Round 16 · 14 October 2012
Korean Grand Prix
Korean International Circuit · Yeongam County, Korea
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
25 drivers
After Round 15
1
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
194
pts
2
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
190
pts
3
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1
157
pts
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
152
pts
5
Mark Webber
Red Bull
134
pts
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6
Jenson Button
McLaren
131
pts
7
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
93
pts
8
Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1
82
pts
9
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
69
pts
10
Sergio Pérez
Sauber
66
pts
11
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
50
pts
12
Paul di Resta
Force India
44
pts
13
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
43
pts
14
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India
37
pts
15
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
33
pts
16
Bruno Senna
Williams
25
pts
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso
8
pts
18
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso
7
pts
19
Timo Glock
Marussia
0
pts
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham
0
pts
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham
0
pts
22
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Lotus F1
0
pts
23
Charles Pic
Marussia
0
pts
24
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
0
pts
25
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
0
pts
After the race
25 drivers
After Round 16
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
↑1
215
+25
2
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
↓1
209
+15
3
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1
—
167
+10
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
—
153
+1
5
Mark Webber
Red Bull
—
152
+18
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6
Jenson Button
McLaren
—
131
+0
7
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
—
93
+0
8
Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1
—
88
+6
9
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
—
81
+12
10
Sergio Pérez
Sauber
—
66
+0
11
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
—
50
+0
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India
↑2
45
+8
13
Paul di Resta
Force India
↓1
44
+0
14
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
↓1
43
+0
15
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
—
33
+0
16
Bruno Senna
Williams
—
25
+0
17
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso
—
12
+4
18
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso
—
9
+2
19
Timo Glock
Marussia
—
0
+0
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham
—
0
+0
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham
—
0
+0
22
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Lotus F1
—
0
+0
23
Charles Pic
Marussia
—
0
+0
24
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
—
0
+0
25
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
—
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VET Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 2 | 1:36:28.651 | 25 |
| 2 | WEB Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1 | +8.231 | 18 |
| 3 | ALO Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 4 | +13.944 | 15 |
| 4 | MAS Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 | +20.168 | 12 |
| 5 | RAI Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 5 | +36.739 | 10 |
| 6 | HUL Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 8 | +45.301 | 8 |
| 7 | GRO Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 7 | +54.812 | 6 |
| 8 | VER Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 16 | +1:09.589 | 4 |
| 9 | RIC Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 21 | +1:11.787 | 2 |
| 10 | HAM Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 3 | +1:19.692 | 1 |
| 11 | PER Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 12 | +1:20.062 | 0 |
| 12 | DIR Paul di Resta | Force India | 14 | +1:24.448 | 0 |
| 13 | MSC Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 10 | +1:29.241 | 0 |
| 14 | MAL Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 15 | +1:34.924 | 0 |
| 15 | SEN Bruno Senna | Williams | 17 | +1:36.902 | 0 |
| 16 | PET Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 18 | 1L | 0 |
| 17 | KOV Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 19 | 1L | 0 |
| 18 | GLO Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | 1L | 0 |
| 19 | PIC Charles Pic | Marussia | 24 | 2L | 0 |
| 20 | KAR Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | 2L | 0 |
| R | DLR Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | KOB Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | ROS Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | BUT Jenson Button | McLaren | 11 | — | 0 |