F1 News, next race KOREA: VODAPHONE MC LAREN MERCEDES F1 TEAM, preview: Korea International Circuit facts & stats The Korea International Circuit is one of seven tracks on this year’s calendar to have been designed by German architect Hermann Tilke. It was built in 2010 and it has three distinct sections: long straights in sector one, some fast corners in the middle of the lap and a twisty section towards the end that has a street circuit feel. Car set-up is a compromise between straight-line speed and slow-corner grip, which is made even more critical by the smooth track surface. For the fourth and final time this year, Pirelli are taking their Medium and Supersoft compounds to the race. The more durable Medium compound is likely to be the better race tyre, but the Supersoft rubber will give the cars more grip over one lap in qualifying. After the excitement of Formula 1’s only night race in Singapore two weeks ago, the Korean Grand Prix starts at the more conventional time of 1500hrs. However, the early sunset in the southwest corner of Korea doesn’t give the race organisers much flexibility should the weather turn bad, as it did in 2010. A one-hour rain delay during the inaugural Korean Grand Prix resulted in the race ending at 1758, five minutes after the sun had set! Race distance 55 laps (308.630km/191.783 miles) Start time 15:00 (local)/06:00 (GMT) Circuit length 5.615km/3.489 miles 2012 winner Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB8) 55 laps in 1hr36:28.651s (191.939km/h) 2012 pole Mark Webber (Red Bull RB8) 1m37.242s (207.873km/h) Lap record Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB7) 1m39.605s (202.941km/h)
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:45:21 +0000
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