Mark Webber is hopeful of recovering from his grid penalty in Korea but concedes he needs better balance. When all is said and done after Saturday’s qualifying, Webber will start the Korean Grand Prix 10 places behind his qualifying position after incurring a grid penalty. He was hit with the penalty after being reprimanded –
Button closing in on Lotus
Although Jenson Button feels McLaren have closed up on Lotus, he says they won’t really know until Saturday’s qualifying. The Brit showed some solid pace in Friday’s practices for the Korean Grand Prix, finishing fifth in the morning and ninth in the afternoon. In the latter session he was 1.101s adrift of Lewis Hamilton’s P1
Hamilton first again after a strange fast lap from Vettel
Vettel earn 0,3s compare to Lewis in the first sector to loose almost half of a second in the second sector which should represent him strong point in his fast lap. Anyway for sure they didn’t show everything. Below you can see the final reuslt of the second free practice from South Korea: [ table]
Hamilton first while Kimi crashes in Korea
Below you can see the final result of the first free practice from South Korea. [table] Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps 1 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:39.630 20 2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.667 0.037 20 3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.816 0.186 19 4 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Vettel: “rivals will never figure out Red Bull secrets”
Sebastian Vettel has laughed off accusations Red Bull is using traction control, saying his rivals will never figure out why his car is as fast as it is this year. Following his dominance at the Singapore Grand Prix, ex-F1 boss Giancarlo Minardi speculated on his blog that Red Bull was running some form of traction
Korea preview quotes – Mercedes, Williams, Marussia & more
Round 14 of the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship sees the paddock leave the bright lights of Singapore behind for the rural beauty of Yeongam, home of the much-lauded Korea International Circuit. Those involved in the 2013 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix discuss their prospects for the coming weekend… Nico Rosberg, Mercedes 2012 Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton focused on beating the Ferraris in the 2013 Korean Grand Prix
In a stark but clear admission that the Red Bulls are currently out of reach, Lewis Hamilton has admitted his target in this weekend’s Korean GP will be beating the Ferraris rather than Sebastian Vettel. In a stunning burst since F1’s summer break, the reigning World Champion has claimed three successive wins to leave his
Jules Bianchi will remain with the Marussia Formula 1 team for 2014
Jules Bianchi will remain with Marussia for a second season in 2014, the team announced on Thursday morning. The Frenchman made his debut for the outfit at the start of this year but Ferrari, which has supported his career, was considering moving him to Sauber. However, click here for more
Kimi confident he will race
Kimi Raikkonen expects he will take to the grid at this weekend’s Korean Grand Prix despite concerns about his back. The Lotus driver suffered severe back pain last time out in Singapore and had to take pain-killing injections before racing. That, though, didn’t stop him from going from 13th to third on a track where
Whiting: Vettel’s car complies with the regulations, there are no irregularities
The FIA are supporting Sebastian Vettel amid recent claims he is strolling to the 2013 Formula 1 world championship title with a Red Bull car that may be transgressing the rules. Red Bull’s Helmut Marko has already dismissed the claims the RB9 is mimicking illegal traction control as “utter nonsense”. But former Formula 1 team