New Delhi:<\/strong> Red Bull\u2019s Sebastian Vettel won the 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, but it might as well have been a replay of his victory in Korea a fortnight ago as he simply ran away and hid and left McLaren\u2019s Jenson Button to chase him from a distance.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ferrari\u2019s Fernando Alonso and Red Bull\u2019s Mark Webber were even further behind while yet another clash with Ferrari\u2019s Felipe Massa left a bitterly disappointed Lewis Hamilton to a seventh-place finish in the McLaren behind the Mercedes duo of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg.<\/p>\n
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All three top finishers paid their respects to IndyCar\u2019s Dan Wheldon and MotoGP\u2019s Marco Simoncelli, for whom there had been a minute\u2019s silence on the grid, and said they had been racing for them on a day of mixed emotions.<\/p>\n
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Vettel sprinted into the lead at the start and worked very hard to build a cushion, which he then controlled as he led every lap. At times Button got the gap down to less than three seconds, but Vettel was always in command and the result was never in doubt.<\/p>\n
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Alonso jumped Webber after his second pit stop on Lap 39, and withstood the Australian\u2019s counter-attack in the closing laps to complete the podium finishers.<\/p>\n
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Hamilton seemed to lack pace from the start, running in sixth behind Vettel, Button, Webber, Alonso and Massa, but had all but completed a move on the Brazilian in Turn Five on the 24th lap when Massa turned in and they collided.<\/p>\n
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The Ferrari driver continued as the Englishman pitted for a new front wing, but Massa was later given a drive-through penalty and his next tyre stop finally dropped him behind the McLaren. To complete a bad day for him, he then broke his Ferrari\u2019s left front suspension after clobbering a kerb in Turn 12 on the 33rd lap.<\/p>\n
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Mercedes benefitted from Hamilton\u2019s misfortunes and a long run by Schumacher left him clear of team mate Rosberg as Hamilton struggled with his car\u2019s handling for the rest of the race and posed no threat.<\/p>\n
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Jaime Alguersuari drove another excellent race for Toro Rosso to take eighth and the team should have had ninth too, but Sebastien Buemi\u2019s STR06 dropped out with mechanical problems after they had caught and passed Adrian Sutil\u2019s Force India. The German thus took ninth after a race-long fight with Sergio Perez\u2019s Sauber and Vitaly Petrov\u2019s Renault, while Bruno Senna was 12th after a late tyre stop ahead of Force India\u2019s Paul di Resta, who was delayed after being in the fight with Perez and Petrov.<\/p>\n
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Heikki Kovalainen ran as high as 10th during all the pit stops but had to be content with 14th for Lotus, well ahead of Rubens Barrichello who had to fight back from a start-line collision with Williams team mate Pastor Maldonado, then first-corner clashes with Virgin\u2019s Timo Glock and Sauber\u2019s Kamui Koboyashi. The latter was out there and then, Glock made it back to the pits before retiring and Maldonado later stopped with mechanical woes.<\/p>\n
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Jerome D\u2019Ambrosio was 16th for Virgin ahead of HRT\u2019s Narain Karthikeyan, who had a race-long duel with team mate Daniel Ricciardo, who was closing fast at the end before having to make a late tyre stop. They were 17th and 18th ahead of Lotus\u2019s Jarno Trulli, who was spun by one of them on the opening lap and was never able to make up lost ground after a long pit stop.<\/p>\n
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Vettel\u2019s dominant win brings the world champion\u2019s points tally to 374 from Button on 240, Alonso on 227, Webber on 221 and Hamilton on 202. In the constructors\u2019 stakes, Red Bull have 595 points to McLaren\u2019s 442 and Ferrari\u2019s 325, which means the British team have secured second place in the standings ahead of the Italians. Further back, Force India hang on to sixth place with 51 points, but Sauber and Toro Rosso are now equal on 41.<\/p>\n
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Vettel also set the fastest lap of the race – on the very last lap – for the third time this season. It means he could catch team mate Webber, who is still the clear leader in the 2011 DHL Fastest Lap Award standings on five, followed by Hamilton and Button on three apiece.<\/p>\n
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