presented by
Korean GP
Lotus Renault GP testing
Mercedes GP W03 launch
Australian GP
Malaysian GP
Chinese GP
Bahrain GP
Spanish GP
Monaco GP
Canadian GP
European GP
London GP demo
British GP
German GP
Hungarian GP
Belgian GP
Italian GP
Singapore GP
Japanese GP
Korean GP
Indian GP
Abu Dhabi GP
United States GP
Brazilian GP
Live text
Formula 1
Korean GP
2012 Korean Grand Prix The Korean Grand Prix
Live Standings
presented by
Stopped
Summary
Live Text
Sort by
Lap 28: Perez is 13th and on the tail of di Resta, with Senna 14th, Maldonado not having a great race in 15th, Kovalainen 16th and Petrov in 17th.
Lap 28: Schumacher maintains 11th and has recovered some pace. He is holding di Resta (12th) at two seconds now.
Lap 28: Webber is still 8.5 seconds behind leader Vettel, but the Australian has picked up his pace to fend off the Ferraris.
Lap 27: So Hulkenberg moves up a spot to sixth, with Grosjean now seventh, Hamilton eighth, Ricciardo ninth and Vergne 10th.
Lap 27: Vettel is told to look after his tyres, with concerns from the team over wear of the right front.
Lap 27: Hamilton rejoins from that stop in eighth place, just ahead of Ricciardo's Toro Rosso.
Lap 26: Not a great stop there from McLaren and Hamilton will surely be unable to make the flag from here.
Lap 26: Hamilton is in for a very early second stop.
Lap 26: Schumacher continues to lose pace, with di Resta in 12th now on his tail.
Lap 26: Hamilton may be finding a way to cope with his recalcitrant McLaren as he fends off Raikkonen once again.
Lap 25: Ferrari's speed is good at the moment, with both Alonso and Massa closing on Webber.
Lap 25: Vettel's speed is dominant once again up front with a new best of 1m44.110s, pulling 8.8s ahead of Webber.
Lap 25: Vergne is straight past Schumacher down the long straight into Turn 3. The Toro Rosso driver takes over 10th place.
Lap 25: Battle continues between Hamilton and Raikkonen, with the McLaren setting a very slow 1m46s pace.
Lap 25: Vergne is immediately all over the back of Schumacher's Mercedes, as it loses pace yet again.
Lap 24: Schumacher has slipped to 5.4 seconds behind Ricciardo. The German is 10th and Vergne is up to 11th, having passed di Resta.
Lap 24: Hulkenberg is seventh but still more than 15 seconds behind this entertaining battle. Grosjean is eighth with Ricciardo ninth.
Lap 24: Hamilton fights back, diving down the inside of the Lotus at Turn 4. Great racing between the world champions there.
Lap 23: Raikkonen tries again and this time blasts past Hamilton to take over fifth.
Lap 23: McLaren diagnose a "mechanical balance change" as Hamilton struggles for pace with ever-worsening tyres.
Lap 22: Raikkonen tries a DRS move on Hamilton but isn't quite close enough and the McLaren remains ahead.
Lap 22: Vergne is now quickest of all in the first sector of the lap. He is 12th but closing on di Resta's Force India.
Lap 22: Meanwhile up front, Vettel leads by 7.4 seconds and is pulling away from team-mate Webber.
Lap 22: So Maldonado pits from 10th place. It is a quick stop and he resumes down the order in 15th.
Lap 22: Hamilton has a new problem now in the form of Raikkonen closing on the tail of the McLaren.
Lap 22: Ricciardo makes up another position, as he passes the ailing Maldonado, before the Williams driver finally pits.
Lap 21: Massa is told to pull away from Hamilton, with Ferrari thinking that Hamilton is suffering from graining, which may eventually clear.
Lap 21: Schumacher is down to 11th with di Resta still behind him in 12th. Vergne is 13th with Perez 14th, Senna 15th and Kovalainen in 16th spot.
Lap 21: Massa's pace is very good at this point, clocking the fastest first sector while also passing Hamilton.
Lap 21: Ricciardo has passed Schumacher and is up into 10th. This is a great run so far from the Australian. He is into the points.
Lap 20: Plenty of history between that pair but it is clean this time and Massa takes fourth.
Lap 20: Hulkenberg is seventh but 15 seconds behind Raikkonen's Lotus. Grosjean is now eighth with Maldonado struggling with his tyres in ninth.
Lap 20: Massa is all over the gearbox of Hamilton's McLaren and looks likely to make a DRS move.
Lap 20: Hamilton's pace has faded in recent laps and he is now under pressure from Massa.
Lap 20: Grosjean continues his recovery through the field after his stop. He passes Maldonado and moves up into eighth place.
Lap 19: Karthikeyan is one of the last to pit and he is in and out in 20th position.
Lap 19: Hamilton tells McLaren that he doesn't think the tyres will last.
Lap 18: That means Perez could still go the distance, but it's an awful long way to stretch the supersoft.
Lap 18: Not the greatest stop for Sauber but he's away on supersofts.
Lap 18: Perez finally makes his first stop, with a one-stop plan not looking like it is going to work.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
Published:
Lap:
