Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel claimed his ninth victory of an all-conquering season in Singapore Sunday but must wait to clinch the Formula One world title for the second straight year.
The German took the checkered flag in the night race ahead of Jenson Button of Britain with Mark Webber, Vettel’s teammate, in third place.
The 24-year-old Vettel has a massive 124-point lead over McLaren’s Button, whose fourth straight podium denied him the chance to wrap up the championship crown.
He will surely achieve the feat at the Japanese Grand Prix on October 9, where he needs just a single point, after another commanding display on Singapore’s Marina Bay street circuit. It was his 19th career victory.
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Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso came home fourth and is third in the standings, one point adrift of Button, while Lewis Hamilton took fifth after a drive through penalty in his McLaren and no less than five pits stops. CNN International
Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg finished seventh ahead of Force India’s Adrian Sutil, with Massa coming home ninth ahead of Sauber’s Sergio Perez.
Vettel simply declared himself “very pleased with result” in a “car that was fantastic all the way”.
He added: “When we had to push at the start we could pull a gap, but when the safety car came out it did not fit into the plan.
“But I was lucky to have some back markers in the way at the restart and I was able to pull away again.
“There was not a big margin when I crossed the line, but I was in control, and this is a great result.
“I love the track, love the challenge, and we were in a comfortable position for most of the race.
“For the championship, it looks like we have another chance at the next race.” SkySports
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault Winner 2 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +1.7 secs 3 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault +29.2 secs 4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari +55.4 secs 5 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes +67.7 secs 6 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes + secs 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes +1 Lap 8 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +1 Lap 9 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari +1 Lap 10 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari +1 Lap 11 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth +1 Lap 12 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari +1 Lap 13 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +1 Lap 14 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari +2 Laps 15 9 Bruno Senna Renault +2 Laps 16 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault +2 Laps 17 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault +2 Laps 18 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth +2 Laps 19 22 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth +4 Laps 20 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth +4 Laps 21 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari Accident Ret 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault +14 Laps Ret 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes Accident Ret 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth +52 Laps
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