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Lewis Hamilton ended weeks of expectation and frustration when he finally won his first race for Mercedes by claiming a dominant text-book triumph in the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The 28-year-old Briton led from pole position to the chequered flag, apart from three short spells for pit-stops, as he secured his fourth victory in sweltering conditions.

Hamilton came home 11 seconds clear of Finn Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus and third-placed defending triple world champion German Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, who was unable to force his way into second place in the closing laps.

Hamilton's pole was his third in successive races but the previous two had seen him unable to exploit the advantage - a spectacular tyre failure at Silverstone wrecking his hopes while leading the British Grand Prix.

But this time, in Mercedes' 350th race as engine suppliers in Formula One, he enjoyed some of the luck that had been missing elsewhere to mark his 120th Grand Prix with a well-taken win.

RESULTS - Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix (70 laps)

Pos	Driver	Team	Time/Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1h42m29.445s
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	10.938
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	12.459
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	18.044
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	31.411
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	52.295s*
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	53.819
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56.447
9	Sergio Perez	McLaren	69 laps
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	69 laps

tags: f1, Hamilton, Hungary, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel wins Bahrain GP

Three-time world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix Sunday, easily beating Lotus drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean in a race that has been the target of rights groups and anti-government protesters in the divided nation.

After taking the lead for good on the 17th lap, the Red Bull driver was never challenged. Raikkonen closed the gap in the final five laps but ran out of time. Grosjean passed Force India's Paul di Resta for third for his best finish this season.

Vettel retains the championship lead after four of 19 races, with his advantage over Raikkonen now 10 points.

FINAL RESULTS

1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault 1:36:00.498
2. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus - Renault +00:09.111
3. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault 00:19.507
4. Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India - Mercedes 00:21.727
5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 00:35.230
6. Sergio Perez (Mexico) McLaren 00:35.998
7. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 00:37.244
8. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 00:37.574
9. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 00:41.126
10. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 00:46.631
11. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams - Renault 01:06.450
12. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari 01:12.933
13. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India - Mercedes 01:16.719
14. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams - Renault 01:21.511
15. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 01:26.364
16. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1 lap
17. Charles Pic (France) Caterham - Renault 1 lap
18. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari 1 lap
19. Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia - Cosworth 1 lap
20. Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia - Cosworth 1 lap
21. Giedo van der Garde (Netherlands) Caterham - Renault 2 laps
r. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 41 laps

tags: Bahrain, f1, red bull, vettel

Vettel wins Indian GP

Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel cruised to his fourth consecutive win and extended his lead in this year's title race to 13 points when he steered his Red Bull car to victory in the Indian Grand Prix.

The 25-year-old German dominated the race from start to finish as he led from pole to the chequered flag to come home ahead of nearest championship rival, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.

Fernando Alonso meanwhile took the runners-up spot, passing Mark Webber for second in the final third of the race. Lewis Hamilton was fourth, finishing right on the tail of Webber, ahead of Jenson Button, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. Nico Hulkenberg, Romain Grosjean and Bruno Senna complete the points' scorers.

1. Sebastian Vettel    Germany    Red Bull-Renault    60 laps 1hr 31m 10.744s
2. Fernando Alonso    Spain    Ferrari-Ferrari    +0m 09.4s
3. Mark Webber    Australia    Red Bull-Renault    +0m 13.2s
4. Lewis Hamilton    Britain    McLaren-Mercedes    +0m 13.9s
5. Jenson Button    Britain    McLaren-Mercedes    +0m 26.2s
6. Felipe Massa    Brazil    Ferrari-Ferrari    +0m 44.6s
7. Kimi Raikkonen    Finland    Lotus-Renault    +0m 45.2s
8. Nico Hulkenberg    Germany    Force India-Mercedes    +0m 54.9s
9. Romain Grosjean    France    Lotus-Renault    +0m 56.1s
10. Bruno Senna    Brazil    Williams-Renault    +1m 14.9s

tags: f1, India, red bull, renault, vettel

Schumacher announces retirement

Seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher said that he will retire at the end of the current season.

Just last week, Mercedes-Benz announced that Lewis Hamilton would be replacing Schumacher for the 2013 F1 season. Schumacher didn't completely dominate the rumors of his taking a spot with another racing outfit next season. I

In an interview with the Associated Press following the Japanese Gran Prix, Schumacher recounted, "I feel I am still able to compete at my best level but the time has come to say goodbye and this time can be forever."

Schumacher retired for the first time following the 2006 F1 season, choosing to return with Mercedes in 2010.

