Team Lotus have confirmed today that test and reserve driver Karun Chandhok will not be racing for them at the inaugural Indian Grand Prix this weekend.

Lewis Hamilton was pleased that he managed to soak up the pressure from Mark Webber in the closing stages of the Korean Grand Prix to finish second behind Sebastian Vettel, recognising this race as one of his strongest of the season.

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel wins the Korean Grand Prix by 12.0 seconds from McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton.

‘Phenomenal’ was the word that Christian Horner chose to describe what it meant for Red Bull to secure a second successive constructors’ title today with first and third places at the Korean Grand Prix. The Red Bull team principal watched from the pit wall today as Sebastian Vettel, who himself was crowned champion last weekend in Japan, took victory in the second race at this Yeongam circuit. Mark Webber came home in third place.

Michael Schumacher’s quest for more points in Korea was ended through no fault of his own after Renault driver Vitaly Petrov careered into the back of him on Lap 16 of the race and bringing his afternoon to a premature end.

Not only were Toro Rosso celebrating their sister team sealing the constructors’ championship in Korea today, but they could also toast a strong result for their own drivers and another eight points to add to their 2011 tally.

Force India come away from South Korea with one point after Paul di Resta finished tenth, one place ahead of team-mate Adrian Sutil.

Heikki Kovalainen described today’s Korean Grand Prix as Team Lotus’ ‘strongest ever race’ after finishing in P14, ahead of both Sauber drivers and within two seconds of Renault’s Bruno Senna.

Both Sauber drivers needed additional pit stops today in Korea after on-track incidents and, in thanks also to the relatively poor pace of the C30 around this track, could only finish P15 and P16.

Pastor Maldonado was forced to retire from the Korean Grand Prix today after his team detected a terminal engine-related problem and called the Venezuelan into the garage.

Daniel Ricciardo put the water pressure-related problems that hampered him yesterday in Korea to finish today’s race ahead of Virgin Racing driver Jerome D’Ambrosio.

Renault had another tough race today in Korea after Vitaly Petrov crashed into the back of Michael Schumacher and Bruno Senna only finished two places higher than his lowly qualifying position of P15.

Both Virgin Racing drivers felt that they had ended their weekend in Korea on a positive note; Timo Glock came home in P18, two places higher than team-mate Jérôme D’Ambrosio.

Fernando Alonso has said that Ferrari need to improve their performance on a Saturday if they are to get score at least one victory in the three remaining races of this season.

Sebastian Vettel took his twentieth F1 victory in Korea today to help Red Bull secure the constructors’ championship for the second successive season.