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Vettel leading championship after win in Korea

Double world champion Sebastian Vettel is on track to revalidate his crown after a dominant victory in the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday that gave him the championship lead.

The German took a third consecutive victory and Red BullRed BullAustria, 2004 > present12 models
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achieved a one-two victory with Mark Webber taking second place. Despite a good start Fernando Alonso was never able to follow the Red Bulls pace and only made it to the last place on the podium, enough to lose the championship lead to Vettel.

Despite starting from pole position Mark Webber lost he lead to his teammate at the start, who withstood pressure from Australian until Turn 3, but thereafter was free to flee from all competition. The German increased his advantage to 10 seconds and from there he just took care of the tires to get to the end of the race in the lead.

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had a disastrous day in South Korea with Jenson Button retiring on the first lap after Kamui Kobayashi crashed into the Brit and the MercedesMercedes-BenzGermany, 1924 > present197 models
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of Nico Rosberg on Turn 3. Lewis Hamilton ran the first part of the race behind Alonso, but lost his pace with the second set of tires and was eventually overtaken by Massa and Raikkonen before opting for a strategy of three stops which eventually toss him to 10th place.
After overtaking Hamilton, Felipe Massa began closing up to his teammate but received a message from his team asking him to hold the position, finishing in a perhaps disappointing fourth place. Raikkonen was fifth.

Hulkenberg pulled off one of the highlights of the race overtaking in one move Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean. The German finished the race in a fantastic sixth place.

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's race was highlighted in South Korea with both cars finishing in scoring places. Jean-Daniel Eric Vergne and Ricciardo came from the back of the grid and finished in eighth and ninth places.

Results Korean Grand Prix
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	55	1:36:28.651	25
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	55	+8.2 secs	18
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	+13.9 secs	15
4	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	+20.1 secs	12
5	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	55	+36.7 secs	10
6	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	55	+45.3 secs	8
7	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	55	+54.8 secs	6
8	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	55	+69.5 secs	4
9	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	55	+71.7 secs	2
10	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+79.6 secs	1
11	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+80.0 secs
12	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	+84.4 secs
13	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	55	+89.2 secs
14	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	55	+94.9 secs
15	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	55	+96.9 secs
16	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	54	+1 Lap
17	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	54	+1 Lap
18	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	54	+1 Lap
19	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	53	+2 Laps
20	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	53	+2 Laps
Ret	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	16	Throttle
Ret	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	16	Accident damage
Ret	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	Accident
Ret	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1	Accident