For the eigth time this Season Red Bull Racing Locked up the first row of the grid, this time for the inaugural Korean Grand prix.
In a closely fought Qualifying session the championship contenders fought for pole position and for most of Q3 it seemed as though Fernando Alonso would claim pole for Ferrari after being the first car to break 1 minute 36 seconds posting a blistering time of 1:35.766.
But on the final lap of the Qualifying session both Red Bulls went slightly faster, with Sebastian Vettel claiming his second pole position in a row beating out Webber by the narrowest of margins, just 74 hundredths of a second.
Korea Grand Prix Qualifying Grid Position
| Grid Position | Driver/Team | Grid Position | Driver/Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vettel/Red Bull Racing | 2 | Webber/Red Bull Racing |
| 3 | Alonso/Ferrari | 4 | Hamilton/McLaren |
| 5 | Rosberg/Mercedes GP | 6 | Massa/Ferrari |
| 7 | Button/McLaren | 8 | Kubica/Renault F1 |
| 9 | Schumacher/Mercedes GP | 10 | Barrichello/Williams |
| 11 | Hulkenberg/Wiliams | 12 | Kobayashi/BMW Sauber F1 |
| 13 | Heidfeld/BMW Sauber f1 | 14 | Sutil/Force India |
| 15 | Petrov/Renault F1 | 16 | Alguersuari/Toro Rosso |
| 17 | Buemi/Toro Rosso | 18 | Liuzzi/Force India |
| 19 | Trulli/Lotus Racing | 20 | Glock/Virgin Racing |
| 21 | Kovalainen/Lotus Racing | 22 | Di Grassi/Virgin Racing |
| 23 | Yamamoto/ HRT F1 Team | 24 | Senna/HRT F1 Team |
Vettels time of 1:35.585 was almost two tenths faster than that of Alonso, while Ferrari have made a terrific improvement in the F10 since the Belgium Grand Prix, it just seems that the Red Bull RB6 is just that much better with both Vettel and Webber seemingly being able to turn up the pace when it matters the most.
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
Hi,
I have kind of an odd question. Do you record the F1 races? My husband has a collection of all of the past races he has recorded on DVD. Unfortunately he missed about 1/2 of the Korean GP because it was so slow to get going due to the rain. I would really like to make his day and find a copy of this race on DVD.
If you can help at all or have any suggestions, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!
Lhea
Hi Lea,
I had the same problem, luckily I managed to record most of the race from a later broadcast. I think my DVR will allow me to make a copy although I have never used that feature.
If you can’t find a copy elsewhere send me a e:mail on clive@f1racingfan.com And I’ll see what I can do.
It was a great race.