Sebastian Vettel scorched his way to a comfortable victory from pole at the Indian Grand Prix Formula One race at Greater Noida today. Facing no challenge in the race, the Red Bull driver led from start to finish and won the race by a comprehensive margin of 9.4 seconds. For Vettel, it is his second successive win at the India race. Also, he recorded his fourth win on the trot to extend his lead in the drivers' championship. He now has 240 points, 13 more than Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with three races left in the season. Alonso also raced amazingly as he went past the two McLaren cars and then Mark Webber to take second position, keeping himself in the hunt for the Drivers' title.Webber managed to finish third ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who was followed by teammate Jenson Button.Felipe Massa was sixth in the second Ferrari, ahead of Kimi Raiokkonen, Hulkenbeg and teammate Romain Grosjean.Willams' Bruno Senna took the last point available with 10th position.Home side Force India earned four points through Nico Hulkenberg's eighth-place finish. The result helped Force India reduce the gap with Sauber to 23 points in the Constructors' championship.India's Narain Karthikeyan, who had problems in brakes, finished 21st. He had finished 17th last year.AIR correspondent reports, for defending champion Vettel , it is his second successive Indian Grand Prix title at the Buddh International circuit. It is also his fourth consecutive win of the season. The 25-year old German, starting from pole, dominated the entire race and finished almost nine seconds ahead of second placed Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Today's win has stretched Vettel's Formula One championship lead over Alonso to 13 points with three races remaining. Vettel's teammate Mark Webber crossed the chequered flag as the third car. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton finished fourth. The next race is on November 4 in Abu Dhabi, where Vettel won his first World Title in 2010, ahead of Alonso, in what was then the season finale.
News On AIR | October 28, 2012 8:32 PM
Red Bull's Vettel wins F1 Indian Grand Prix