Mark Webber claimed his first victory of 2011 as he relegated his Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel to second place in the season-ending race in Brazil.
McLaren’s Jenson Button overtook Fernando Alonso of Ferrari for the final podium position late in the race to retain second spot in the championship behind Vettel.
Abu Dhabi winner Lewis Hamilton went out with a faulty gearbox in the second McLaren as he bid unsuccessfully for back-to-back victories.
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But few could begrudge Webber his belated win, repeating his 2009 success at the same circuit and his seventh career triumph in F1. CNN International
Hamilton was set to battle with Felipe Massa - who stopped just twice while most made three pitstops - for fifth until a gearbox failure halted the McLaren, ensuring the Ferrari could keep the place.
Adrian Sutil charged to sixth for Force India, beating Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg and the second Force India of Paul di Resta.
Ninth place for Kamui Kobayashi ensured Sauber beat Toro Rosso - which failed to score - to seventh in the constructors’ championship. Vitaly Petrov completed the points-scorers for Renault.
His team-mate Bruno Senna clashed with Michael Schumacher at the Senna S early on, giving the Mercedes a puncture. The stewards awarded Senna a drive-through penalty for the collision and with gearbox troubles also developing, he fell to 17th, while Schumacher got back to 15th.
Rubens Barrichello was unable to score in what could be his final grand prix. A poor start dropped the Williams to 21st and he was only able to recover to 14th. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault Winner 2 1 Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault +16.9 secs 3 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +27.6 secs 4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari +35.0 secs 5 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari +66.7 secs 6 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +1 Lap 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes +1 Lap 8 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes +1 Lap 9 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari +1 Lap 10 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault +1 Lap 11 19 Jaime AlguersuariSTR-Ferrari +1 Lap 12 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari +1 Lap 13 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari +1 Lap 14 11 Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth +1 Lap 15 7 Michael SchumacherMercedes +1 Lap 16 20 Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault +2 Laps 17 9 Bruno Senna Renault +2 Laps 18 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault +2 Laps 19 25 Jerome d'AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth +3 Laps 20 22 Daniel RicciardoHRT-Cosworth +3 Laps Ret 23 Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth +10 Laps Ret 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes Gearbox Ret 12 Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth +45 Laps Ret 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth +50 Laps

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