The Korean GP had almost everything, it even had a Jeep briefly leading the race ahead of Vettel. Before Monza no driver had won two races in a row, Vettel has now won FOUR in a row.
If Sebastian Vettel wins just two of the remaining five races then he will win the title, no matter what happens. The only realistic way Fernando Alonso has of winning the championship is if he wins the next five races and that Vettel isn’t on the podium in all of them.
In Singapore Vettel led the entire race, and in Korea he has done it again. Including most of the Italian GP, Vettel has led the last 142 laps in F1. In the race Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean were second and third. In the five races that Grosjean has been third, Raikkonen has been second in every single one.
There were a few changes in the Championship standings for the first time in a while, Raikkonen’s podium takes him back up to third, Hulkenberg’s fantastic fourth took him up two places to 11th and Gutierrez’s 11th puts him above Bottas for 17th. The superb Sauber’s have also moved up to 7th in the Constructors’ Championship, ahead of Toro Rosso but equal on points.
MASSIVE GAP! All that needs to be said.
Pos | Driver | Team | Points | Laps | Fastest Lap | Grid |
1 |
Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
25 |
55 |
01:41.380 |
1 |
2 |
Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus |
18 |
55 |
01:41.975 |
9 |
3 |
Romain Grosjean | Lotus |
15 |
55 |
01:41.936 |
3 |
4 |
Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber |
12 |
55 |
01:42.608 |
7 |
5 |
Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
10 |
55 |
01:42.539 |
2 |
6 |
Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
8 |
55 |
01:42.709 |
5 |
7 |
Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
6 |
55 |
01:41.471 |
4 |
8 |
Jenson Button | McLaren |
4 |
55 |
01:43.073 |
11 |
9 |
Felipe Massa | Ferrari |
2 |
55 |
01:42.954 |
6 |
10 |
Sergio Perez | McLaren |
1 |
55 |
01:42.973 |
10 |
11 |
Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber |
0 |
55 |
01:42.744 |
8 |
12 |
Valtteri Bottas | Williams |
0 |
55 |
01:43.869 |
17 |
13 |
Pastor Maldonado | Williams |
0 |
55 |
01:44.136 |
18 |
14 |
Charles Pic | Caterham |
0 |
55 |
01:44.477 |
19 |
15 |
Giedo van der Garde | Caterham |
0 |
55 |
01:44.375 |
20 |
16 |
Jules Bianchi | Marussia |
0 |
55 |
01:44.991 |
22 |
17 |
Max Chilton | Marussia |
0 |
55 |
01:45.408 |
21 |
18 |
Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso |
0 |
53 |
01:44.090 |
16 |
19 |
Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso |
0 |
52 |
01:42.947 |
12 |
20 |
Adrian Sutil | Force India |
0 |
50 |
01:44.095 |
14 |
RET |
Mark Webber | Red Bull |
– |
36 |
01:43.863 |
13 |
RET |
Paul di Resta | Force India |
– |
24 |
01:46.411 |
15 |