Red Bull earned their first one-two finish since the Turkish Grand Prix. Vettel started first and finished first, but didn't have it quite that easy in a fantastic GP. Webber made the tyres stick to complete the one-two but Button came from thirteenth to grab a podium place. Hamilton crashed out but the ride of the day went to Michael Schumacher who started twenty-fourth and finished fifth.
The news before the race was that Maldonado had been given a five place grid penalty for his part in the coming together with Hamilton in qualifying. After the second corner of the race it was actually Nico Rosberg who led the Grand Prix. Webber had yet another dreadful start which saw him drop to eighth, leaving Massa to take third place. There was a lot of contact through the mid-field on the first turn and Alguersuari had his front wing and left axle broken, leaving him with no option but to retire. Alonso managed to overtake Hamilton on the second lap to move into fourth and Vettel regained the lead a lap later.
By lap five, Massa had fallen to fifth after initially battling Rosberg for second. The big story before the race was yet again the tyres, there had been huge amounts of blistering in the soft compound and Vettel had to pit as early as the sixth lap to change them. During this, Senna and Glock had received drive through penalties for causing a collision during that first corner. Buemi also had to retire to a broken rear wing.
By lap seven, Alonso had the lead with Hamilton in second. But just two laps later Webber had initially overtaken the Ferrari for seventh place but the Spaniard soon repaid the compliment. Vettel had the lead over Alonso and Hamilton by lap twelve but that was all soon to change. Hamilton had pitted and came out behind Kobayashi, Hamilton tried overtaking the Sauber but hadn't quite done enough before turning into the corner, the McLaren was shunted sideways before crashing through two polystyrene sponsor boards and ended up in the tyre wall. This resulted in the Safety Car, during which time Ricciardo also retired.
The Safety Car came in after lap seventeen and Vettel quickly overtook Webber for second place, setting his sights on Alonso who hadn't pitted during the Safety Car. A lap later and Vettel had regained the lead, meanwhile Perez had been given a drive through for causing a collision. Button managed to overtake Massa on lap twenty-five into fifth place and then overtook Rosberg a lap later.
By lap twenty-nine, Perez had retired due to a suspension failure to end his pretty sorry race. Vettel had again regained the lead by lap thirty-two. Webber managed to overtake Alonso due to his fresher tyres on lap thirty-seven to guarantee him second place, Button did the same on lap forty-two to steal the final podium place. Race result in full:
1.Vettel (Red Bull), 2.Webber (Red Bull), 3.Button (McLaren), 4.Alonso (Ferrari), 5.Schumacher (Mercedes), 6.Rosberg (Mercedes), 7.Sutil (Force India), 8.Massa (Ferrari), 9.Petrov (Renault), 10.Maldonado (Williams), 11.Di Resta (Force India), 12.Kobayashi (Sauber), 13.Senna (Renault), 14.Trulli (Lotus), 15.Kovalainen (Lotus), 16.Barrichello (Williams), 17.D'Ambrosio (Virgin), 18.Glock (Virgin), 19.Liuzzi (Hispania), DNF: Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), Buemi (Toro Rosso), Hamilton (McLaren), Ricciardo (Hispania), Perez (Sauber)
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