F1 GP Korea 2013, Qualifying live

Just under two hours of live coverage of Qualifying for the 2013 Korean Grand Prix. In Free Practice 3, Vettel returned to the lead of the standings followed by teammate Webber. Third position for Rosberg then Hamilton and Alonso. Seventh position for Massa's other Ferrari.

The session should take place on a dry track and with partly cloudy skies. Rain is instead forecast for tomorrow. Please remember that Pirelli brought medium and super soft compound tires for this Grand Prix.

More information to follow.

Live news 

08:02 Soon our usual session report with the complete ranking. Thanks for following us and have a good day.
08:01 Sebastian Vettel takes third consecutive pole position! Sixth place for Alonso. Only tenth Raikkonen.
08pm Checkered flag! The last attempt is completed.
07:58 Both Ferraris on track followed by Hulkenberg and Raikkonen. Finally Vettel who will be the last to close the lap.
07 Webber in the pits to change tires for the second run. Same thing for Vettel.
07:54 Best of all Vettel who closes his lap in 1:37.202.
07:54 Record in the first sector for Vettel. Rosberg completes the lap in 1:37.679. He is immediately beaten by Webber and then by Hamilton, 1:37.508.
07:52 Five cars on the track. The other 5 drivers will make only one attempt having only one set of new super soft tires available.
07:52 Grosjean also on track with new super soft tyres.
07:51 Webber, Rosberg, Hamilton and Vettel are immediately on track.
07 Green light, off to Q50! The fight for Pole Position begins.
07:44 Eliminated: Pérez, Button, Ricciardo, Sutil, Di Resta and Vergne.
07:41 Checkered flag! The drivers complete the final lap. Alonso finishes in fifth place, 4 tenths from the top. Massa manages to save himself and access Q3. Button is eliminated and is eleventh.
07 Alonso is on the track with a set of new super softs.
07:39 Vettel takes the lead, 1:37.569 while his teammate goes to second place.
07:38 Grosjean started his first run on super soft tyres.
07:37 The Australian has fitted new super soft tyres.
07:35 The two Red Bulls take to the track for their fastest lap. Sixth place for Button.
07:35 Alonso takes the lead in 1:38.504. However, Hamilton did better, 1:37.824.
07:33 First timed time for Ricciardo, 1:39.254. Raikkonen then crossed the finish line, closing his lap in 1:39.236, taking first place.
07 Same thing for the two Ferraristi who are now taking to the track.
07 Ricciardo breaks the silence and goes on track with his Toro Rosso. Raikkonen follows him and has mounted a set of used super softs.
07:27 The green light starts Q2. There are fifteen minutes available to the pilots.
07 Eliminated: Bottas, Maldonado, Pic, Van der Garde, Bianchi and Chilton. At the end Alonso moved up to fourth place while Massa moved up to tenth.
07 Checkered flag! The pilots complete the last attempt.
07:19 Raikkonen takes the lead with the super softs.
07:18 Vettel improves to within a tenth of Hamilton.
07:16 Raikkonen on track with super soft, same thing for Felipe Massa.
07:15 Vettel gets third position and then slips to fourth due to the inclusion of Webber. Hulkenberg with super soft tyres.
07:12 Webber goes on track with medium tyres.
07:11 Fourth time for Raikkonen, fifth Massa with di Resta who goes to seventh position after lapping in 1:39.824.
07:10 Vettel on track with medium tires while Gutierrez switches to super softs.
07:09 Second half for Alonso, 1:39.504. Super soft tires for Caterham and Marussia. Ricciardo enters in eighth position.
07:08 Eleventh time for Bottas with Hamilton obtaining second position following Rosberg. Still no movement at Red Bull.
07:07 Button takes first place, 1:40,169. Rosberg does better than him, 1:39.415. Also on track were the Caterham and Marussia drivers who had remained in the pits until now.
07:05 First timed time for Gutierrez, 1:41.058.
07:03 Button, Hulkenberg, Sutil, Ricciardo and Vergne are now also on track.
07:01 Gutierrez is the first to take to the track, medium tires for him.
07:00 Green light! Off to Q1, twenty minutes available.
06:58 A few minutes to start. The asphalt temperature is 33°C, two less than in Free Practice 3.
06:55 Good morning to all Motorionline friends. Everything is ready to follow the Qualifying for the 2013 Korean Grand Prix!

Gianluca Latina