Vettel hat-trick as Raikkonen builds a gap

Well my forecast was correct! On a certain social network yesterday I predicted that Sebastian Vettel would dominate today's Korean GrandPrix and sure enough that is exactly what happened. The RedBull driver started from the front row of the grid and got a clean getaway to take the lead from team mate Mark Webber into turn one. Webber tried in vein to come back at him down to turn 2 but was unable to pull off the overtake.

Meanwhile it was a disasterous race for McLaren's Jenson Button, the Brit started the race from 11th on the grid and was hit by the Sauber of Kamui Kobayashi resulting in the McLaren driver being forced to retire from the race ending his 2012 title hopes. Kobayashi, the home town hero in Japan last weekend became the villian as he was given a drive threw penalty for the incident with Button.

The only other incident in what I thought was a very boring race came six laps from the end when some artificial grass came loose on the exit of the last corner and got caught in the under tray of Lewis Hamilton's McLaren capping an extremely difficult day for McLaren as the leave Korea having collected only one point and having lost second in the Constructor's championship to Ferrari.

Back at the front, Sebastian Vettel dictated the pace of the race safe in the knowledge that team-mate Mark Webber was beihnd him in second place ready to fend off any potential threat from Fernando Alonso or the flying Felipe who at one stage during the race was fastest then Alonso ho was ahead of him but in true Ferrari fashion they asked Massa to slow down and create a gap to which Massa obliged.

Going into this race, Fernando Alonso held a four point advantage over Vettel in the championship, however unfortunately from the Spaniards point of view as a result of his hat-trick of wins the German now has a six point advantage over the Ferrari driver in what many have now called a two horse race for the championship.

In my opinion however, it is wrong for the media to call it a two horse race as Kimi Raikkonen who put in another solid and consistent performance for Lotus today is still in third place in the championship having extended his points lead over Lewis Hamilton to 14 points with only four races left this season. So realistically Kimi won't win the championship this season, however stranger things have happened and there are still 100 points u for for grabs.

It was a good day for Kimi's team mate Romain Grosjean who put his recent trouble's behind him to bring his car home in a solid 7th place. So in the Constructor's championship Lotus have consolidated their place in 4th place as their closest challengers, Mercedes failed to scored any points and are 119 points behind them.

I firmly believe that Raikkonen can hold onto third in the championship and  that in my view would be an incredible achievement for the Iceman in his comeback season to Formula One