2013 Korean Grand Prix – Provisional starting grid
The starting grid for the 2013 Korean Grand Prix after Mark Webber´s 10 place grid penalty after third reprimand and Jules Bianchi´s 3 place grid penalty for impeding Di Resta in Qualifying
| No | Drive | Team | Grid |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing–Renault | 1 |
| 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus–Renault | 3 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 |
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber–Ferrari | 7 |
| 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber–Ferrari | 8 |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus–Renault | 9 |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren–Mercedes | 10 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren–Mercedes | 11 |
| 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR–Ferrari | 12 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing–Renault | 13 |
| 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India–Mercedes | 14 |
| 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India–Mercedes | 15 |
| 18 | Jean–Eric Vergne | STR–Ferrari | 16 |
| 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams–Renault | 17 |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams–Renault | 18 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham–Renault | 19 |
| 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham–Renault | 20 |
| 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia–Cosworth | 21 |
| 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia–Cosworth | 22 |