Sebastian Vettel eased to victory at the Indian Grand Prix as Fernando Alonso limited the damage to his championship challenge with second place.
It was a simple victory for Vettel, but Alonso's drive ensured that he only lost seven points in the championship standings, extending the Red Bull driver's lead to 13 points. Mark Webber held off a late challenge from Lewis Hamilton to take third place, but suffered with KERS issues during the race and lost a position to Alonso as a result.
Jenson Button came home a distant fifth ahead of Felipe Massa, who sustained race-long pressure from Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus, which was lacking straight-line speed and unable to find a way past.
The Indian Grand Prix, Buddh International Circuit.
60 laps, 307.249km., Weather: Hazy and dry.
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1h31:10.744
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 9.437
3. Mark Webber Red Bull + 13.217
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren + 13.909
5. Jenson Button McLaren + 26.266
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari + 44.674
7. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus + 45.227
8. Nico Hulkenberg Force India + 54.998
9. Romain Grosjean Lotus + 56.103
10. Bruno Senna Williams + 1:14.975
11. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG + 1:21.694
12. Paul Di Resta Force India + 1:22.815
13. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso + 1:26.064
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber + 1:26.495
15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso + 1 lap
16. Pastor Maldonado Williams + 1 lap
17. Vitaly Petrov Caterham + 1 lap
18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham + 1 lap
19. Charles Pic Marussia + 1 lap
20. Timo Glock Marussia + 2 laps
21. Narain Karthikeyan HRT + 2 laps
22. Michael Schumacher Mercedes AMG + 5 laps
Fastest lap: Jenson Button - 1:28.203
Not classified:
Driver Team On lap
Pedro De la Rosa HRT 41
Sergio Perez Sauber 21
After 17 races:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. S.Vettel 240 1. Red Bull 407
2. F.Alonso 227 2. Ferrari 316
3. K.Raikkonen 173 3. McLaren 306
4. M.Webber 167 4. Lotus 263
5. L.Hamilton 165 5. Mercedes 136
6. J.Button 141 6. Sauber 116
7. N.Rosberg 93 7. Force India 93
8. R.Grosjean 90 8. Williams 59
9. F.Massa 89 9. Toro Rosso 21
10. S.Perez 66
11. K.Kobayashi 50
12. N.Hulkenberg 49
13. P.Di Resta 44
14. M.Schumacher 43
15. P.Maldonado 33
16. B.Senna 26
17. J.Vergne 12
18. D.Ricciardo 9
