F1 2012 Championship Standings after Korean GP

Sunday, October 14, 2012

World Drivers' Championship

Sebastian Vettel's dominant victory around the Korean International Circuit allowed him to move into the lead of the championship, but Fernando Alonso finished on the podium and seems determined not to let the Red Bull driver get too far away from him. The only other movement this week came from Nico Hülkenberg, who moves forward two places.

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Korean GP 2012: Vettel wins to seize championship lead from Alonso

(Reuters) - World champion Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two finish on Sunday to take the overall Formula One lead from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with four races remaining.

Vettel's third win in a row, fourth of the season and 25th of his career, left him on 215 points with third-placed Alonso now on 209.



Australian Mark Webber, who had started on pole

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2012 Korean GP: Webber beats Vettel to pole

Saturday, October 13, 2012

(Reuters) - Australian Mark Webber seized pole position for the South Korean Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday with title-chasing Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel having to settle for second place on the starting grid.Ferrari's championship leader Fernando Alonso qualified fourth and will share the second row with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.



Alonso leads double world champion Vettel by

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Ecclestone on Grosjean's vision, Kaltenborn first female F1 team boss and de Villota's sister on Maria's crash

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Ecclestone urges Lotus to test Grosjean's vision



Bernie Ecclestone has urged Lotus to organise a round of vision tests for Romain Grosjean.

Since returning to F1 as reigning GP2 champion this year, the French driver has been often praised for his pace but labelled a "first-lap nutcase" by Mark Webber following numerous early-race accidents.

He served an ultra-rare one-race ban at Monza

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2012 KOREAN GRAND PRIX - Race Preview

Round 16 of the 2012 Formula One championship sees the teams make a relatively short journey from Suzuka across the Sea of Japan to the South Korean port city of Mokpo and the nearby Korean International Circuit (KIC).

The circuit, completed just in time for the inaugural race here in 2010, presents some stern challenges for the teams, mostly centred around how to maintain the integrity of

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McLaren Animation: Tooned - Episode 7: The Rising Son (Video)

Monday, October 8, 2012

Episode 7 of the McLaren animated series 'Tooned', for which Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton provide voice-overs. For the Japanese Grand Prix weekend, here is "The Rising Son". It is a look into the future..



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F1 2012 Championship Standings after Japanese GP

Sunday, October 7, 2012

World Drivers' Championship
Fernando Alonso's pre-race lead over reigning champion Sebastian Vettel, chalking up his second win in a row and third of the season, was cut to four points from 29 with the Spaniard in danger of falling behind in South Korea next weekend.



PositionDriverTeamPointsGap
10Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari194-
20Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing1904
30Kimi

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