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The pole sitter, Sebastian Vettel, wins the Japanese grand prix, but Mark Webber, second, extends his lead to 14 points, as Fernando Alonso finished third.
That handy points margin for Mark Webber is over both Ferrari's Alonso and Sebastian Vettel, who are level-pegging on 206 points.
"The last two races were a little bit difficult for us but we came here with quite some confidence. This track is kind of made for us," said the delighted Sebastian Vettel, who also won from pole in 2009.
Lewis Hamilton drops from third in the championship to fourth, after a nightmare weekend topped off by another gearbox problem that caused him to lose pace and voluntarily yield fourth place in the race to his teammate Jenson Button. Briton Lewis Hamilton is now 28 points behind and faces another five-place grid drop in Korea if his gearbox needs to be replaced again.
Jenson Button in the sister car is a further three points adrift, but team boss Martin Whitmarsh is not giving up. "We're still pushing hard. Anything can happen, it's that close a championship," said the McLaren chief on BBC television.
Terrible race for Renault with two retirements. After a good start, Robert Kubica second behind Vettel, lost his right rear wheel after three laps and has been forced to stop along the track. Vitaly Petrov had an accident at the start with Nico Hulkenberg (Williams). Felipe Massa (Ferrari) and Tonio Liuzzi (Force India) where involuntarily involved in the crash and had to stop their races.
The Japanese Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) made some beautiful pass in front of his fans and finishes seventh. Nick Heidfeld at the wheel of the second Sauber is eighth and scores his firsts points of the season.
First of the little teams, Heikki Kovalainen finishes at an important twelfth position for his team Lotus.
Grand prix of Japan - Suzuka
Sunday, October 10, 2010
1 - Sebastian Vettel (RB6 Red Bull-Renault) - 53 laps 1.30'27"323
2 - Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault RB6) - 0"905
3 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F10) - 2"721
4 - Jenson Button (MP4/25-Mercedes McLaren) - 13"522
5 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 39"595
6 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes W01 MGP) - 59"933
7 - Kamui Kobayashi (C29 Sauber-Ferrari) - 1'04"038
8 - Nick Heidfeld (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 1'09"648
9 - Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'10"846
10 - Sebastien Buemi (STR5 Toro Rosso-Ferrari) - 1'12"806
11 - Jaime Alguersuari (STR5 Toro Rosso-Ferrari) - 1 lap
12 - Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Cosworth T127) - 1 lap
13 - Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Cosworth T127) - 2 laps
14 - Timo Glock (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 2 laps
15 - Bruno Senna (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 2 laps
16 - Sakon Yamamoto (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 3 laps
17 - Nico Rosberg (MGP Mercedes W01) - 5 laps
Fastest lap: Mark Webber 1'33 "474
Retirements
45th lap - Adrian Sutil
3rd lap - Robert Kubica
1st lap - Vitaly Petrov
1st lap - Vitantonio Liuzzi
1st lap - Felipe Massa
1st lap - Nico Hulkenberg
NP - Lucas Di Grassi
World Drivers' Championship
1. Webber 220 ; 2. Alonso - Vettel 206 ; 4. Hamilton 192 ; 5. Button 189 ; 6. Massa 128 ; 7. Rosberg 122 ; 8. Kubica 114 ; 9. Schumacher 54 ; 10. Sutil 47 ; 11. Barrichello 41 ; 12. Kobayashi 27 ; 13. Petrov 19 ; 14. Hulkenberg 17 ; 15. Liuzzi 13 ; 16. Buemi 8 ; 17. De La Rosa 6, 18. Heidfeld 4 ; 19. Alguersuari 3.
World Constructors' Championship
1. Red Bull-Renault 426 ; 2. McLaren-Mercedes 381 ; 3. Ferrari 334 ; 4. Mercedes 176 ; 5. Renault 133 ; 6. Force India-Mercedes 60 ; 7.Williams-Cosworth 58 ; 8.Sauber-Ferrari 37 ; 9.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 11.
