Button wins in Japan as Vettel secures title

Sunday 09th October 2011, 08:40

Jenson Button took a sensational victory at the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix despite coming under pressure from second placed man Fernando Alonso.

The real story of course is that of Sebastian Vettel who becomes a double world champion after securing third place for Red Bull.

Mark Webber finished fourth ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher. Felipe Massa, Sergio Perez, Vitaly Petrov and Nico Rosberg completed the top ten.

Congratulations Sebastian Vettel on becoming the 2011 world champion. The youngest ever back-to-back double world champion!

For a full race report, check out our live text commentary here.

Japanese GP Results:

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Pts
01.	J. Button	McLaren		25
02.	F. Alonso	Ferrari	+1.1	18
03.	S. Vettel	Red Bull	+2.0	15
04.	M. Webber	Red Bull	+8.0	12
05.	L. Hamilton	McLaren	+24.2	10
06.	M. Schumacher	Mercedes	+27.1	8
07.	F. Massa	Ferrari	+28.2	6
08.	S. Perez	Sauber	+39.3	4
09.	V. Petrov	Renault	+42.6	2
10.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	+44.3	1
11.	A. Sutil	Force India	+54.4
12.	P. di Resta	Force India	+1:02.3
13.	K. Kobayashi	Sauber	+1:03.7
14.	P. Madonado	Williams	+1:04.1
15.	J. Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	+1:06.6
16.	B. Senna	Renault	+1:12.6
17.	R. Barrichello	Williams	+1:14.1
18.	H. Kovalainen	Team Lotus	+1:27.8
19.	J. Trulli	Team Lotus	+1:36.1
20.	T. Glock	Virgin	+2 laps
21.	J. d'Ambrosio	Virgin	+2 laps
22.	D. Ricciardo	HRT	+2 laps
23.	V. Liuzzi	HRT	+3 laps
24.	S. Buemi	Toro Rosso	Retired

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