Korean Grand Prix 2013 Results: Reaction, Stats, Standings, Post Race Analysis

Sebastian Vettel made it three wins in a row in Korea, four wins in a row in the 2013 championship, and 34 Grands Prix victories in his career with a victory in the 2013 Korean Grand Prix.

The German turned pole position into a race win with what team principal Christian Horner told him over the radio was a "disciplined drive". His fourth-consecutive world title will surely be confirmed in a race or two.

Behind him, though, the Korean GP was anything but a procession. Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean bagged the other two podium places, while Nico Hulkenberg was a creditable fourth.

There was no shortage of incident, with two safety cars, Mark Webber's Red Bull in flames, a delaminated tyre for Sergio Perez, both Ferraris colliding and more.

Here are the essential details from the race weekend at Yeongam.

The Race Weekend, Results

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The Race Weekend on Bleacher Report

Thursday—the Singapore Grand Prix preview

Friday and Saturday—the story of practice and qualifying

Sunday—the Korean Grand Prix live blog and report

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Results in full, via Formula1.com

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	55	Winner	1	25
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	55	+4.2 secs	9	18
3	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	55	+4.9 secs	3	15
4	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+24.1 secs	7	12
5	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	55	+25.2 secs	2	10
6	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	+26.1 secs	5	8
7	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	+26.6 secs	4	6
8	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+32.2 secs	11	4
9	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	+34.3 secs	6	2
10	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+35.1 secs	10	1
11	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+35.9 secs	8
12	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	55	+47.0 secs	17
13	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	55	+50.0 secs	18
14	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault		+63.5 secs	19
15	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault		+64.5 secs	20
16	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth		+67.9 secs	22
17	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth		+72.8 secs	21
18	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari		+2 Lap	16
19	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari		+3 Lap	12
20	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes		+5 Lap	14
Ret	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault		+19 Lap	13
Ret	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		+31 Laps	15

Updated Driver Standings

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Here is the drivers' title race after Korea, round 14 of 19 this season (via Formula1.com):

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing-Renault	272
2	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	195
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	167
4	Lewis Hamilton	British	Mercedes	161
5	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing-Renault	130
6	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	122
7	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	89
8	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus-Renault	72
9	Jenson Button	British	McLaren-Mercedes	58
10	Paul di Resta	British	Force India-Mercedes	36
11	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Sauber-Ferrari	31
12	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Mercedes	26
13	Sergio Perez	Mexican	McLaren-Mercedes	23
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	STR-Ferrari	18
15	Jean-Eric Vergne	French	STR-Ferrari	13
16	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams-Renault	1
17	Esteban Gutierrez	Mexican	Sauber-Ferrari	0
18	Valtteri Bottas	Finnish	Williams-Renault	0
19	Jules Bianchi	French	Marussia-Cosworth	0
20	Charles Pic	French	Caterham-Renault	0
21	Giedo van der Garde	Dutch	Caterham-Renault	0
22	Max Chilton	British	Marussia-Cosworth	0

Updated Team Standings

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Here are the updated team standings after Korea (via Formula1.com):

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull Racing-Renault	402
2	Ferrari	284
3	Mercedes	283
4	Lotus-Renault	239
5	McLaren-Mercedes	81
6	Force India-Mercedes	62
7	Sauber-Ferrari	31
8	STR-Ferrari	31
9	Williams-Renault	1
10	Marussia-Cosworth	0
11	Caterham-Renault	0

Post-Race Reaction

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The most notable thing at the podium was that there were no boos for Sebastian Vettel:

"

Johnny Herbert is on hand to interview the podium drivers for the fans, who are today applauding and cheering the winner. #F1

— AUTOSPORT Live (@autosportlive) October 6, 2013"

"

Vettel: "I think Kimi and Romain were pretty competitive, they did a better job looking after their tires. I'm loving what I do." #F1onNBC

— F1® Racing on NBC (@F1onNBCSports) October 6, 2013"

Lotus were positive after getting both drivers on the podium—although there were rumours of a bit of tension between Grosjean and the team:

"

#Kimi's first up of the boys in black & gold: "We did it in Singapore, so I'm not too surprised with the result" #F1 pic.twitter.com/A58wpohpue

— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) October 6, 2013"

"

The other half of our podium pairing, @RGrosjean: "Without the safety car, maybe we could have pushed Seb more" #F1 pic.twitter.com/07lMjLqKA9

— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) October 6, 2013"

"

#askcrofty Grosjean was told to have a "big ******* smile"  on podium & "it" be discussed after the race - sign of team orders?

— geographicalbaker (@f1bakingmoo) October 6, 2013"

 Red Bull's statistics as a leading constructor received yet another boost: 

"

Also win number 42 for Red Bull. 5th in all-time list. Remarkable for a team that was winless at the start of ‘09.

— Edd Straw (@eddstrawF1) October 6, 2013"

While Vettel's recent record made for another remarkable statistic:

"

In the last 4 Grands Prix combined, Sebastian Vettel has led 209 out of 213 laps #F1

— Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) October 6, 2013"

A typically outspoken Mark Webber was not shy about blaming Pirelli for Sergio Perez's delaminating tyre:

"

Webber: Pirelli will put the puncture of Perez down to a lock up but the reason the drivers are locking up is because there's no tread left"

— Andrew Benson (@andrewbensonf1) October 6, 2013"

And Fernando Alonso was equally as dismissive about the tyres:

"

Alonso: "There is no controversy. We speak with facts and they [Pirelli] just use words." No controversy there then..

— Pablo Elizalde (@EliGP) October 6, 2013"

Winners in Korea

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Nico Hulkenberg

Still with a middle-of-the-pack team, still turning in one great drive after another. He was clearly in a Sauber that was some way inferior to Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes, but he married determination to discipline and held the Briton at bay. Was it enough to convince Lotus to take him on next year?

Lotus

Speaking of which, this was Lotus' best outing for many a weekend. Kimi Raikkonen jumping up to second would have been a good result alone, but he is off to pastures new in 2014. Romain Grosjean driving maturely to bag third place was the bigger, better news for the team in the long run.

Sebastian Vettel

It's almost churlish to point this out, but Sebastian Vettel won the race, moved to the brink of the title for a fourth straight year—and didn't get booed for it. That's a good result for the sport, all things considered.

Losers in Korea

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Felipe Massa

The Brazilian said he'd be driving for himself for the rest of the year, not teammate Fernando Alonso. Almost taking out the Spaniard three corners in, and taking himself well down the field was probably not the best way to go, though.

Force India

They made a great start to the season and were in the thick of a battle with McLaren for much of the year. Paul di Resta crashed out to continue his run of retirements, while Adrian Sutil's incident after the safety car went in collected Mark Webber, and he was unable to finish the race. The team have regressed fast this season.

Mark Webber

Two races in a row have ended with his car in flames, and the Australian only has five more Grands Prix left to finish his F1 career on a high note.

Pirelli

Sergio Perez's delaminated tyre may have been the result of locking up a few corners before. But it was a nasty reminder of events earlier in the season, and will have the Italian company very nervous once again.