Despite being the most successful driver in the history of the sport, Schumacher has underwhelmed in the intervening years since his comeback.

tags: f1, Schumacher

Vettel wins Singapore GP

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix ahead of McLaren driver Jenson Button on Sunday night.

Ferrari's championship leader Fernando Alonso was third but McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, second in the standings heading into the weekend, retired early with a gearbox problem.

This allowed Vettel to move to second place in the championship while his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber remained fifth after finishing tenth in the race for a single point.

Webber was one place behind fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo in a Toro Rosso.

Alonso increased his championship lead from 27 to 29 points with six races to go.

Numerous safety car periods meant the race finished on the two-hour time limit rather than distance covered.

Force India's Paul di Resta finished a career-best fourth while Mercedes' Michael Schumacher retired after a heavy crash into the back of Jean-Eric Vergne's Toro Rosso.

Pos Driver        Team                       Time
1. Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           2h00:26.144
2. Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     8.959
3. Alonso        Ferrari                    +    15.227
4. Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    19.063
5. Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    34.759
6. Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    35.700
7. Grosjean      Lotus-Renault              +    36.600
8. Massa         Ferrari                    +    42.800
9. Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    45.800
10. Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    47.100
11. Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +    50.600
12. Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
13. Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
14. Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
15. Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap (*)
16. Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
17. De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +     1 lap
18. Senna         Williams-Renault           +    2 laps
19. Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +    2 laps

tags: f1, red bull, singapore, vettel

Maldonado wins Spanish F1 GP

Venezuela's Pastor Maldonado claimed his maiden Formula One win, and handed Williams their first since 2004, with victory in the Spanish Grand Prix here on Sunday.

Spaniard Fernando Alonso finished second with Finn Kimi Raikkonen in third as Maldonado made the most of inheriting pole position from Lewis Hamilton after the Briton was relegated to the back of the pack on Saturday.

McLaren driver Hamilton finished in eighth place at over a minute behind as Maldonado won a thrilling duel with Ferrari's former two-time world champion Alonso.

Alonso's runner-up place gave him 18 points and the championship lead at the expense of defending world champion Sebastian Vettel, who was sixth in a Red Bull having started from seventh on the grid.

Maldonado's maiden win handed Williams their 114th overall, but their first in the series since fellow South American Juan Pablo Montoya won the Brazilian Grand Prix in 2004.

Pos Driver        Team                       Time
1. Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1h39:09.145
2. Alonso        Ferrari                            +     3.195
3. Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault       +     3.884
4. Grosjean      Lotus-Renault               +    14.799
5. Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari         + 1:14.641
6. Vettel        Red Bull-Renau         + 1:17.576
7. Rosberg       Mercedes                      + 1:27.919
8. Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes   + 1:28.100
9. Button        McLaren-Mercedes       + 1:25.200
10. Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes +     1 lap
11. Webber        Red Bull-Renault          +     1 lap
12. Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari        +     1 lap
13. Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
14. Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes     +     1 lap
15. Massa         Ferrari                              +     1 lap
16. Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault      +     1 lap
17. Petrov        Caterham-Renault            +     1 lap
18. Glock         Marussia-Cosworth       +    2 laps
19. De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth              +    3 laps

tags: f1, Maldonado, Spain, Venezuela, Williams

Vettel wins Bahrain Grand Prix

Vettel claimed his first victory of the season and the 22nd of his career with a near-flawless drive from pole position to the chequered flag to come home ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 champion, and his Lotus team-mate Romain Grosjean.

It was Grosjean’s first podium finish in Formula One and Raikkonen’s fifth and Vettel’s first win since the Indian Grand Prix last year.

Australian Mark Webber finished fourth in the second Red Bull, confirming their return to form after a lacklustre start to the year.

Vettel’s win lifted him to the top of the drivers’ standings with 53 points ahead of Hamilton on 49 and Webber one point behind. He was the fourth different winner in four races so far in the 2012 season.

German Nico Rosberg, who claimed his maiden victory for the Mercedes team at last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, finished fifth ahead of Briton Paul Di Resta of Force India and two-time champion Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton, who led the championship before Bahrain, came home eighth after a troubled race for McLaren, ahead of Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari and, amazingly, seven-times champion ichael Schumacher in the second Mercedes. Schumacher had started from 22nd on the grid.

