Sebastian Vettel takes the pole for the Korean Grand Prix.
After Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton led both of Friday’s sessions, Red Bull were back on top in final practice this morning, with Sebastian Vettel setting a best time of 1m 37.881s, just 0.137s ahead of team mate Mark Webber.
While in Q3 with just under two minutes to go and all ten cars were on track for the final attack with Vettel stopping the clock at 1.37.202s followed by Hamilton with 1.37.420 and Webber with 1.37.464 who was unable to improve his time in the second run.
Grosjean and Rosberg will make up row two of the grid because of Webber 10th place grid penalty and the Ferraris will form row three .
Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
01. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1:37.202 | 13 |
02. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:37.420 | 16 |
03. | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 1:37.464 | 13 |
04. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:37.531 | 14 |
05. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:37.679 | 16 |
06. | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:38.038 | 17 |
07. | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:38.223 | 16 |
08. | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber F1 | 1:38.237 | 17 |
09. | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber F1 | 1:38.405 | 15 |
10. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus F1 | 1:38.822 | 17 |
11. | Sergio Perez | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:38.362 | 14 |
12. | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:38.365 | 14 |
13. | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:38.417 | 14 |
14. | Adrian Sutil | Sahara Force India | 1:38.431 | 15 |
15. | Paul di Resta | Sahara Force India | 1:38.718 | 15 |
16. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:38.781 | 13 |
17. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams F1 | 1:39.470 | 8 |
18. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams F1 | 1:39.987 | 8 |
19. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham F1 Team | 1:40.864 | 6 |
20. | Charles Pic | Caterham F1 Team | 1:40.871 | 6 |
21. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia F1 | 1:41.169 | 6 |
22. | Max Chilton | Marussia F1 | 1:41.322 | 6 |
Q1 107% Time: | 1:45.591 |