Vettel moves a step closer to his third world title

Sebastian Vettel moved a step closer to his third world title with victory in Korea as Lewis Hamilton saw his challenge extinguished here in Yeongam.

The McLaren driver entered the race 42 points off the top of the drivers’ championship and needing to make up some ground to keep himself in the hunt.

But the race proved a nightmare for the 27-year-old as he finished 10th and fell 62 points behind new championship leader Vettel, who overtook Fernando Alonso with his fourth win of the year.