Sebastian Vettel stormed to the first ever pole position for the Korean Grand Prix after setting a scintillating lap time of 1min 35.585secs with Bridgestone's soft compound Potenza tyre.

Vettel displaced his team-mate Mark Webber from pole by less than a tenth of a second at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam. Sunday's race will see the eighth all Red ... [ more ]

11.00-12.00 FORMULA 1 PRACTICE THREE
Sakon Yamamoto F110-03 #20 24th (20 laps) 1.43.880
Bruno Senna F110-02 #21 23rd (19 laps) 1.43.417

14.00-15.00 FORMULA 1 QUALIFYING
Sakon Yamamoto F110-03 #20 23rd (10 laps) 1.42.444
Bruno Senna F110-02 #21 24th (7 laps) 1.43.283

The final countdown to the first ever race in Korea got underway this afternoon, ... [ more ]

A GREAT START TO OUR RACING KOREA

Car 5 SEBASTIAN VETTEL, Position: POLE POSITION
"It's a special feeling to be on pole it was very close. The track is good here in the first sector there's not so much you can do, just hit your braking points at the right time, but the second and third sectors are quite entertaining with nice flowing corners, but it's easy to ... [ more ]

Qualifying for the inaugural Korean Grand Prix yielded another top ten grid slot for Rubens Barrichello today, his tenth of the season, when he closed Q3 with the tenth quickest time of the afternoon. Nico Hulkenberg's final opportunity to post a flying lap in Q2 was compromised in turn 12 by a momentary lack of rear end stability. Consequently, Nico will start tomorrow's ... [ more ]

Adrian Sutil (car 14, VJM03/03):
FP3: 10th 1:38.632 (18 laps)
Q1: 15th 1:38.572 (10 laps)
Q2: 14th 1:37.783 (8 laps)

Tonio Liuzzi (car 15, VJM03/04):
FP3: 18th 1:41.591 (15 laps)
Q1: 18th 1:38.955 (10 laps)

23 October 2010 - The Force India F1 Team will start tomorrow's inaugural Korean Grand Prix with Adrian Sutil in P14 and Tonio Liuzzi in ... [ more ]

The first ever qualifying on the Korean International Circuit saw a solid performance from Kamui Kobayashi and Nick Heidfeld, who finished 12th and 13th respectively. As the track conditions on the brand new circuit are constantly improving, quick reactions from the teams and drivers were required in order to set-up the cars in the best way possible.

Kamui Kobayashi:
C29.04 ... [ more ]

LEWIS HAMILTON
MP4-25A-02
P3 programme
2nd 1m37.402s (+0.048s) 16 laps

Qualifying
Q1 1st 1m37.113s (on Primes)
Q2 4th 1m36.197s (on Options)
Q3 4th 1m36.062s (on Options)

"The team made a phenomenal effort to get all the new parts to the track for this race, and everybody has done a fantastic job at the track all weekend.

"We were ... [ more ]

Jaime Alguersuari: (STR5-01)
FP3: Best lap 1.39.159, pos. 15th, 21 laps
Qualifying: Best lap 1.37.853, pos. 16th
"We can be reasonably satisfied with this result because it is so easy to gain or lose tenths here because the track has so many corners. As we come towards the final part of the season, I must say thanks to my race engineer, who has developed a very ... [ more ]

Saturday at the Korean Grand Prix began with a trouble free third practice session for Lotus Racing with the good news continuing into the afternoon when Jarno Trulli finished at the head of the other new teams in 19th place, with team mate Heikki Kovalainen behind him in 21st.

Jarno Trulli (Chassis T127-02) FP3: 15 laps, best time 1.41.623, 19th / QUALIFYING: 19th, ... [ more ]

DRIVERS:
1. Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull), 1m35.585s
2. Mark WEBBER (Red Bull), 1m35.659s
3. Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari), 1m35.766s

TV UNILATERALS

Q: Sebastian, great pole. You only had a one lap run at the end but you edged it by seven one hundredths of a second yet again this season. A special feeling I imagine.

Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, it is. ... [ more ]