Race 16 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
16 October 2011
Official name
2011 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix
Location
Yeongam, South Jeolla, South Korea
Course
Korea International Circuit[1]
Course length
5.621 km (3.493 miles)
Distance
55 laps, 309.155 km (192.100 miles)
Weather
Dry, light rain at the start
Air Temp 21 °C (70 °F)[2]
Attendance
84,000
Pole position
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Time
1:35.820
Fastest lap
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time
1:39.605 on lap 55 (lap record)[N 1]
Podium
First
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing-Renault
Second
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Third
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing-Renault
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2011 Korean Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race that was held on 16 October 2011 at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam, South Jeolla, South Korea.[3] It was the sixteenth round of the 2011 Formula One season, the second running of the Korean Grand Prix, and the first race after Sebastian Vettel claimed the 2011 World Drivers' Championship.
The 55-lap race was won by Vettel, after starting from second on the grid. Lewis Hamilton finished in second place for McLaren, and Mark Webber completed the podium in third position.[4] As a consequence of the race, podium finishes for both Vettel and Webber ensured that Red Bull Racing defended their World Constructors' Championship title, extending their lead to 140 points over McLaren, with only 129 points available at the final three races.
Polesitter Hamilton broke Red Bull's streak of pole positions, which had started at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and continued for another 15 races. Prior to this race, the last time Red Bull failed to take pole was at the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix, when Nico Hülkenberg, driving for Williams, was the polesitter.
^"2010 FIA Formula One World Championship: Circuit and lap information" (PDF). fia.com. Paris: Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
^"2011 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Race)". Formula1.com. Formula One Group. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2012.[dead link]
^"World Motor Sport Council: 03/11/2010". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 November 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
^Holt, Sarah (16 October 2011). "Sebastian Vettel wins Korean Grand Prix from Lewis Hamilton". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
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