Past Formula 1 Seasons
2015 F1 Results
2014 F1 Results
2013 F1 Results
2012 F1 Results
2011 F1 Results
2010 F1 Results
2009 F1 Results
2008 F1 Results
2007 F1 Results
2006 F1 Results
2005 F1 Results
2004 F1 Results
2003 F1 Results
2002 F1 Results
2001 F1 Results
2000 F1 Results
1999 F1 Results
1998 F1 Results
1997 F1 Results

Links

2010 World Cup

Translate

About

Archives

Your Say

Diagnosis & Prognosis
By the Heretic

Controversy Corner

The Real Race
By the Quali-flyer

Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar | Hurricane Center

Live Update

2011 Korean Formula 1 Grand Prix

1st Friday Practice 2nd Friday Practice Saturday Practice Qualifying Race

Discussion Thread

Qualifying

Korean Formula One Grand Prix - Qualifying

(10/15/2011)

1:59

Welcome to our coverage of Qualifying from Korea

Saturday October 15, 2011 1:59

1:59

Air temperature is at 22 degrees while track temperature is at 28 degrees

Saturday October 15, 2011 1:59

1:59

Q1 about to get underway

Saturday October 15, 2011 1:59

2:02

Senna, Petrov and di Resta on the track

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:02

2:02

Ricciardo, Liuzzi and d'Ambrosio on the track as well

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:02

2:03

A 1:39.951 for Senna, first time of the session

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:03

2:04

Petrov sets a 1:39.406 despite a massive lockup

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:04

2:05

20 cars on the track now

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:05

2:06

Hamilton starts his flyer

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:06

2:07

Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:38.278

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:07

2:08

Button goes second with a 1:38.670

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:08

2:08

Alonso goes second with a 1:38.393

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:08

2:09

Massa goes third with a 1:38.670

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:09

2:11

Rosberg goes 4th with a 1:38.679

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:11

2:11

Hamilton improves in first with a 1:37.525

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:11

2:12

Webber goes 7th with a 1:39.071 while Vettel is in 8th with a 1:39.093

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:12

2:12

Button takes second with a 1:37.929

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:12

2:13

Schumacher now in 4th with a 1:38.502

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:13

2:14

Rosberg takes 4th with a 1:38.426

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:14

2:15

Interesting that Red Bull opted to use the super softs for just 1 flying lap. They are counting that they don't need to go back out

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:15

2:16

Petrov up into 3rd with a 1:38.378

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:16

2:17

Liuzzi, Barrichello, Maldonado and Ricciardo yet to set times

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:17

2:18

Ricciardo still in the garage, unlikely he will have time to set a time

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:18

2:18

The top 9 have chosen not to go back out

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:18

2:18

di Resta now in 7th

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:18

2:19

Sutil goes 9th

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:19

2:20

In danger on elimination are Barrichello, Maldonando, Kobayashi and Alguersuari

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:20

2:21

Barrichello pits!

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:21

2:21

Maldonado goes 16th knocking out Barrichello

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:21

2:22

Knocked out: Barrichello, Kovalainen, Trulli, Glock, d'Ambrosio, Liuzzi, Ricciardo

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:22

2:24

Top 10 at the end of Q1: Hamilton, Button, Petrov, Alonso, Rosberg, Schumacher, di Resta, Massa, Sutil and Webber

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:24

2:25

Second qualifying session about to get underway. Air temperature at 23 degrees while track temperature is at 30 degrees

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:25

2:27

Q2 underway

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:27

2:27

No cars go out straight away

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:27

2:28

di Resta is the first to go out

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:28

2:29

Hamilton goes out on the super softs

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:29

2:30

10 cars on the track now

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:30

2:31

Hamilton commences his timed lap

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:31

2:32

di Resta sets a 1:38.868

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:32

2:32

Hamilton quick

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:32

2:32

Hamilton sets a 1:36.526

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:32

2:32

Button sets a 1:37.292

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:32

2:33

Webber goes second with a 1:37.292

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:33

2:33

Vettel takes second with a 1:37.285

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:33

2:35

7 minutes to go

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:35

2:35

Top 10: Hamilton, Vettel, Webber, Button, Alonso, Rosberg, Massa, Petrov, Alguersuari and Buemi

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:35

2:36

Senna, Kobayashi, Schumacher and Maldonado have yet to set a time this session

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:36

2:37

Schumacher on the track now

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:37

2:38

Schumacher goes 9th with a 1:38.354

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:38

2:38

Massa goes back out

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:38

2:39

All drivers from 7th are on the track for the final 2 minutes

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:39

2:40

Sutil quickest in S1!

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:40

2:41

Massa goes 5th with a 1:37.313

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:41

2:42

Sutil goes 9th with a 1:38.219

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:42

2:42

Alguersuari takes 10th!

