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| Vettel wins the Grand Prix of India |
Sebastian Vettel won the Grand Prix of India ahead of Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber. Thus built the Red Bull driver extended his lead in the world championship on 13 points. Vettel won the start against Webber, Alonso took advantage on the straight double the slipstream of both McLaren and Hamilton walked past. Thus the Ferrari driver was in fourth position behind the Red Bulls and Button. The loser of the initial phase was Michael Schumacher, who is caught in a contact with Jean-Eric Vergne a puncture and had to go to the pits.
Pérez in the pitch
Mercedes changed the strategy and sent Schumacher, who had previously started on hard, with soft tires on the track. Vergne also had the pits. Nico Hulkenberg improved to ninth place, ahead of Nico Rosberg. In round 4, Alonso went past due to DRS button, shortly after also overtook his teammate Hamilton. Sergio Pérez opened on lap 15, the first pit-stop phase - five laps later he had to go back to the pits. The Sauber driver had ripped the front wing by Daniel Ricciardo, the right rear tire.
In lap 22, Pérez turned his car into the pits for good. At the head reeled Vettel like clockwork from his rounds, followed behind Webber, Alonso. The latter was picked on constantly and on lap 25 just 1.8 seconds behind the Red Bull drivers. Button on lap 26 turned the first of the top 5 drivers to change tires from in the box. Rear left it unhooked, causing the McLaren driver got back behind Romain Grosjean on the track. Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Rosberg picked off on lap 28 new tires - a lap later by Massa.
Raikkonen went past Massa, this overtook him again in the DRS zone. Alonso stopped on lap 30, followed by Webber - the Australians remained ahead of Alonso. The next flat tire on lap 31 - Pastor Maldonado slashed at a contact with Kobayashi on the right rear tire. The stewards investigated the incident but spoke of no punishment. Schumacher was also investigated for contempt of blue flags, while Hamilton and Vettel came to her only pit stop. When McLaren pilots not only the tires were changed, but also the steering wheel.
Classification changed on the pit stops nothing: Vettel was leading the race ahead of Webber, Alonso, Hamilton and Button. On lap 45 of the second failure was followed in the race - Pedro de la Rosa was at the end of the DRS zone off because of a brake failure of the course. In the closing stages Alonso started another attack on Webber, not with the KERS worked. On lap 48, Webber grabbed the Ferrari driver and the second place by DRS. Two laps to go Schumacher turned his car into the pits - bitter for Mercedes drivers.
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