2012 Korean Grand Prix [RESULTS]

Oct 14, 2012 at 11:04

By: Motor1.com

A visibly disappointed Fernando Alonso has in Korea finally lost his long-standing championship lead, as his title rival Sebastian Vettel won a third consecutive grand prix on Sunday. Red Bull's Ger...

A visibly disappointed Fernando Alonso has in Korea finally lost his long-standing championship lead, as his title rival Sebastian Vettel won a third consecutive grand prix on Sunday.

Red Bull's German, who finished 8 seconds ahead of his teammate and pole sitter Mark Webber, is now 6 points ahead of Spaniard Alonso with just four races still to run.

Given the new dominance of the RB8 car - whose designer Adrian Newey collected the constructors' trophy on Sunday's podium - Vettel must now be considered the favourite to secure a third consecutive drivers' title next month.

"At the moment Red Bull are difficult to beat," Alonso, who finished third ahead of his resurgent teammate Felipe Massa, admitted to podium interviewer Johnny Herbert.

Vettel said: "I'm looking forward to the next couple of races."

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	55	1:36:28.651	2	25
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	55	+8.2 secs	1	18
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	+13.9 secs	4	15
4	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	+20.1 secs	6	12
5	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	55	+36.7 secs	5	10
6	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	55	+45.3 secs	8	8
7	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	55	+54.8 secs	7	6
8	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	55	+69.5 secs	16	4
9	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	55	+71.7 secs	21	2
10	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+79.6 secs	3	1
11	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+80.0 secs	12
12	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	+84.4 secs	14
13	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	55	+89.2 secs	10
14	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	55	+94.9 secs	15
15	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	55	+96.9 secs	17
16	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	54	+1 Lap	18
17	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	54	+1 Lap	19
18	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	54	+1 Lap	20
19	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	53	+2 Laps	24
20	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	53	+2 Laps	23
Ret	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	16	Throttle	22
Ret	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	16	Accident damage	13
Ret	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	Accident	9
Ret	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1	Accident	11

Note - Pic dropped ten grid places for an unscheduled engine change; Ricciardo dropped five - gearbox penalty. Karthikeyan failed to set a Q3 time within the 107% requirement - raced at stewards' discretion.