Race results

1 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull 1hour 35min 10.990sec

2 Kimi Raikkonen (Finlnad) Lotus +3.333sec

3 Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus +10.194sec

4 Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull +38.788sec

5 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes +55.460sec

6 Paul di Resta (Great Britain) Force India +57.543sec

7 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari +57.803sec

8 Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) McLaren +58.984sec

9 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari +1:04.999sec

10 Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes +1:11.490sec

11 Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber +1:12.702sec

12 Nico Hulkenberg (Germany) Force India +1:16.539sec

13 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber +1:30.334sec

14 Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso +1:33.723sec

15 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso) +1 lap

16 Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Caterham +1 lap

17 Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Caterham +1 lap

18 Jenson Button (Great Britain) McLaren +2 laps

19 Timo Glock (Germany) Marussia +2 laps

20 Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) HRT +2 laps

21 Narain Karthikeyan (India) HRT +2 laps

22 Bruno Senna (Brazil) Williams +3 laps

tags: Bahrain, f1, red bull, vettel

Rosberg wins F1 2012 Chinese GP

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday for his first career Formula One victory after starting from pole.

Rosberg won by a massive 20.6 seconds over McLaren’s Jenson Button after making just two pits stops and managing to hold off the rest of the field on worn tires.

Button’s McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton was third, followed by Red Bull duo Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, who were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Defending champion Vettel started 11th on the grid and at one stage moved up to second, but couldn’t hold off Button, Hamilton and Webber in the closing stages.

Rosberg’s teammate, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, had started second, but retired from the race on lap 13 after his right front wheel wasn't fitted properly during his first pit stop.

McLaren leads the constructor standings with 88 points, followed by Red Bull in second with 64 and Ferrari on 37.

Results from the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix:

1. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 1 hour, 36 minutes, 26.929 seconds, 56 laps.

2. Jenson Button, Britain, McLaren, 1:36:47.555, 56.

3. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, McLaren, 1:36:52.941, 56.

4. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 1:36:54.853, 56.

5. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 1:36:57.412, 56.

6. Romain Grosjean, France, Lotus, 1:36:58.420, 56.

7. Bruno Senna, Brazil, Williams, 1:37:01:526, 56.

8. Pastor Maldonado, Venezuela, Williams, 1:37:02.572, 56.

9. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Ferrari, 1:37:04.185, 56.

10. Kamui Kobayashi, Japan, Sauber, 1:37:05.649, 56.

Drivers' Championship

1. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 45

2. Jenson Button, McLaren, 43

3. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 37

4. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 36

5. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 28

6. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 25

7. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 22

8. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, 16

9. Bruno Senna, Williams, 14

10. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 9

tags: China GP, f1, Mercedes, Rosberg

Ferrari's Alonso wins Malaysian Grand Prix

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso won a dramatic Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, giving the Italian team one of its more unlikely victories in its long history.

In a race that was stopped for 51 minutes because of rain, Alonso looked like he'd be overtaken by Sauber's Sergio Perez until the Mexican ran off the track with six laps to go, giving the Ferrari enough of a gap to hang on.

Ferrari had been considered to be in crisis after a poor start to the season, but a superb display of wet-weather driving gave Alonso a memorable victory. Perez's second-place finish was Sauber's best-ever.

Pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren finished third ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber and Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen.

FINAL CLASSIFICATION

1 F Alonso (Ferrari)
2   S Perez (Sauber)
3   L Hamilton (McLaren)
4   M Webber (Red Bull)
5   K Raikkonen (Lotus)
6   B Senna (Williams)
7   P Di Resta (Force India)
8   J Vergne (Toro Rosso)
9   N Hulkenberg (Force India)
10 M Schumacher (Mercedes)
11 S Vettel (Red Bull)
12 D Ricciardo (Toro Rosso)
13 N Rosberg (Mercedes)
14 J Button (McLaren)
15 F Massa (Ferrari)
16 V Petrov (Caterham)
17 T Glock (Marussia)
18 H Kovalainen (Caterham)
19 C Pic (Marussia)
20 N Karthikeyan (HRT)
21 P de la Rosa (HRT)
DNF P Maldonado (Williams)
DNF K Kobayashi (Sauber)
DNF R Grosjean (Lotus)

tags: Alonso, f1, ferrari, Malaysia

Button wins F1 season-opener in Australia

McLaren’s Jenson Button won the Australian Grand Prix for the third time ahead of world champion Sebastian Vettel in an incident-packed season opener on Sunday.

Button’s fellow Briton and team mate Lewis Hamilton, who started on pole, finished third behind the German to round out the podium while Vettel’s team mate Mark Webber was fourth, his best ever finish in his 11th attempt to win his home race.

Fernando Alonso drove a spirited race to finish fifth for Ferrari ahead of the Sauber of Japan’s Kamui Kobayashi after Williams driver Pastor Maldonado crashed out on the final lap while running sixth.

