Red Bull bol v Kórei blízko vyrovnania historického rekordu 16 pole position jedného tímu v jednej sezóne, ktorý držia McLaren a Williams. Plány Red Bullu dnes prekazil Lewis Hamilton.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Kórey:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:37,525 | 1:36,526 | 1:35,820 | |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:39,093 | 1:37,285 | 1:36,042 | 0,222 |
| 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:37,929 | 1:37,302 | 1:36,126 | 0,306 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:39,071 | 1:37,292 | 1:36,468 | 0,648 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38,670 | 1:37,313 | 1:36,831 | 1,011 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38,393 | 1:37,352 | 1:36,980 | 1,160 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38,426 | 1:37,892 | 1:37,754 | 1,934 |
| 8 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:38,378 | 1:38,186 | 1:38,124 | 2,304 |
| 9 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38,549 | 1:38,254 | - | |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38,789 | 1:38,219 | - | |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:39,392 | 1:38,315 | ||
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:38,502 | 1:38,354 | ||
| 13 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:39,352 | 1:38,508 | ||
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:39,464 | 1:38,775 | ||
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:39,316 | 1:38,791 | ||
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1:39,436 | 1:39,189 | ||
| 17 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:39,097 | 1:39,443 | ||
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:39,538 | |||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:40,522 | |||
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1:41,101 | |||
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:42,091 | |||
| 22 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:43,483 | |||
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1:43,758 | |||
| 24 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | - | |||
| Q1 107 % | 1:44,351 |
