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Greater Noida:<\/strong> Sebastian Vettel won the Indian Grand Prix for the second year running \u2013 but the World Champion almost didn\u2019t make it to the winner\u2019s circle.
 
\u201cI switched off the car!\u201d admitted Vettel. \u201cI was told to park the car under the podium \u2013 I didn\u2019t know how far away it was, I didn\u2019t remember that from last year. I think that was the only big mistake that happened to us this weekend!\u201d
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It took a push from Red Bull teammate Mark Webber, who finished third, to get Vettel into the number 1 slot \u2013 the fifth time he has been there this year and the fourth in a row. The reigning World Champion now has a 13-point lead over Ferrari\u2019s Fernando Alonso, who finished second, with three races remaining in 2012.
 
Alonso was as defiant as ever after splitting the Red Bull pair despite starting fifth on the grid. Can he still win the title? \u201cOf course,\u201d said the Spaniard. \u201cYesterday there were 100 points, now there are 75 still to be won, and we are 13 behind. We know that we need to improve, we are not fast enough, especially on Saturdays, but hopefully we can improve this situation in Abu Dhabi or the USA. I\u2019m still very optimistic.\u201d
 
Webber lost his KERS booster system at one-third distance and was told by his team he had \u201cweathered the storm brilliantly\u201d by hanging on to third place ahead of a fast-closing Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren Mercedes.
 
\u201cIt\u2019s so demoralising, that long straight without KERS!\u201d said the Australian. \u201cWe have to screw around with the brake balance and lots of other things — the guys have got a huge amount of plate-spinning to try and feed that into the cockpit for me. I\u2019m happy with the way I drove, but we could have got more points today.\u201d
 
Behind Hamilton was teammate Jenson Button while Felipe Massa brought his Ferrari home in sixth place. India\u2019s Narain Karthikeyan, who had cooling issues on his HRT from the very early stages of the 60-lap race, again finished his home race, this time in 21st place.
 
It was an unhappy day for Michael Schumacher, who was making his final appearance in India. The seven-time World Champion had to pit on the opening lap after picking up a puncture in a touch with Jean-Eric Vergne\u2019s Toro Rosso; he was later under investigation for allegedly ignoring blue flags, though later cleared by the race stewards; and he was the 22nd and final classified finisher despite retiring after 55 laps.
 
It was Schumi\u2019s natural successor Vettel who had the last word, on track and off it. \u201cAll in all a fantastic race,\u201d he beamed, \u201cand another very nice trophy from India!\u201d
 
Along with the breath taking action on the track, the 65,000 fans at the Buddh International Circuit were greeted by some of the most well-known names in the country. From sportspersons like Harbhajan Singh and Virat Kohli, Olympic medallists Gagan Narang and Sushil Kumar to Bollywood celebrities like Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Gul Panag, Neha Dhupia, Dino Morea, Sonali Bendre and Mandira Bedi thronged to witness the second edition of the Indian Grand prix. Amongst the other prominent personalities were Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah.
 
 
The event also saw Ajay Devgn, and Sonakshi Sinha singing the national anthem along with singer Shaan and a performance by famous music director duo of Vishal- Shekhar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greater Noida:<\/strong> Sebastian Vettel won the Indian Grand Prix for the second year running \u2013 but the World Champion almost didn\u2019t make it to the winner\u2019s circle.
 
\u201cI switched off the car!\u201d admitted Vettel. \u201cI was told to park the car under the podium \u2013 I didn\u2019t know how far away it was, I didn\u2019t remember that from last year. 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