
Mark Hughes' GP report: Vettel reaches a new level
Even by his own standards, Sebastian Vettel was a league apart in Abu Dhabi. MARK HUGHES recounts how the world champion somehow found a new gear at Yas Marina
As the rest squabbled to try to offer Sebastian Vettel some competition, it only increased his advantage.
Sitting in second place on the grid, his apparent threats were:
Mark Webber: He was taken care of at the start, as has happened so often before, Mark's poor start further punished by it allowing Nico Rosberg's Mercedes through too.
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