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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