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:42

2:42

di Resta takes 10th and pushes Alguersuari to 11th

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:42

2:43

So knocked out of Q2 are: Alguersuari, Schumacher, Buemi, Kobayashi, Senna, Maldonado and Perez

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:43

2:44

Top 10 at the end of Q2: Hamilton, Vettel, Webber, Button, Massa, Alonso, Rosberg, Petrov, Sutil and di Resta

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:44

2:47

Q3 about to get underway, air temperature at 23 degrees while track temperature is at 29 degrees

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:47

2:48

Hamilton looks set to take Pole, if he does, it will be the first pole for a non-Red Bull car this season!

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:48

2:50

Q3 gets undeway

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:50

2:50

Rosberg first out followed by Hamilton

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:50

2:51

More drivers go out. Only Sutil and di Resta remain in the pits

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:51

2:52

Hamilton starts his first timed lap this session

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:52

2:53

Hamilton quickest in S1

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:53

2:53

And very quick in S2

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:53

2:53

A 1:37.754 for Rosberg

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:53

2:54

A 1:36.130 for Hamilton

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:54

2:54

Vettel quickest in S2

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:54

2:54

Vettel goes second with a 1:36.160

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:54

2:55

Just a fraction between Hamilton and Vettel

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:55

2:55

Webber is 3rd with a 1:36.468

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:55

2:56

Button is 4th ahead of Alonso, Massa, Rosberg and Petrov

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:56

2:56

Just over 3 minutes to go

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:56

2:57

Will they top 2 go out again ?

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:57

2:57

Sutil and di Resta yet to go out

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:57

2:57

Webber goes back out

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:57

2:57

Hamilton follows

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:57

2:58

Button and the 2 Ferraris on the track as well

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:58

2:58

Vettel goes out, he needs to hurry to make it

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:58

2:59

Rosberg and Sutil stay in the pits. 8 cars on the track

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:59

2:59

Webber starts his lap

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:59

2:59

Hamilton behind him

Saturday October 15, 2011 2:59

3:00

Webber isn't quick in S1

Saturday October 15, 2011 3:00

3:00

Button is quickest in S1

Saturday October 15, 2011 3:00

3:00

Hamilton quickest in S2

Saturday October 15, 2011 3:00

3:01

Button not much slower

Saturday October 15, 2011 3:01

3:02

Hamllton improves with a 1:35.820

Saturday October 15, 2011 3:02

3:02

Vettel takes second with a 1:36.042

Saturday October 15, 2011 3:02

3:02

Button in 3rd with a 1:36.126

Saturday October 15, 2011 3:02

3:04

So Hamilton takes Pole for the first time this season and for the first time this season we have a car other than Red Bull on Pole!

Saturday October 15, 2011 3:04

3:04

Top 10: Hamilton, Vettel, Button, Webber, Massa, Alonso, Rosberg, Petrov, di Resta and Sutil

Saturday October 15, 2011 3:04

3:11

Join us tomorrow for the Korean Grand Prix starting a 3 pm local time (6:00 GMT)

Follow our news updates as well as our Twitter and Facebook pages

Saturday October 15, 2011 3:11

3:13

The following resources on the web provide live coverage of the Formula 1 Season

Japanese F1 Grand Prix - Discussions, commentary and results

Follow NewsOnF1 updates on Twitter

Join NewsOnF1 on Facebook

Formula 1 (The Official Formula 1 Website)
Live Timing from all the sessions

Race Archive (Coverage of all the sessions from previous events)

2015

Australia

2014

Australia Malaysia Bahrain China Spain Monaco Canada Austria Britain Germany

Hungary Belgium Italy

2013

Australia Malaysia China Bahrain Spain Monaco Canada Britain Germany Hungary

Belgium Italy Singapore Korea Japan India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012

Australia Malaysia China Bahrain Spain Monaco Canada Europe Britain Germany

Hungary Belgium Italy Singapore Japan Korea India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011

Australia Malaysia China Turkey Spain Monaco Canada Europe Britain

Germany Hungary Belgium Italy Singapore Japan Korea India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010

Bahrain Australia Malaysia China Spain Monaco Turkey Canada Europe Britain

Germany Hungary Belgium Italy Singapore Japan Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009

Hungary Europe Belgium Italy Singapore Japan

F1 Tickets

Spanish F1 GP

Canadian F1 GP

British F1 GP

European F1 GP (Valencia)

Belgian F1 GP

Italian F1 GP

United States F1 GP

Abu Dhabi F1 GP

VIP F1 Paddock Club Tickets

MotoGP Tickets

MotoGP VIP Village Tickets

more Motorsport Tours & Holidays

Australian F1 Grand Prix Tour package

Clipsal 500 Adelaide package

Live Formula 1 Coverage

Live Update

2011 Korean Formula 1 Grand Prix