Vettel wins first Indian GP
World champion Sebastian Vettel made history by winning India's first
ever Formula One on Sunday as McLaren's Jenson Button tightened his grip
on the championship's second place.
Red Bull's Vettel led wire-to-wire for his 11th victory of in 17
races, finishing some 8.4 seconds ahead of Button with Ferrari's
Fernando Alonso third and Australian Mark Webber fourth.
Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher battled to fifth but McLaren's
Lewis Hamilton came in seventh after yet another collision with his
Ferrari nemesis Felipe Massa.
But Vettel was in a class of his own at the all-new Buddh
International Circuit near New Delhi as he closed on Michael
Schumacher's 2004 record of 13 wins in one year, with two races left
this season.
The 24-year-old German, who became Formula One's youngest
back-to-back world champion when he reclaimed his title in Japan, also
set a new record for laps led in a season as he surpassed Nigel
Mansell's 1992 mark of 692.
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