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F1: Vettel heads to Japan with momentum

After winning last week's Singapore Grand Prix, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel put himself right back in the hunt for the Formula One world championship.Vettel, who is seeking his third consecutive title, benefited from Lewis Hamilton's gearbox failure early in the race and then held off Hamilton's McLaren teammate, Jenson Button, after two restarts to win in Singapore for the second year in a row. Vettel moved up to second in the driver's standings. He is 29 points behind leader Fernando Alonso from Ferrari. Alonso finished third in Singapore.Third through fifth in points right now are: Kimi Raikkonen from Lotus (-45), Hamilton (-52) and Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber (-62).F1 now heads to Suzuka, Japan for the 15th round in the 20-grand prix schedule this year.Alonso has not won a race since the July 22 German Grand Prix but has kept a somewhat comfortable points lead due to Vettel and Hamilton's misfortunes in previous grand prix."In Monza (Italian Grand Prix), it was Lewis winnin...

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