Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday and the team clinched the Formula One constructors’ championship.
Vettel, who started from second on the grid, passed pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton on the first lap and dominated the 55-lap race before crossing the finish line with a time of 1 hour, 38 minutes, 01.994 seconds, 12 seconds ahead of the McLaren driver.
Vettel, who clinched his second straight drivers’ championship at last weekend’s Japanese GP, claimed his 10th F1 victory of the season with three races remaining, meaning he still has a chance of matching Michael Schumacher’s record of 13 wins in a season. The 24-year-old Vettel is the series’ youngest two-time champion.
“Ten is a nice number,” said Vettel, who claimed his 20th career win, tying him for 12th on the all-time list with Mika Hakkinen. The Associated Press
McLaren’s Hamilton held off a determined challenge from Vettel’s teammate Mark Webber to claim second place.
Jenson Button in the second McLaren finished fourth to stay second in the championship standings with Fernando Alonso fifth for Ferrari.
Felipe Massa took sixth in the second Ferrari ahead of Jaime Alguersuari for Toro Rosso. CNN International
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT 1 Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 2 Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 3 Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 4 Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 5 Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari 6 Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 7 Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8 Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes GP 9 Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10 Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 11 Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 12 Rubens Barrichello Brazil Williams-Cosworth 13 Bruno Senna Brazil Renault 14 Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Renault 15 Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari 16 Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 17 Jarno Trulli Italy Lotus-Renault 18 Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 19 Daniel Ricciardo Australia HRT-Cosworth 20 Jerome d'Ambrosio Belgium Virgin-Cosworth 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy HRT-Cosworth R Pastor Moldonado Venezuela Williams-Cosworth R Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault 6 Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes GP
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