Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel edged teammate Mark Webber on Sundayto win the Japanese Grand Prix and move closer to the Formula Onechampionship lead.Vettel started from the pole at the 3.61-mile Suzuka circuit andled for most of the race to defend his Japanese GP title and closethe gap on Webber, the points leader.”It was an incredible day with qualifying in the morning andthe win in the afternoon,” Vettel said. ”It seems like this trackwas drawn for us. I had a good start which is obviously thekey.”Ferrari’s Felipe Alonso, who saw his two-race win streaksnapped, finished third to remain in contention for the title.With three races remaining, Webber leads the standings with 220points, ahead of Vettel and Alonso with 206. Alonso, who won theprevious two races in Singapore and Italy and has four wins thisseason, is in second place because he has more wins thanVettel.McLaren’s title hopes took another blow as Jenson Button wasfourth followed by teammate Lewis Hamilton, who experienced gearboxproblems, despite making a change before the race.Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher finished sixth forMercedes.Vettel finished 0.9 seconds ahead of Webber and 2.7 secondsahead of Alonso.Alonso said he knew it would be hard to challenge Red Bull.”It was a tough race… Read full this story
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