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2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/874-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix · Korea International Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 16

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36:28.651 · 55 laps · renault	25
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:36:36.882 · 55 laps · renault	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:36:42.595 · 55 laps · ferrari	15
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36:48.819 · 55 laps · ferrari	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:37:05.390 · 55 laps · renault	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:37:13.952 · 55 laps · mercedes	8
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:37:23.463 · 55 laps · renault	6
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:37:38.240 · 55 laps · ferrari	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:37:40.438 · 55 laps · ferrari	2
10	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:37:48.343 · 55 laps · mercedes	1
11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:37:48.713 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:37:53.099 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:37:57.892 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
14	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:38:03.575 · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:38:05.553 · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
16	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Time not recorded · 54 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Time not recorded · 54 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
18	Timo Glock	Marussia	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
19	Charles Pic	Marussia	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
20	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Throttle · Time not recorded · 16 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 16 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 1 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:38.397 · 17 laps · renault
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:38.208 · 13 laps · renault
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:39.180 · 16 laps · mercedes
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:39.144 · 19 laps · ferrari
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Q1 1:38.887 · 17 laps · renault
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:38.937 · 16 laps · ferrari
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Q1 1:38.863 · 20 laps · renault
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Q1 1:38.981 · 18 laps · mercedes
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:38.999 · 17 laps · mercedes
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:38.808 · 18 laps · mercedes
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:38.615 · 11 laps · mercedes
12	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:38.630 · 13 laps · ferrari
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:38.719 · 14 laps · ferrari
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:38.942 · 15 laps · mercedes
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:39.024 · 16 laps · renault
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:38.784 · 13 laps · ferrari
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:38.744 · 14 laps · ferrari
18	Bruno Senna	Williams	Q1 1:39.443 · 9 laps · renault
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Q1 1:40.207 · 7 laps · renault
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Q1 1:40.333 · 10 laps · renault
21	Charles Pic	Marussia	Q1 1:41.317 · 8 laps · cosworth
22	Timo Glock	Marussia	Q1 1:41.371 · 8 laps · cosworth
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Q1 1:42.881 · 7 laps · cosworth
NC	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Time not recorded · 1 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:37.242 · renault
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:37.316 · renault
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:37.469 · mercedes
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:37.534 · ferrari
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:37.625 · renault
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:37.884 · ferrari
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:37.934 · renault
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:38.266 · mercedes
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.361 · mercedes
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:38.513 · mercedes
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:38.441 · mercedes
12	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:38.460 · ferrari
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38.594 · ferrari
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:38.643 · mercedes
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:38.725 · renault
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:39.340 · ferrari
17	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:39.443 · renault
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:40.207 · renault
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:40.333 · renault
20	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:41.371 · cosworth
21	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:39.084 · ferrari
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:42.881 · cosworth
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Time not recorded · cosworth
24	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:41.317 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	215
2	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	209
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	167
4	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	153
5	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	152
6	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	131
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	93
8	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	88
9	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	81
10	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	66
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	50
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	45
13	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	44
14	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	43
15	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	33
16	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	25
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
19	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Charles Pic	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
25	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:39.148
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	2	1:39.450
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	3	1:39.575
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	4	1:39.854
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:40.088
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	6	1:40.221
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	7	1:40.396
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	8	1:40.422
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	9	1:40.440
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	10	1:40.480
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	11	1:40.929
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	12	1:41.048
freePractice1Results	Jules Bianchi	13	1:41.140
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:41.220
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	15	1:41.514
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	16	1:41.596
freePractice1Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	1:42.021
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	18	1:42.027
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:42.104
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	20	1:42.175
freePractice1Results	Charles Pic	21	1:42.706
freePractice1Results	Giedo van der Garde	22	1:42.820
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	23	1:44.517
freePractice1Results	Dani Clos	24	1:45.735
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:38.832
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	2	1:38.864
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:39.160
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	4	1:39.219
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	5	1:39.330
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:39.422
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	7	1:39.584
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	8	1:39.717
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	9	1:39.739
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	10	1:39.839
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	11	1:39.957
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	12	1:40.089
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	13	1:40.112
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:40.445
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	15	1:40.745
freePractice2Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	16	1:40.789
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	17	1:40.997
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	18	1:41.200
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:41.602
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	20	1:42.596
freePractice2Results	Charles Pic	21	1:43.066
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	22	1:43.067
freePractice2Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:43.869
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	24	1:44.533
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:37.642
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:38.169
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	3	1:38.511
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	4	1:38.582
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	5	1:38.666
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:38.705
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	7	1:38.766
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	8	1:38.791
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	9	1:38.833
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	10	1:38.932
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	11	1:38.954
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	12	1:39.010
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	13	1:39.150
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	14	1:39.156
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	15	1:39.345
freePractice3Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	16	1:39.448
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	17	1:39.537
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	18	1:39.706
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	19	1:41.114
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	1:41.437
freePractice3Results	Charles Pic	21	1:41.684
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	22	1:42.062
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:42.845
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	24	1:42.882

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Kamui Kobayashi	1	1	33.003
Kamui Kobayashi	2	7	13.986
Lewis Hamilton	1	13	19.638
Nico Hülkenberg	1	13	22.125
Romain Grosjean	1	13	21.681
Michael Schumacher	1	13	20.087
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	13	20.865
Heikki Kovalainen	1	13	21.896
Mark Webber	1	14	19.811
Felipe Massa	1	14	20.607
Kimi Räikkönen	1	14	20.211
Daniel Ricciardo	1	14	20.151
Bruno Senna	1	14	21.886
Vitaly Petrov	1	14	22.278
Timo Glock	1	14	22.334
Sebastian Vettel	1	15	19.830
Fernando Alonso	1	15	19.930
Paul di Resta	1	15	20.805
Charles Pic	1	17	21.302
Sergio Pérez	1	18	24.408
Narain Karthikeyan	1	18	22.749
Pastor Maldonado	1	21	21.137
Lewis Hamilton	2	26	20.777
Paul di Resta	2	28	20.218
Romain Grosjean	2	31	20.935
Timo Glock	2	31	20.494
Mark Webber	2	32	19.616
Nico Hülkenberg	2	32	20.982
Michael Schumacher	2	32	20.276
Bruno Senna	2	32	22.813
Vitaly Petrov	2	32	21.581
Sergio Pérez	2	33	20.767
Heikki Kovalainen	2	33	21.489
Fernando Alonso	2	34	20.090
Daniel Ricciardo	2	34	20.804
Sebastian Vettel	2	35	19.801
Felipe Massa	2	35	20.855
Kimi Räikkönen	2	35	21.012
Charles Pic	2	34	22.019
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	38	21.188
Lewis Hamilton	3	42	19.447