Round 14 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2013-10-06
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2013 Korean Grand Prix with a 1:37.202 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.218s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sergio Pérez (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.620s — pole to P10 — with Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:38.683 | 1:37.569 | 1:37.202 | 1:37.202 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:38.574 | 1:37.824 | 1:37.420 | +0.218 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:39.138 | 1:37.840 | 1:37.464 | +0.262 |
| 8Romain Grosjean |
| Lotus F1 |
| 1:39.065 |
| 1:38.076 |
| 1:37.531 |
| +0.329 |
| 5 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.418 | 1:38.031 | 1:37.679 | +0.477 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38.520 | 1:37.978 | 1:38.038 | +0.836 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.884 | 1:38.295 | 1:38.223 | +1.021 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Sauber | 1:38.427 | 1:37.913 | 1:38.237 | +1.035 |
| 9 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:38.725 | 1:38.327 | 1:38.405 | +1.203 |
| 10 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:38.341 | 1:38.181 | 1:38.822 | +1.620 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | McLaren | 1:39.049 | 1:38.362 | — | +1.160 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:38.882 | 1:38.365 | — | +1.163 |
| 13 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:38.525 | 1:38.417 | — | +1.215 |
| 14 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:38.988 | 1:38.431 | — | +1.229 |
| 15 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:39.185 | 1:38.718 | — | +1.516 |
| 16 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:39.075 | 1:38.781 | — | +1.579 |
| 17 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:39.470 | — | — | +2.268 |
| 18 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:39.987 | — | — | +2.785 |
| 19 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 1:40.864 | — | — | +3.662 |
| 20 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 1:40.871 | — | — | +3.669 |
| 21 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:41.169 | — | — | +3.967 |
| 22 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:41.322 | — | — | +4.120 |