Vettel leads Red Bull one-two in Turkey to stretch title lead

(CNN) — Sebastian Vettel led Red Bull to a one-two in the Turkish Grand Prix Sunday to increase his lead in this year’s Formula One title race.

The defending world champion drove a flawless race from pole position to claim victory from teammate Mark Webber, with two-time world champion Fernando Alonso in third place.

Webber completed a superb overtaking maneuver on Ferrari’s Alonso in the closing stages in Istanbul to complete a superb day for the English-based team.

Lewis Hamilton, the 2008 world champion, came home fourth, with Germany’s Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes, separating the two McLaren drivers as Hamilton’s fellow Briton Jenson Button took sixth.

Button paid the price for a three-stop strategy, while the other leading contenders opted for four.

Germany’s Nick Heidfeld finished seventh for Renault ahead of his Russian teammate Vitaly Petrov.

Swiss Sebastien Buemi for Toro Rosso and promising young Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber completed the points scoring down to 10th.

But there was more disappointment Germany’s seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, who finished adrift of teammate Rosberg in 12th, just behind former teammate Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari.

Schumacher was involved in a tangle with Petrov which resulted in him having a new rear wing fitted.

But it was Vettel, who dominated from start to finish, only led when he went in for pit stops.

“What a race. We controlled it from the beginning to the end. Thank-you,” he said on his team radio.

It was his third win in four races this season and he leads Hamilton by 34 in the drivers’ championship, with Webber four points further adrift.

Red Bull have a big lead in the constructors’ championship with 148 to McLaren’s 105.

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