Vettel Catat Sembilan Kemenangan di 2013
Vettel Makes it Nine Wins in 2013
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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SEBASTIAN Vettel berhasil meraih kemenangan kelima di Jepang tapi kuartet gelar juara dunia harus menunggu sampai di India dalam waktu dua pekan ke depan.
Fernando Alonso mencapai finis keempat di Suzuka berarti posisi Vettel tetap aman. Namun setidaknya Vettel berhasil menempatkan satu angka di atas rekan setimnya, Mark Webber.
Komentarnya setelah balapan, Vettel mengaku: "Saya terpesona oleh lomba hari ini."´
"Start saya tidak bagus, saya menyalip mobil Lewis di depan saya karena ada celah, tapi setelah itu saya mengintip dari balik ban dan langsung ngebut, sehingga bisa finish duluan. Saya tetap saja kewalahan."
"Saya menang empat kali di sini, itu sangat luar biasa."
"Saya melambung jauh dalam laga ini, jadi kami terus tancap gas. Ini tampak pada balapan kali ini, dan kami akan terus melakukannya hingga akhir kejuaraan."
Webber, di akhir tahun di F1, tahu ia memiliki kesempatan untuk meraih juara, seperti dilansir Mail Online.
´Balapan yang cukup baik, meskipun saya ingin satu langkah lagi di podium," kata Webber.
Setelah menang di Suzuka, Sebastian Vettel meraih kemenangan keseluruhan untuk musim ke sembilan. Rekor ini dipegang oleh Michael Schumacher, yang memenangkan musim ke-13 pada 2004.
Grand Prix Malaysia, 24 Maret
Grand Prix Bahrain, 21 April
Grand Prix Kanada, 9 Juni
Grand Prix Jerman, 7 Juli
Grand Prix Belgia, 25 Agustus
Grand Prix Italia, 8 September
Grand Prix Singapura, 22 September
Grand Prix Korea, 6 Oktober
Grand Prix Jepang, 13 Oktober
Klasifikasi Lap
1) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2) Mark Webber (Red Bull)
3) Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
4) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
5) Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus)
6) Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)
7) Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber)
8) Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
9) Jenson Button (McLaren)
10) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
SEBASTIAN Vettel made it five wins out of five in Japan but the quartet of world titles will have to wait until India in two weeks’ time.
Fernando Alonso’s fourth place finish in Suzuka means Vettel’s celebrations remain on hold. But at least Vettel managed to put one over team-mate Mark Webber.
Speaking after the race, Vettel said: ´I´m blown away by today´s race.´
´I had a very poor start, I clipped my front wing and Lewis had a puncture, but after that I looked after the tyres and had incredible pace, so overall fantastic. I´m so overwhelmed.
´I´ve won here four times now, which is incredible.
´As for the championship we have a good gap, so we´ll still keep pushing. It looks good at this stage, but it´s not over until it´s over.´
Webber, in his final year in F1, knew he had a chance of claiming a victory.
´The race was pretty good, although I´d like one more step on the podium,´ said Webber.
After winning in Suzuka, Sebastian Vettel took his total wins for the season to nine. The record is held by Michael Schumacher, who won 13 in 2004.
Malaysian Grand Prix, March 24
Bahrain Grand Prix, April 21
Canadian Grand Prix, June 9
German Grand Prix, July 7
Belgian Grand Prix, August 25
Italian Grand Prix, September 8
Singapore Grand Prix, September 22
Korean Grand Prix, October 6
Japanese Grand Prix, October 13
Lap Classification
1) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2) Mark Webber (Red Bull)
3) Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
4) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
5) Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus)
6) Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)
7) Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber)
8) Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
9) Jenson Button (McLaren)
10) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