Unofficial results
The pole sitter, Sebastian Vettel, wins the Japanese grand prix, but Mark Webber, second, extends his lead to 14 points, as Fernando Alonso finished third.
That handy points margin for Mark Webber is over both Ferrari's Alonso and Sebastian Vettel, who are level-pegging on 206 points.
"The last two races were a little bit difficult for us but we came here with quite some confidence. This track is kind of made for us," said the delighted Sebastian Vettel, who also won from pole in 2009.
Lewis Hamilton drops from third in the championship to fourth, after a nightmare weekend topped off by another gearbox problem that caused him to lose pace and voluntarily yield fourth place in the race to his teammate Jenson Button. Briton Lewis Hamilton is now 28 points behind and faces another five-place grid drop in Korea if his gearbox needs to be replaced again.
Jenson Button in the sister car is a further three points adrift, but team boss Martin Whitmarsh is not giving up. "We're still pushing hard. Anything can happen, it's that close a championship," said the McLaren chief on BBC television.
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Terrible race for Renault with two retirements. After a good start, Robert Kubica second behind Vettel, lost his right rear wheel after three laps and has been forced to stop along the track. Vitaly Petrov had an accident at the start with Nico Hulkenberg (Williams). Felipe Massa (Ferrari) and Tonio Liuzzi (Force India) where involuntarily involved in the crash and had to stop their races.
The Japanese Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) made some beautiful pass in front of his fans and finishes seventh. Nick Heidfeld at the wheel of the second Sauber is eighth and scores his firsts points of the season.
First of the little teams, Heikki Kovalainen finishes at an important twelfth position for his team Lotus.
Grand prix of Japan - Suzuka
Sunday, October 10, 2010
1 - Sebastian Vettel (RB6 Red Bull-Renault) - 53 laps 1.30'27"323
2 - Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault RB6) - 0"905
3 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F10) - 2"721
4 - Jenson Button (MP4/25-Mercedes McLaren) - 13"522
5 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 39"595
6 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes W01 MGP) - 59"933
7 - Kamui Kobayashi (C29 Sauber-Ferrari) - 1'04"038
8 - Nick Heidfeld (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 1'09"648
9 - Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'10"846
10 - Sebastien Buemi (STR5 Toro Rosso-Ferrari) - 1'12"806
11 - Jaime Alguersuari (STR5 Toro Rosso-Ferrari) - 1 lap
12 - Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Cosworth T127) - 1 lap
13 - Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Cosworth T127) - 2 laps
14 - Timo Glock (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 2 laps
15 - Bruno Senna (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 2 laps
16 - Sakon Yamamoto (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 3 laps
17 - Nico Rosberg (MGP Mercedes W01) - 5 laps
Fastest lap: Mark Webber 1'33 "474
Retirements
45th lap - Adrian Sutil
3rd lap - Robert Kubica
1st lap - Vitaly Petrov
1st lap - Vitantonio Liuzzi
1st lap - Felipe Massa
1st lap - Nico Hulkenberg
NP - Lucas Di Grassi
World Drivers' Championship
1. Webber 220 ; 2. Alonso - Vettel 206 ; 4. Hamilton 192 ; 5. Button 189 ; 6. Massa 128 ; 7. Rosberg 122 ; 8. Kubica 114 ; 9. Schumacher 54 ; 10. Sutil 47 ; 11. Barrichello 41 ; 12. Kobayashi 27 ; 13. Petrov 19 ; 14. Hulkenberg 17 ; 15. Liuzzi 13 ; 16. Buemi 8 ; 17. De La Rosa 6, 18. Heidfeld 4 ; 19. Alguersuari 3.
World Constructors' Championship
1. Red Bull-Renault 426 ; 2. McLaren-Mercedes 381 ; 3. Ferrari 334 ; 4. Mercedes 176 ; 5. Renault 133 ; 6. Force India-Mercedes 60 ; 7.Williams-Cosworth 58 ; 8.Sauber-Ferrari 37 ; 9.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 11.
Unofficial results