Both Virgin Racing drivers missed the chequered flag on Sunday as both Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi crashed out of the Korean Grand Prix.
Lucas di Grassi was doing well on Sunday until he had to try and avoid a crash with the slower Sakon Yamamoto ahead of him. “A very frustrating day here in Korea,” Di Grassi said.
“We had made the correct call by switching to the Intermediate tyre very early in the race and on lap 15 I went out trying to avoid a crash with Yamamoto, who was ahead of me but much slower. Again I was in a good position for a strong result as I was running together with both Saubers and a Toro Rosso after the last safety car period ended. The next stop is my home race in Brazil, so we hope for better things there in two weeks’ time.”
All hopes at Virgin rested on Glock, who was running in a very encouraging 12th position when he was hit by Sebastian Buemi. The Toro Rosso driver lost control under braking at the end of the straight and speared the right-hand side of Timo’s car.
Timo came into the pits to allow the team to assess the damage, but it was too extensive for him to be able to continue and he was forced to retire.
“This was a very disappointing race, especially after having been in a strong position to achieve a good result,” Glock said. “The restart was okay and the track was starting to improve. We had quite good pace in the first part of the race and were clearly the quickest of the new teams.
"It’s just a huge shame that we couldn’t finish the race and all because of the mistake made by Buemi. It just seemed that he was all over the place. We now head to Brazil for the penultimate race of the season where I hope we can expect more luck than we found here in Korea.”
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
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| 1. |  F. Alonso | Ferrari | 2:48:20.810 |
| 2. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | +14.999 |
| 3. | F. Massa | Ferrari | +30.868 |
| 4. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | +39.608 |
| 5. | R. Kubica | Renault | +47.734 |
| 6. | V. Liuzzi | Force India | +53.571 |
| 7. | R. Barrichello | Williams | +1:09.257 |
| 8. | K. Kobayashi | BMW Sauber | +1:17.889 |
| 9. | N. Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | +1:20.107 |
| 10. | N. Hulkenberg | Williams | +1:20.851 |
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