilst Van der Garde and Chilton are to be looked at for speeding under the safety car. Finally, Pic, Van der Garde and Bianchi are under investigation for failing to slow for yellow flags.
The result brings Red Bull within seven points of their fourth consecutive constructors’ crown, and Mercedes within a point of Ferrari for second in the standings - Red Bull have 402 points, Ferrari 284 and Mercedes 283, while Lotus are on 239, McLaren 81 and Force India 62.
Vettel extended his championship lead over Alonso to 77 points and now sits on a total of 272. As a result the German could clinch the title in Japan next week were he to win with Alonso ninth or lower. The Spaniard has 195, and Raikkonen has displaced Hamilton from third with 168 to his 161. Webber remains fifth on 130 with Rosberg on 122.
Race Results
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:43:13.701 |
2. | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | +4.224 |
3. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | +4.927 |
4. | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | +24.114 |
5. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +25.255 |
6. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | +26.189 |
7. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | +26.698 |
8. | Jenson Button | McLaren | +32.262 |
9. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | +34.390 |
10. | Sergio Perez | McLaren | +35.155 |
11. | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | +35.990 |
12. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | +47.049 |
13. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | +50.013 |
14. | Charles Pic | Caterham | +1:03.578 |
15. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | +1:04.501 |
16. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | +1:07.970 |
17. | Max Chilton | Marussia | +1:12.898 |
Did not finish | |||
18. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | +2 Laps |
19. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | +3 Laps |
20. | Adrian Sutil | Force India | +5 Laps |
21. | Mark Webber | Red Bull | +19 Laps |
22. | Paul di Resta | Force India | +31 Laps |
2013 Championship Standings:
Drivers' Championship
Pos. | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1. | Sebastian VettelRed Bull | 272 |
2. | Fernando AlonsoFerrari | 195 |
3. | Kimi RäikkönenLotus | 167 |
4. | Lewis HamiltonMercedes | 161 |
5. | Mark WebberRed Bull | 130 |
6. | Nico RosbergMercedes | 122 |
7. | Felipe MassaFerrari | 89 |
8. | Romain GrosjeanLotus | 72 |
9. | Jenson ButtonMcLaren | 58 |
10. | Paul di RestaForce India | 36 |
11. | Nico HülkenbergSauber | 31 |
12. | Adrian SutilForce India | 26 |
13. | Sergio PerezMcLaren | 23 |
14. | Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso | 18 |
15. | Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso | 13 |
16. | Pastor MaldonadoWilliams | 1 |
17. | Esteban GutiérrezSauber | 0 |
18. | Valtteri BottasWilliams | 0 |
19. | Jules BianchiMarussia | 0 |
20. | Charles PicCaterham | 0 |
21. | Giedo van der GardeCaterham | 0 |
22. | Max ChiltonMarussia | 0 |
Constructors' Championship
Pos. | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
1. | Red Bull | 402 |
2. | Ferrari | 284 |
3. | Mercedes Grand Prix | 283 |
4. | Lotus Renault | 239 |
5. | McLaren | 81 |
6. | Force India F1 | 62 |
7. | Sauber | 31 |
8. | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 31 |
9. | Williams | 1 |
10. | Marussia | 0 |
11. | Caterham | 0 |
The Next race will take place on the 11th, 12th & 13th of October at the Legendary Suzuka F1 Circuit in Japan.
Watch this blog for further news and developing stories.
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