R17 F1 Korea GP 2010

A very close qualif just finished with RBR leading the way.

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:37.123 1:36.074 1:35.585
2. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:37.373 1:36.039 1:35.659
3. Alonso Ferrari 1:37.144 1:36.287 1:35.766
4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.113 1:36.197 1:36.062
5. Rosberg Mercedes 1:37.708 1:36.791 1:36.535
6. Massa Ferrari 1:37.515 1:36.169 1:36.571
7. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.123 1:37.064 1:36.731
8. Kubica Renault 1:37.703 1:37.179 1:36.824
9. Schumacher Mercedes 1:37.980 1:37.077 1:36.950
10. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:38.257 1:37.511 1:36.998
11. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:38.115 1:37.620
12. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.429 1:37.643
13. Heidfeld Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.171 1:37.715
14. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:38.572 1:37.783
15. Petrov Renault 1:38.174 1:37.799 *
16. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.583 1:37.853
17. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.621 1:38.594
18. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:38.955
19. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:40.521
20. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:40.748
21. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:41.768
22. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:42.325
23. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 1:42.444
24. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:43.283

* Drops five places for Japan penalty

Should be an interesting race. Fingers crossed for Webber.

RBR fails to get one car across the line in a wet race.
Webber with a mistake in a corner spun and got collected by Rosberg.
Vettel leading comfortably then has a engine let go.
Alonso gifted with the win and now leads the championship.

autosport.com - F1 News: Alonso wins, takes lead in Korea
The Korean Grand Prix
Korea Auto Valley, Yongam, Korea;
71 laps; 305.909km;
Weather: Wet.

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time
1. Alonso Ferrari 2h48:20.810
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 14.999
3. Massa Ferrari + 30.868
4. Schumacher Mercedes + 39.688
5. Kubica Renault + 47.734
6. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes + 53.571
7. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1:09.257
8. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:17.889
9. Heidfeld Sauber-Ferrari + 1:20.107
10. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth + 1:20.851
11. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:24.146
12. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 1:29.939
13. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth + 1 lap
14. Senna HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps
15. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps

Fastest lap: Alonso, 1:50.257

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap
Sutil Force India-Mercedes 63
Vettel Red Bull-Renault 62
Petrov Renault 56
Glock Virgin-Cosworth 48
Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 47
Di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 42
Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 42
Webber Red Bull-Renault 35
Rosberg Mercedes 35

World Championship standings, round 17:

Drivers: Constructors:
1. Alonso 231 1. Red Bull-Renault 426
2. Webber 220 2. McLaren-Mercedes 399
3. Hamilton 210 3. Ferrari 374
4. Vettel 206 4. Mercedes 188
5. Button 189 5. Renault 143
6. Massa 143 6. Force India-Mercedes 68
7. Kubica 124 7. Williams-Cosworth 65
8. Rosberg 122 8. Sauber-Ferrari 43
9. Schumacher 66 9. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 11
10. Barrichello 47
11. Sutil 47
12. Kobayashi 31
13. Liuzzi 21
14. Petrov 19
15. Hulkenberg 18
16. Buemi 8
17. De la Rosa 6
18. Heidfeld 6
19. Alguersuari 3

All timing unofficial

Ridiculous race. Championship is wide open.

As much as I feel for Mark I feel for Vettel more. Yes he's a young and impatient upstart at times but to have an engine let go at see him go from leading the championship by 7 points and drop to 4th place and 25 behind is bloody hard.

Mark made a stupid drivers error. If he fails to win the championship he'll know who to blame.

If there are no more DNF's the good news is it's down to Alonso or Webber now. Both of them would be very worthy champions indeed.

Alonso is a great driver.

I don't think I'll ever forget the hissy fits at Mclaren though.

That was the low point of his career.

Button has been really disappointing.

Red Bull just chokes over and over again. Bit of a comedy team.