Formula One: Vettel wins first Indian GP

World champion Sebastian Vettel made history by winning Indias first ever Formula One on Sunday as McLarens Jenson Button tightened his grip on the championships second place.Red Bulls Vettel led wire-to-wire for his 11th victory of in 17 races, finishing some 8.4 seconds ahead of Button with Ferraris Fernando Alonso third and Australian Mark Webber fourth.Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher battled to fifth but McLarens Lewis Hamilton came in seventh after yet another collision with his Ferrari nemesis Felipe Massa.But Vettel was in a class of his own at the all-new Buddh International Circuit near New Delhi as he closed on Michael Schumachers 2004 record of 13 wins in one year, with two races left this season.The 24-year-old German, who became Formula Ones youngest back-to-back world champion when he reclaimed his title in Japan, also set a new record for laps led in a season as he surpassed Nigel Mansells 1992 mark of 692.The car is fantastic, the team is enjoying itself and we are on a run basically since the beginning of the season, and its great, said Vettel.Its really enjoyable to know that we have already achieved a lot this year but were still hungry so were not lacking motivation at any stage.All the people come back with their questions but we seem to give them the right answers.Indias debut grand prix got off to a sombre start when the teams and 95,000 spectators held a minutes silence for IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon and MotoGPs Marco Simoncelli, who died this month.