Kimi Raikkonen, one of six former world champions in the field, also impressed on his return from two years out of the sport to finish seventh for Lotus after starting 17th on the grid.

Mexican Sergio Perez had started right from the back after changing his gearbox overnight but finished a creditable eighth, the same place he claimed on his Formula One debut here last year before he and Kobayashi were disqualified for technical infringements.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo finished ninth on his home race debut for Toro Rosso despite an accident at the start, while the last point was won by Force India’s Paul Di Resta in 10th.

1. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 58 laps 1hr 34m 09.565s
2. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault +00m 02.1s
3. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes +00m 04.0s
4. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault +00m 04.5s
5. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 21.5s
6. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari +00m 36.7s
7. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Lotus-Renault +00m 38.0s
8. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari +00m 39.4s
9. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari +00m 39.5s
10. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes +00m 39.7s

tags: Australia, Button, f1, McLaren

Ferrari reveals 2012 F1 car

Here's the new one, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa's 2012 contender, launched just now. And what can we say? Possibly that it's best viewed from above?

Actually the plan photograph does show it to be an incredibly tidy design with an extremely narrow rear thanks to magical gearbox shrinking technology. The sidepods are also significantly abbreviated with some cute little aero tricks at the leading edge.

Unlike the McLaren, Ferrari is saying the F2012 is an evolution of last year's not-ever-to-be-called-the-F150. Like the McLaren, it massively borrows from the Red Bull book of making quick F1 cars quicker by going one step further in switching its rear suspension concept from ‘push-rod' to ‘pull-rod', all in the name, once again, of making the car clean in front of the rear wing.

Then there's the nose. The explanation for McLaren avoiding the blight of the platypus snout is apparently that the boffins at Woking have always followed a lower nose aero-concept, so making the tub work with this year's new 7cm lower nose was less of a challenge.

The F2012 won't be getting any shakedown miles any time soon. Fiorano is under a ton of snow. Next week, however, is the first official F1 test of the season. More significantly, Monday is the launch of the Red Bull RB8. It's going to be interesting to see if Adrian Newey goes ugly, too. We somehow doubt it.

tags: f1, ferrari

F1 2011 crash compilation

tags: crash, f1

Vettel Stumbles, Hamilton Wins Abu Dhabi GP

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Sebastian Vettel failed to make it past the second turn in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, so Lewis Hamilton took his place — as leader and eventual winner, pulling away from the field in Vettel-like fashion.

Vettel spun out of control while leading as the first lap began. The right rear tire on his Red Bull Racing machine deflated abruptly, and after he limped to the pit area, mechanics determined that damage to the car's suspension relegated Vettel to his first DNF (did not finish) of the season.

Meanwhile, Hamilton, who was outpaced in pole qualifying, immediately sped past the spinning Vettel and pulled away from Fernando Alonso's Ferrari.

Hamilton finished more than 8 seconds in front of Alonso, with Hamilton's McLaren-Mercedes teammate Jenson Button 3rd.

Vettel clinched his second straight Formula 1 driving championship four races ago with a 3rd-place finish behind Button and Alonso in the Japanese Grand Prix. However, he did not lose any motivation to win, and had strung two more victories — his 10th and 11th of the season — since clinching.

He was bidding to tie Michael Schumacher's record for number of victories in a season by winning the last two races of the year, but his retirement Sunday means Schumacher's record is safe for now.

Hamilton won for the third time this season, scoring only his sixth podium finish in a problem-plagued season. Several times in recent races, he has had on-track run-ins with Ferrari driver Felipe Massa.

Red Bull's Mark Webber was 3rd until the final lap, but had to pit at the last minute because he had not used the alternate tire. Drivers are required to use both sets of tires in each race. The late pit stop enabled Button to move up to 3rd.

tags: Abu Dhabi, f1, Hamilton

Vettel wins F1 Korean Grand Prix

Double world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix in crushing fashion today to help his Red Bull team retain the Formula One constructors' title after a dominant season.

Just a week after cruising to third place in Japan, where Vettel confirmed himself as the 2011 drivers' world champion, the 24-year-old German was uncatchable as he drove to his 10th win this year, and 20th of his career.

“This is special for us all, for the whole team,” he said.

“It was not such an easy race, but we did it. After the drivers, the constructors' -- it's fantastic.”

Vettel started second on the grid, but took the lead from Briton Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on the opening lap to pull clear and produce a flawless drive to the chequered flag.

