Motor Sport:Sebastian Vettel now has an iron-like grip on his second Formula One world title following his eighth victory of an emphatic season. Vettel took the chequered flag at the Italian Grand Prix by almost 10 seconds from McLaren's Jenson Button, who was forced to settle for second at Monza for the third consecutive year.
With Vettel’s Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber crashing out, the 24-year-old now has a 112-point cushion in the championship over his nearest challenger, now Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso after he claimed the final podium place half a second ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
It means in F1 history only two drivers have scored more wins in a season — Michael Schumacher, whose record of 13 may be challenged, and Nigel Mansell.