2012 Korean Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 16 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 14 October 2012 | ||
| Official name | 2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Yeongam, South Jeolla, South Korea | ||
| Course | Korea International Circuit | ||
| Course length | 5.621 km (3.493 mi) | ||
| Distance | 55 laps, 309.155 km (192.100 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Fine and Dry Air Temp 21 °C (70 °F) Track Temp 27 °C (81 °F) dropping to 23 °C (73 °F) |
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| Attendance | Poor | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:37.242 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Mark Webber
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Red Bull-Renault | |
| Time | 1:42.037 on lap 54 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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Fine and Dry Air Temp 21 °C (70 °F)
The 2012 Korean Grand Prix (formally known as the 2012 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix) 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. The race marked the third running of the Korean Grand Prix.
Mark Webber started the race from pole alongside Sebastian Vettel, who went on to win the race. With championship rival Fernando Alonso finishing third, Vettel took a six-point championship lead. The organisers of the race invited Korean rapper PSY to wave the chequered flag.
In the week before the race, the FIA announced that the drag reduction system zone on the circuit would be altered from its 2011 position, bringing the activation point forward by 200 metres (660 ft). The detection point will also be brought forward; in 2011, it was positioned between the first two corners, but for 2012, it was moved to be 90 metres (300 ft) before the first corner.
Like the 2011 Korean Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded supersoft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.
Marussia's Charles Pic was given a ten-place grid penalty for exceeding the maximum number of engines that he was permitted to use over the course of the season.
Several reserve drivers took the place of regular drivers for the first free practice session. Giedo van der Garde drove in place of Caterham's Vitaly Petrov, while Jules Bianchi replaced Nico Hülkenberg at Force India, Valtteri Bottas drove Bruno Senna's Williams and Dani Clos took Narain Karthikeyan's place at HRT.
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