Vettel wins in Korea, Red Bull secures Constructors’ title

Vettel wins in Korea, Red Bull secures Constructors’ title

Last week, Sebastian Vettel became F1’s youngest double world champ in Japan, and the team celebrated the occasion in a big way, which made the German “tipsy” in his own words. But there was no sign of hangover as Vettel stormed to victory at the Yeongam circuit in typical dominant style.

The champ stole the lead from pole man Lewis Hamilton (first time a non Red Bull was on pole this season) on lap 1, and never looked back. He didn’t really need to, even with the safety car called into action. The McLaren man, under fire recently, drove a good and incident free race to finish second, defending well from Mark Webber, who had to settle for third.

Vettel wins in Korea, Red Bull secures Constructors’ title

The battle, which spanned for quite a distance, was a good, fair fight, and was also one of the highlights of the race. The other notable moments were when Vitaly Petrov’s Lotus Renault GP car arrowed into Michael Schumacher’s rear on lap 17.

Another was when Fernando Alonso said “I give up, I give up” on the team radio in the final stages of the race. That’s very unlikely for the Spaniard, and the message (in English) could have been Fernando playing mind games, or a decoy. He certainly didn’t look the part on track, had good pace throughout, and was even the fastest man at a point.

Vettel wins in Korea, Red Bull secures Constructors’ title

McLaren’s man on form Jenson Button had a quiet race, and the Suzuka winner finished fourth, ahead of Alonso and Felipe Massa. Toro Rosso will leave Korea a happy team as Jaime Alguersuari finished seventh and Seb Buemi was ninth, sandwiching Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg in eighth. Paul di Resta took the final point for Force India.

The points collected by Vettel and Webber in Korea is enough to seal the Constructor’s championship for Red Bull Racing, who have now won it back-to-back. They have an unassailable 588 points from McLaren’s 418 and Ferrari’s 310. A double double for Vettel and RBR then – others will hope to stop them from doing a hattrick next year.

Vettel wins in Korea, Red Bull secures Constructors’ title

At the back, Team Lotus’ Heikki Kovalainen finished in 14th, ahead of two Saubers and his teammate Jarno Trulli. The Tan Sri Tony Fernandes owned team, which should be called Caterham next season, will be happy to beat two midfielders today.

The next race is the inaugural Indian GP, two weeks from now.

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Danny Tan

Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • GP Fan on Oct 16, 2011 at 5:21 pm

    Again Hamilton provided for most of the excitement on the track, this time with Webber. Luckily both were on top of their game and avoided colliding with each other.

    Looks like Hamilton is still upset with his team after the mess up in Suzuka last week. He may quit McLaren and go to Red Bull or Ferrari next year.

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    • tokmoh on Oct 16, 2011 at 6:30 pm

      Yea, I have to say Hamilton did very well in this race. Matured and professional driving. I think his racing with Webber for 2nd spot is the most exciting I’ve seen this year! Although I’d love to see a Red Bull 1-2, he totally deserves it. Webber is a good sport too, it’s not too bad as RBR managed to seal the constructor’s title anyway.

      And woohooo!! An awesome win by Vettel! His overtaking move on Hamilton is almost like his move on Alonso at Monza, almost went off-track to overtake, what a drive! Congrats Vettel! Congrats Kinky Kylie! Congrats Webber! Congrats Red Bull Racing!! It has been a fantastic season, looking forward to the first Indian GP next 2 weeks!!

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  • drMpower on Oct 16, 2011 at 5:22 pm

    well done sebastian and the team
    jenson won last race before this but everyone knew this season belonged to only one man and one team
    now with him again at no.1 , it means this season is only about one team as well

    i dont know how exactly their modus operandi but it seems redbull racing got the most accurate balance between reliability, competitiveness, and perhaps the right driver. or drivers. mark isnt at all bad despite this season hes bot as regular on podium as last season

    i thought lewis was THE next big thing in F1
    until he ditched dad anthony and ron gone to sportscar division
    but i iknew he was gone when all the rumours about that bird pussy nicole
    only eddie irvine can get away with driving AND motorboating any pussy(cat dolls) all at the same time

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  • EVOVII on Oct 16, 2011 at 5:42 pm

    congrats vettel. hey danny, no news about casey stoner clinches his 2nd world motogp title?

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  • finally on Oct 16, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    finally, bmw fetish news stops.

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  • Visca el Barca_Messi_Vettel on Oct 16, 2011 at 10:43 pm

    yay!!! congrats to vettel!! weee~

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