Vettel romps to Japanese win

ARIGATOU JAPAN!

Car 1 SEBASTIAN VETTEL, Finish Position: WINNER! Start Position: 1st

Its been a fantastic weekend. Yesterdays qualifying was perfect and today again, the balance of the car was amazing. We didnt change too much at the stops; it just seemed to work fantastically well. Im very happy, the guys have been pushing very hard and even though we didnt have major upgrades here, it still seemed to come together and the balance was thereand thats what made the difference today. Its a shame for Alonso, its not something you hope for and it could happen to us at the next race. Weve seen this year there are a lot of up and downs and things change quicklywe have to keep our heads down and take it step by step.

Car 2 MARK WEBBER, Finish Position: 9th, Start Position: 2nd

I havent seen what happened at the start, but its been confirmed that it was Grosjean who hit me. Were trying to fight for results each weekend and it doesnt help so, yeah, its frustrating as a few of the big guys suffered out there today. We went onto a one stop strategy from then on, but I kept pushing, I didnt give up and got something from it. To finish eight seconds off fifth, after the fact I was in reverse at one pointand also the safety car came in before I caught the back of the fieldwas something. Ill come back in Korea.

CHRISTIAN HORNER, Team Principal: A great result for Sebastian; to win in such a dominant fashion really closes up the Championship. It was a textbook drive for Sebastian today, he really was in a class of his own. The frustration for the team is the incident with Mark and Grosjean in Turn 2, where Grosjean completely misjudged the corner and hit Mark taking him out of the race. Mark then had to come into the pits for a safety check, change tyres and the nose and then, before he had a chance to join the back of the pack, the race re-started, so he was 20 seconds behind. His recovery from that far back thereafter was excellent and he drove very well. Its a shame we couldnt have got even more from today, but its always fantastic to win in Suzuka.

CYRIL DUMONT, Renault: An awesome resultit was the perfect result for Sebastian with pole position, fastest lap and the race win. Unfortunately for Mark it was more difficult, we had the pace to be first and second, but everything was over after Turn 2 for Mark. He made a very good fight back after that. Its great to be in both Championships for the final races. Japanese Grand Prix results

1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           1h28:56.2422.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    20.6393.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    24.5384.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    25.0985.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    46.4906.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    50.4247.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    51.1598.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +    52.3649.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    54.67510  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:06.91911  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +  1:07.76912  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +  1:23.40013  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:28.60014  Senna         Williams-Renault           +  1:28.70015  Grosjean      Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap16  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap17  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap18  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap19  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +     1 lap

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:35.774

DNF

Pic           Marussia-Cosworth           Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               Perez         Sauber-Ferrari              Alonso        Ferrari                      Rosberg       Mercedes                    

Drivers World Championship points

1.  Alonso       194        1.  Red Bull-Renault          3252.  Vettel       190        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          2833.  Raikkonen    157        3.  Ferrari                   2634.  Hamilton     152        4.  Lotus-Renault             2395.  Webber       135        5.  Mercedes                  1366.  Button       131        6.  Sauber-Ferrari            1157.  Rosberg       93        7.  Force India-Mercedes       818.  Grosjean      82        8.  Williams-Renault           589.  Massa         69        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         1510  Perez         65       11  Kobayashi     50       12  Di Resta      44       13  Schumacher    43       14  Hulkenberg    37       15  Maldonado     33       16  Senna         25       17  Vergne         8       18  Ricciardo      7      

 Constructors World Championship points1.  Red Bull-Renault          3252.  McLaren-Mercedes          2833.  Ferrari                   2634.  Lotus-Renault             2395.  Mercedes                  1366.  Sauber-Ferrari            1157.  Force India-Mercedes       818.  Williams-Renault           589.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         15

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