( Reuters: Olivier Anrigo) Canadian Grand Prix - June 10
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Mark Webber dives in the team pool after winning in Monaco. Standings: Hamilton 45, Button 43, Alonso 37 Webber was fourth and Vettel fifth after some frantic jostling for the other podium places. The German's faultless drive in Shanghai saw him home more than 20 seconds ahead of the McLarens of Button and Hamilton, for what was also Mercedes' first victory since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. Mercedes' Nico Rosberg claimed what he termed an "amazing" first victory in 111 attempts as he led from pole position to take the Chinese Grand Prix in style. Standings: Alonso 35, Hamilton 30, Button 25 Chinese Grand Prix - April 15 Read the story: Alonso wins Malaysian GP nail-biter Hamilton, heading another grid one-two for McLaren, was happy to settle for third again after an early crash left Button outside of the points alongside Vettel, who suffered a late puncture following a collision with Narain Karthikeyan. Alonso emerged from the chaos at the head of the field and drove his unrated Ferrari brilliantly to win the unpredictable race, chased all the way by Mexico's Sergio Perez who claimed a career-high second place for Sauber.
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Jenson Button wins in Melbourne ( Getty Images: Mark Thompson) Malaysian Grand Prix - March 25Ī nearly hour-long storm interruption threw the race into confusion and left drivers fighting just to stay on the track.
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Standings: Button 25 pts, Vettel 18, Hamilton 15 Read the story: Button clinches Aussie GP hat-trick Australia's Mark Webber was fourth for Red Bull and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso finished fifth. Vettel grabbed a giant slice of luck when a timely safety car intervention allowed him to steal second from Hamilton late in the race. McLaren had locked down the front row of the grid and it was Button who nipped past pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton at the start and went on to dominate. McLaren's Jenson Button threw down the gauntlet to two-time defending world champion Sebastian Vettel as he relegated the German to second in a flying start to the season. Take a look back at a dramatic season which saw Vettel pip Spain's Fernando Alonso by three points, while Australia's Mark Webber finished 102 points behind in sixth place. In a tumultuous F1 season which had seven different winners in the first seven races, Vettel only broke clear of the championship pack late in September with his win in Singapore. Sebastian Vettel has become the youngest-ever Formula One triple-champion after finishing sixth a the Brazilian Grand Prix.