Reservoir Dogs? Not quite. With less than 24 hours to go until practice for the inaugural Korean Grand Prix,
Herbie Blash (centre) and colleagues from Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, inspect the brand new track
The Korean Grand Prix was only given the official go-ahead on 12 October after a full two-day inspection of the circuit,
which is four-and-a-half hours from Seoul, from the FIA's technical delegate head Charlie Whiting
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso, who with three races left trails Red Bull's championship leader Mark Webber by 14 points,
tests out the track on his bicycle with some colleagues from Italian team Ferarri
And if it's not up to scratch, Formula 1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone - pictured here (centre) talking to Korea Auto Valley Operation chief Chung Yung-cho (second right) - will definitely not be a happy man
Despite all the last-minute licks of paint, Ecclestone is happy with Korea's progress:
"Considering what it was and what they've had to do, and this event has not been easy to do, they've done a good job," he said
England's Jenson Button, the defending world champion who is still in with a chance of claiming this year's title,
looks relaxed as he does a circuit of the track with some McLaren colleagues (and a giant sweeping broom)
The Mercedes garage busily starts work on its car with drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher out of the championship picture,
but still looking to upset the apple cart for the five close-to-call title contenders...
Webber wins it by a nose? Red Bull's Mark lines up with title rivals Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button,
and team-mate Sebastian Vettel - not forgetting F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone
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