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Formula 1
Korean GP
2010 Korean Grand Prix Qualifying
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7 min: Button is only ninth fastest after his first attempt on hard tyres. He may need to deploy the soft rubber to get out of danger.
7 min: Rosberg is also on the softer tyres and he goes into sixth with 1m36.895s.
6 min: Mark Webber makes a Red Bull Racing one-two as he moves into second place with a time of 1m36.581s.
6 min: Hamilton slots in third quickest, demoted to fifth by improvements.
6 min: Vettel returns to the top of the list after a lap of 1m36.457s.
5 min: Massa is looking quicker on his second lap with the soft tyres - 1m36.672s for the Brazilian on the much quicker rubber.
5 min: Michael Schumacher is using the soft tyres for this run of laps and he goes into third position with a time of 1m37.396s behind Alonso and Vettel.
4 min: Alonso takes the leading time with a quick 1m37.096s.
4 min: Vettel is the next man to top the list. The Red Bull driver clocks 1m37.224s.
4 min: Hamilton has outbraked himself for the first corner, spoiling his first lap on hard tyres.
4 min: Kubica sets the fastest first sector, where the Renault has been vying with McLaren for supremacy.
3 min: Hulkenberg soon sees off the threat from Alguersuari as he manages 1m38.058s.
3 min: Alguersuari is the first man over the line in the 1m39.234s.
3 min: Massa is slow though the first sector as he begins his first flying lap on softs.
3 min: Alguersuari posts 53.7 seconds in the first sector, but Hulkenberg is able to beat that by six-tenths of a second.
2 min: Hulkenberg flashes across the line to begin his next timed lap on soft tyres.
2 min: Alonso has hard tyres on his Ferrari as he heads around to bank a time.
1 min: Vettel, Webber and Barrichello join them as the action begins early in Q2.
0 min: Kubica is off to bank a time on the hader tyres, with Massa already going for soft rubber.
0 min: Hulkenberg and Alguersuari are immediately out onto the circuit. They are followed by Buemi and Sutil.
0 min: Massa is straight out to join the early runners.
0 min: The drivers that have made it through are now ready for the next challenge. They will have just 15 minutes to try and secure a berth in the top 10 shootout.
0 min: Q2 is underway in Korea.
Toro Rosso drivers Alguersuari and Buemi scraped through in 16th and 17th in the first period.
Liuzzi fails to make it through to Q2 yet again. The margin on this occasion was 0.334 seconds.
The first period of qualifying has been completed. The following seven drivers have been eliminated:
18) Liuzzi
19) Trulli
20) Glock
21) Kovalainen
22) di Grassi
23) Yamamoto
24) Senna.
18) Liuzzi
19) Trulli
20) Glock
21) Kovalainen
22) di Grassi
23) Yamamoto
24) Senna.
Up front, Hamilton topped the times from Vettel, Alonso, Webber, Massa and Kubica.
Jarno Trulli improved on his final effort to maintain 19th position for Lotus with a lap of 1m40.521s.
Button says on the radio that he is struggling to get temperature into the harder tyres.
Liuzzi is on his final effort now ... he does not improve and remains in 18th position. He is eliminated.
Kubica is also edging forwards, taking sixth quickest in his Renault.
The Force India game of musical chairs continues as Sutil moves up to 13th, putting Liuzzi in the dreaded 18th position.
Button improves slightly but is still down in eighth.
20 min: Sutil is now on his best lap so far, and this could return his team-mate Liuzzi to the drop zone if he improves.
20 min: Barrichello pulls himself clear of the danger zone as the flag comes out.
20 min: Liuzzi moves up from 18th to 15th and that puts his team-mate Sutil in the drop zone.
19 min: Schumacher improves to take ninth quickest in his Mercedes.
19 min: Petrov and Hulkenberg clock faster times and are now seventh and eighth.
19 min: The two Force Indias are in 17th and 18th. Barrichello is not safe yet either in 16th position.
18 min: Heidfeld moves up to 11th position and that puts Liuzzi in the drop zone in 18th.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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