2012 Brazilian GP: Button wins, Vettel clinches third Championship Title

Monday, November 26, 2012

Jenson Button emerged from the gloom to take a shining victory at Interlagos while behind him raged a battle royal for the F1 Drivers’ World Championship.



In a dramatic, rain-affected Brazilian Grand Prix, Button took the lead from McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton on lap six after both made a clean start – but Button’s route to victory was far from straightforward, though the

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2012 US GP: Hamilton beats Vettel to win the inaugural race in Austin

Monday, November 19, 2012

(FIA) Lewis Hamilton won a tense rather than spectacular US Grand Prix as Red Bull Racing picked up the Constructors’ Championship.



While Hamilton was the star of the show, Sebastian Vettel took second and Fernando Alonso third, ensuring their battle for the Drivers’ Championship goes down to the wire in Brazil. Vettel, who had been fastest in every session up until today, controlled

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2012 Abu Dhabi GP: Kimi Raikkonen wins dramatic race from Alonso

Monday, November 5, 2012

Kimi Raikkonen won a dramatic Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from Fernando Alonso as safety car periods helped Sebastian Vettel to third place in what might prove to be a pivotal evening in the championship.

Raikkonen inherited the lead early on when Lewis Hamilton retired and then managed to withstand late pressure from Alonso to take his first win of his return to Formula One this season. A late

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Victory for Vettel in India as his championship lead to Alonso increases

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel cruised to his fourth consecutive win and extended his lead in this year's title race to 13 points when he steered his Red Bull car to victory in Sunday's Indian Grand Prix. It was his fourth consecutive victory, and the first time since Ayrton Senna in 1989 that a driver has led every lap for three races in a row.




The 25-year-old German led

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Korean GP 2012: Vettel wins to seize championship lead from Alonso

Sunday, October 14, 2012

(Reuters) - World champion Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two finish on Sunday to take the overall Formula One lead from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with four races remaining.

Vettel's third win in a row, fourth of the season and 25th of his career, left him on 215 points with third-placed Alonso now on 209.



Australian Mark Webber, who had started on pole

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Vettel claims third Japanese Grand Prix win, while Alonso retires

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday and blew the Formula One championship wide open with five races remaining after Ferrari's Fernando Alonso spun out at the start.Alonso's pre-race lead over reigning champion Vettel, chalking up his second win in a row and third of the season, was cut to four points from 29 with the Spaniard in danger of falling behind in South

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Japanese GP 2012: Vettel claims fourth successive Suzuka pole

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Sebastian Vettel will start the Japanese Grand Prix from pole position for the fourth year in a row as Red Bull lock out the front row at Suzuka.



Mark Webber was second quickest ahead of Jenson Button for McLaren. Home hero, Kamui Kobayashi qualified a brilliant fourth and will be elevated to third due to Button's 5-place grid penalty.



A spin for Kimi Raikkonen at Spoon curve ruined

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Sebastian Vettel wins Singapore Grand Prix after Hamilton retires

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel survived an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix to reignite his world title defense with a thrilling victory on Sunday.



After two safety cars, crashes and the shock retirement of title-challenger Lewis Hamilton, Formula One's youngest double champion finished in front of McLaren's Jenson Button for only his second win of the season.



Championship leader

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Hamilton wins the Italian GP from star performer Perez

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Lewis Hamilton won a compelling Italian Grand Prix in which both Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel retired while Sergio Perez came from 12th on the grid to finish second.Hamilton dominated the race throughout with the action taking place behind him, but Perez, the star performer, finished just 4.3s behind at the end of the race. Fernando Alonso finished third after starting from tenth and

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Belgian GP: Button dominates Spa after a first corner carnage

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Jenson Button claimed his second win this year and 14th of his career on Sunday when he drove to a comprehensive victory in an incident and accident-packed Belgian Grand Prix.Sebastian Vettel came through to take second from tenth on the grid as he and Button proved that a well-managed one-stop strategy was the fastest way to complete 44 laps of Spa-Francorchamps. Kimi Raikkonen for Lotus

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Hungarian GP: Hamilton manages to finish in the lead ahead of Raikkonen

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Britain's Lewis Hamilton held on to win his second race of the season in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.The 2008 world champion, who started on pole in his McLaren, crossed the line ahead of Finland's Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen and France's Romain Grosjean, also in a Lotus.After a fantastic performance in qualifying on Saturday, Hamilton controlled the race from start to finish and put his

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Alonso turns pole into victory at the 2012 German Grand Prix

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Fernando Alonso led from pole position to chequered flag to win the German Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday and extend his lead at the top of the Formula One championship to 34 points.Germany's world champion Sebastian Vettel finished second for Red Bull, overtaking McLaren's Jenson Button on the penultimate lap in a controversial move that stewards were investigating.Vettel, who has yet to win

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Webber wins sunny British Grand Prix to deny Alonso a second successive victory

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Mark Webber claimed the ninth win of his career today when he swept to a dramatic and perfectly-judged victory in an incident-filled British Grand Prix.In a race run in welcome, if rare, dry conditions, the 35-year-old Australian steered his Red Bull through 52 laps of complex tactical and strategic racing to overtake pole sitter Fernando Alonso of Ferrari close home.It was Webber's second win

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Alonso celebrates emotional victory at the action-packed European grand Prix

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Bitterly disappointed on Saturday, Ferrari president, Luca di Montezemolo chose the wrong moment to return to Italy. The imperious Ferrari president, on a rare paddock visit, was visibly upset after Fernando Alonso qualified just eleventh at Valencia.24 hours later, Spaniard Alonso was the darling not only of his team, but also of the rapturous partisan crowd in Spain's host port city - and the

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Hamilton wins Montreal to become 7th different driver to win this season

Monday, June 11, 2012

Lewis Hamilton made Formula One history in Canada on Sunday [1o June] by becoming the seventh driver to win in the first seven races after coming from third in the closing stages to record a much-needed victory. The Briton pitted from the lead with 20 laps to go, before excessive tyre degradation for Alonso and Vettel ahead allowed the McLaren to pounce for the win.Vettel led in the opening

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Monaco Grand Prix -Webber -Sixth different driver to win from six races

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Having being promoted to pole position, Mark Webber went on to win the Monaco Grand Prix for the second time with Red Bull winning the Principality for the third time in succession. For the first time in Formula One's 62 year history, we have now witnessed six different drivers winning the six races so far this season.Romain Grosjean's poor judgementAs soon as the five red lights went off,

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Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Maldonado's superb drive grants him maiden victory

Sunday, May 13, 2012

With five different races completed so far, we have five different winners with five different constructors!Venezuela's Pastor Maldonado produced a sensational performance in this afternoon's Spanish Grand Prix to secure his maiden F1 victory and the first for Williams since 2004. The 27-year-old had to fight back from second place after losing the lead from pole position at the start, but

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