Alonso Won The F1 Korean Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso won at Yeongam and became the F1 leader, after Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel abandoned in a race postponed by an hour due the rain.
Fernando Alonso became Sunday the first driver who won in South Korea, at the end of a race that began on lap 18 because the rain and low visibility, with an hour delay to the official program after the Safety Car left the runway.
The Spanish victory was decisive facilitated by the abandonment suffered by Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, after Mark Webber lose the control on lap 19 and Sebastian Vettel suffered an engine failure with only 9 laps before the final. The Ferrari driver took advantage of the disaster of Red Bull to take the lead in the overall standings and was completed on the podium by Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and his teammate Felipe Massa.
Michael Schumacher has equaled the best performance of the season after finishing 4th in front of Robert Kubica (Renault) and Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India managed to keep the final in 6th place in the rankings after being passed in the last laps two drivers of the Williams team, Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg, faced with tire problems. BMW-Sauber scored by both drivers having finished on 8 and 9 by Kamui Kobayashi and Nick Heidfeld, while the last point was taken by Hulkenberg.
Jenson Button missed the chance to finish in the points after having taken a wrong strategy, entering to the pits too early with only a few minutes before the Safety Car comes on the track following an incident. The British finally took only 12th place.
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, 1:50.257Not 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 35World 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