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autoviva2013-10-06 19:07:53

Vettel closer to title with Korean win

German won his fourth consecutive Korean Grand Prix

 
 
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Vettel dominated from start to finish

Sebastian Vettel had another comfortable win in Korea to grab his fourth consecutive win in this venue. The German grabbed important points, extending his lead in the Drivers' Championship and driving closer to his fourth consecutive world title. Lotus duo Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean grabbed second and third place.

The reigning world champion got off to his usual lead at the start of the race, leaving Hamilton and Grosjean fighting for second place, a place the French would conquer in Turn 3. Behind these two a lot of action was taking place as Massa spinned his Ferrari being avoided by everyone, but with Button and Sutil getting out of the mess with there wings damaged.

Vettel enlarged the gap to the rest of the pack as Hamilton and Grosjean kept fighting for second place, while Nico Rosberg was following them and Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg was holding off Fernando Alonso and many other drivers.

During the second stint of pitstops Raikkonen managed to put himself in front of the group and flew away. At the front Hamilton's tyres we're starting to fail him and he lost time to Grosjean and came closer to his team-mate Nico Rosberg, who as he was passing the Brit had a problem with his front wing that started sending sparkes in every direction.

The Mercedes problems brought Raikkonen up the order two more places putting him on podium position, just before the safety car came him due to a tyre explosion in Sergio Perez car. Being hit by debris as he was right behind the Mexican, Webber who had managed to climb up to 13th place got a puncture.

After the safety car came in Vettel got off again from the rest of the pack leaving the Lotus duo behind. Raikkonen made his experienced skills count and overtook the French to second position.

Webber's day would end after Sutil's spin clouded the Aussie, whose car eventually caught fire in the run-off area. Safety car came out again.

Vettel would once again run away from his competition when the green flag was brought up to pull another win. Behing the Lotus duo a magnificent performance from Hulkenberg would earn him and Sauber an amazing fourth place. The German managed to hold on to his position although he was pursued by Hamilton and Alonso, who were having a battle of their own. Behind them Rosberg, Button, Massa and Perez completed the top 10.

Results Korean Grand Prix
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 55 1:43:13.701 1 25
2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 55 +4.2 secs 9 18
3 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 55 +4.9 secs 3 15
4 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 55 +24.1 secs 7 12
5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 55 +25.2 secs 2 10
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +26.1 secs 5 8
7 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 55 +26.6 secs 4 6
8 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 +32.2 secs 11 4
9 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 55 +34.3 secs 6 2
10 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 55 +35.1 secs 10 1
11 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 55 +35.9 secs 8  
12 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 55 +47.0 secs 17  
13 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 +50.0 secs 18  
14 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 55 +63.5 secs 19  
15 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 55 +64.5 secs 20  
16 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 55 +67.9 secs 22  
17 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 55 +72.8 secs 21  
18 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 53 Mechanical 16  
19 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 52 Mechanical 12  
20 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 50 Accident damage 14  
Ret 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 36 Accident / fire 13  
Ret 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 24 Accident 15

 

World Championship Drivers' Standings, after Korean Grand Prix
Pos Driver Nationality Team Points
1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 272
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 195
3 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 167
4 Lewis Hamilton British Mercedes 161
5 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 130
6 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 122
7 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 89
8 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 72
9 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 58
10 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 36
11 Nico Hulkenberg German Sauber-Ferrari 31
12 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 26
13 Sergio Perez Mexican McLaren-Mercedes 23
14 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 18
15 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 13
16 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 1
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