MARK WEBBER WINS BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX
Mark Webber finally buried his bad luck and consigned his winless streak to the history books to leave him with a smile on his face heading into Formula One's winter break.
There was a touch of good fortune to his season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix win, but nothing less than assisted Lewis Hamilton two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi when Sebastian Vettel sustained a first-lap puncture.
On this occasion, double world champion Vettel suffered a gearbox problem that started on lap 12 at Interlagos and resulted in Webber passing him for the lead on lap 30.
How Vettel managed to finish the race, and avoid back-to-back DNFs is a mystery to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
Instead, Vettel crossed the line 17 seconds behind Webber to give the pairing their 11th one-two and underline their dominance this season.
After taking the chequered flag for the first time in 26 races, and seventh in his career, Webber said: "Seb did a great lap for pole yesterday, but I had a little bit of the rub of the green. - - http://www.sportinglife.com
1 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1hr 32mins 17.464secs
2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1:32:34.447
3 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1:32:45.102
4 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:32:52.512
5 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:33:24.197
6 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India at 1 Lap
7 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP at 1 Lap
8 Paul di Resta (Gbr) Force India at 1 Lap
9 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) Sauber-Ferrari at 1 Lap
10 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault at 1 Lap
11 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso at 1 Lap
12 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Scuderia Toro Rosso at 1 Lap
13 Sergio Perez (Mex) Sauber-Ferrari at 1 Lap
14 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams at 1 Lap
15 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP at 1 Lap
16 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus F1 at 2 Laps
17 Bruno Senna (Bra) Renault at 2 Laps
18 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus F1 at 2 Laps
19 Jerome d'Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin Racing at 3 Laps
20 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) HRT-F1 at 3 Laps
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