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Race details
Date
14 October 2012
Official name
2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix[1]
Location
Yeongam, South Jeolla, South Korea
Course
Korea International Circuit
Course length
5.621[2] km (3.493 miles)
Distance
55 laps, 309.155 km (192.100 miles)
Weather
Fine and Dry[3]
Air Temp 21 °C (70 °F)[3]
Track Temp 27 °C (81 °F) dropping to 23 °C (73 °F)[3]
Attendance
Poor [4]
Pole position
Driver
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
Time
1:37.242
Fastest lap
Driver
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
Time
1:42.037 on lap 54
Podium
First
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
Second
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
Third
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2012 Korean Grand Prix (formally known as the 2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix)[1] was a Formula One motor race that was the sixteenth round of the 2012 Formula One season. It was held on 14 October 2012 at the Korea International Circuit near Yeongam in South Korea's South Jeolla Province.[5] The race marked the third running of the Korean Grand Prix.[6]
Mark Webber started the race from pole alongside Sebastian Vettel,[7] who went on to win the race.[8] With championship rival Fernando Alonso finishing third, Vettel took a six-point championship lead.[9] The organisers of the race invited Korean rapper PSY to wave the chequered flag.[10] This was Red Bull's only 1-2 finish of the year.
^ ab"2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula One Management. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
^"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 8 October 2012.
^ abc"2012 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Race)". f1standings.net. F1Standings. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^"Red Bull Strong Again; Attendance Lags in Korea". 14 October 2012.
^Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
^Collantine, Keith (10 October 2012). "Welcome to the Tilkedromes — 2012 Korean Grand Prix preview". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
^"2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix — Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One Management. 13 October 2012. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
^"Vettel wins in Korea to take championship lead". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^Collantine, Keith (14 October 2012). "2012 Korean Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^"PSY - 'GANGNAM STYLE' Finishes Korean Gran Prix". YouTube.com. 14 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
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