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Behind the scenes in Korea

A track that lay untouched for a year, a gatecrashed party and the F1 fraternity descending on a set of baseball nets; Jonathan Noble brings you tales from the inside the paddock at the Korean Grand Prix

With the Formula 1 World Championship having been settled in Japan, it was always going to be hard for the Korean Grand Prix to generate much hype and interest.

The novelty factor of last year's inaugural event had long gone, and matters were not helped by the implications of a management overhaul with the promoters, which meant development work at the Yeongam track had stalled for almost a year.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.