Sebastian Vettel took a huge step towards his fourth straight world title Sunday with a superlative victory in Singapore that left his rivals fighting for scraps.
The German, starting from pole, fought off Nico Rosberg in the first corner and despite a safety car intervention, he was untouchable as he scored his third win in a row and a hat-trick of wins in Singapore.
Ferrari`s Alonso finished second to keep up the title pressure on Vettel, who now leads the championship by 60 points from the Spaniard with six races remaining.
Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen braved back pain to finish third but there was disaster for Red Bull`s Mark Webber, whose late charge ended in a blown engine and a ride back to the pits on the wing of Alonso`s Ferrari.
Mercedes` Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton claimed fourth and fifth, Ferrari`s Felipe Massa was sixth and McLaren pair Jenson Button and Sergio Perez occupied eighth and ninth.
But yet again the race belonged to Vettel, who was literally streets ahead of his rivals on the spot-lit Marina Bay circuit through the highways of downtown Singapore.
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