He came home in a winning time of one hour, 38 minutes and 1.994 seconds, 12.019 ahead of Hamilton, who drove a splendidly controlled defensive race to stay ahead of Vettel's Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber.

tags: f1, korea, red bull, vettel

Japanese Grand Prix review: welcome to the Vettel era

Jenson Button took his third win of the season at this morning’s Japanese Grand Prix, leading home Fernando Alonso and – as if it was ever in doubt – record-breaking double world champion Sebastian Vettel. Though he did well to cover a move from Button off the line, Vettel was eventually leap-frogged after the second round of pit stops, with his Red Bull failing to cope as well as the McLarens and Ferraris with the tyre-punishing twists of Suzuka. Mark Webber finished fourth, just ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who brought out the safety car on lap 25 following yet another tangle with Felipe Massa, which took a chunk out of the Brazilian’s front wing. Michael Schumacher enjoyed another strong race to finish a solid sixth, while Felipe Massa, Sergio Perez, Vitaly Petrov and Nico Rosberg also picked up some points.

So that’s that – Sebastian Vettel is Formula One’s youngest ever double world champion, and the first man to pick up the title with four races to spare since Michael Schumacher in 2004.

Feels sort of anti-climactic, doesn’t it? Given that most of his rivals had given up on the season by the half-way point, they really should’ve handed Vettel the trophy back in Germany. That’s not to say that a dominant, one-sided season can’t be a spectacle – they’ll be talking about that four-hour epic in Canada, if nothing else, for decades to come – it’s just hard to get excited about something that’s looked inevitable for months.

Still, what is exciting is that we now know the identity of this era’s first legendary driver. And, as sick as we are about the fact that he doesn’t have a Union Jack on his helmet, thinking about the lad’s potential is seriously dizzying. Since his debut in 2007, he’s won 19 races, been on pole 27 times and amassed a fortune that doesn’t even bear thinking about – all before his 25th birthday. At Vettel’s age, Ayrton Senna was in his rookie year, and we were still living with our mum.

So, how long can Sebastian Vettel keep on winning? Assuming he’s got another decade of his career left to run, we’d happily put money on another three world titles. It’s unlikely any of them will be as easy as the infamous cakewalk of 2011 but still, we’re going to stick our neck out and say that this young guy from Heppenheim has just put himself in the position to become one of the all-time greats of his sport.

Of course, there’s always the chance he’ll do a Fernando Alonso and spend the next five years getting shown up by the latest rookies. But it’s been a long time since Formula One has had a hero so consistent, so level-headed and so damn fast as Sebastian Vettel, and something tells us that the domination is only just beginning.

What do you reckon? How many more titles can Vettel win? Here’s how they finished:

1. Jenson Button

2. Fernando Alonso

3. Sebastian Vettel

4. Mark Webber

5. Lewis Hamilton

6. Michael Schumacher

7. Felipe Massa

8. Sergio Perez

9. Vitaly Petrov

10. Nico Rosberg

11. Adrian Sutil

12. Paul Di Resta

13. Kamui Kobayashi

14. Pastor Maldonado

15. Jaime Alguersuari

16. Bruno Senna

17. Rubens Barrichello

18. Heikki Kovalainen

19. Jarno Trulli

20. Timo Glock

21. Jerome d’Ambrosio

22. Daniel Ricciardo

23. Vitantonio Liuzzi

24. Sebastien Buemi (DNF)

tags: champion, f1, formula one, red bull, vettel

Vettel wins on Singapore

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           1h59:06.537
 2.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     1.737
 3.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    29.279
 4.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    55.449
 5.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:07.766
 6.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +  1:51.067
 7.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     1 lap
 8.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 9.  Massa         Ferrari                    +     1 lap
10.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
11.  Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
12.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
13.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
14.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    2 laps
15.  Senna         Renault                    +    2 laps
16.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
17.  Petrov        Renault                    +    2 laps
18.  D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
19.  Ricciardo     HRT-Cosworth               +    4 laps
20.  Liuzzi        HRT-Cosworth               +    4 laps
21.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    5 laps

World Championship standings, round 14:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       309        1.  Red Bull-Renault          491
 2.  Button       185        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          353
 3.  Alonso       184        3.  Ferrari                   268
 4.  Webber       182        4.  Mercedes                  114
 5.  Hamilton     168        5.  Renault                    70
 6.  Massa         84        6.  Force India-Mercedes       48
 7.  Rosberg       62        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             36
 8.  Schumacher    52        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         29
 9.  Heidfeld      34        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Petrov        34       
11.  Sutil         28       
12.  Kobayashi     27       
13.  Di Resta      20       
14.  Alguersuari   16       
15.  Buemi         13       
16.  Perez          9       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1

tags: f1, red bull, singapore, vettel

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