Official admits Korea venue not fully completed

A spokesman has confirmed reports that aspects of Korea's new Formula One track are not completed.

The FIA's Charlie Whiting this week approved the Yeongam venue ahead of the inaugural race in less than a fortnight.

But media reports have indicated that safety requirements and the asphalt aside, the entire venue is not finished.

"Landscaping work to the surrounding area and parking lots still remains to be done," a spokesman for organisers KAVO told the Korea Herald.

"But we are finalising last-minute touches and can be ready on schedule," he added.

After the weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, the F1 teams' equipment and cars are already en route to the facility 320 kilometres south of Seoul.

Red Bull's Helmut Marko admitted the team is slightly worried about the layout, with the curvier sections punctuated by straights not suitable to the RB6's Renault engine.

"One of them is the longest straight on the calendar," he groaned, according to Auto Motor und Sport.

Nico Rosberg, however, expressed concerns that the crucial top layer of track has only just been laid.

"The only concern is the new asphalt," the Mercedes driver is quoted by Welt newspaper.

The media report recalled June 1985, when the Belgian GP at Spa had to be postponed for months because the new asphalt surface disintegrated.