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YEONGAM, South Korea -- Sebastian Vettel showed no sign of letting up on Sunday, winning the Korean Grand Prix to underline his dominance of the Formula One season one week after clinching his second straight drivers championship. M... Buehrle Blue Jays Jersey . Vettel, who started from second on the grid, passed pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton on the first lap and dominated the 55-lap race before crossing the finish line in a time of 1 hour, 38 minutes, 01.994 seconds, 12 seconds ahead of the McLaren driver. After a night of celebration at a karaoke bar in Suzuka following his title-clinching race in Japan, Vettel arrived in South Korea looking a little weary. Hamilton claimed pole for Sundays race, ending Red Bulls perfect streak of winning pole position for every race this season. "Preparation wasnt ideal as most of us were tipsy after Sunday night," Vettel said. "But to come here and come back in the race was fantastic, the car was so much fun to drive, it was getting quicker and quicker." Red Bulls Mark Webber was third -- securing back-to-back constructors titles for the team -- followed by McLarens Jenson Button and Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, with second through fifth tightly bunched as they crossed the line. Vettel claimed his tenth F1 victory of the season with three races remaining, meaning he still has a chance of matching Michael Schumachers record of 13 wins in a season. As happy as he was to win the championship, Vettel was somewhat frustrated with his third-place finish in Japan and vowed he would work hard to return to the top of the podium in Korea. "I am very happy with how the race went and we got everything out of the car," Vettel said. "Last week was special but it took time to sink in, we finished third and I had the feeling we were a little close and we could have done a little better. Here, it was a brilliant race from start to finish." Sundays race got off to a clean start with Vettel passing Hamilton on turn four of the first lap and opening up a 2.9-second lead over the McLaren driver after 10 laps. Hamilton made his first pit stop after 16 laps and was followed in by Vettel. The safety car came out on the 17th lap after Renault driver Vitaly Petrov slammed into the back of Schumachers Mercedes, ending the race for both. At the restart three laps later, Vettel lead by 1.1 seconds over Hamilton, with Webber and Button following. On lap 34, Hamilton and Webber both pitted and came out with Hamilton in second and Webber third. The two engaged in side-by-side racing with Hamilton holding his position. Vettel made his final pit stop on lap 35, briefly giving up the lead to Alonso, who had yet to make his final pit stop. The German moved back into the top position on the 37th lap and held the lead for the remainder of the race. With Vettel holding a comfortable 11-second lead over the last 10 laps, much of the focus shifted to a heated battle for second place between Hamilton and Webber. "We had a fight before the pit stop and after the pit stop," Webber said. "We were throwing haymakers at each other, nothing extreme, just real good racing." Webber did finally get past the Briton, but Hamilton immediately made use of the open rear wing to repass on the main straight and did well to hold off the Red Bull driver in the closing laps to claim second place. "It was a long, long battle and, to be honest, I didnt know if I could keep him behind me," Hamilton said. Red Bull had used a novel strategy in qualifying to save a set of the harder tires, but forecasts of three and four-stop strategies proved unfounded, with only two stops required. ... de Jong AC Milan Jersey . -- While Aaron Rodgers is hurt, another star player looks as if hell soon be returning to the Packers. wholesale jerseys . 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Melvin did not go into detail on how many teams have expressed interest in the 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner, saying only that the trade market always heats up with the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline approaching.(Sports Network) - Veteran lefty Mark Buehrle can stay unbeaten since July when the Toronto Blue Jays host the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game series at Rogers Centre. The 34-year-old Texan fell to 5-7 on the season with a 4-3 loss to Tampa Bay on July 20, but is 5-0 in seven appearances since - including a 2-1 win at Houston in his last start. He pitched a solid eight innings and allowed just a run on seven hits against the Astros in improving his record to 10-7 for 2013 - marking the 13th straight season hes reached double digits. Buehrle is 22-12 in 51 career appearances against the Royals with a 3.73 earned run average. In 13 home starts this year in Toronto, hes 7-2 with a 2.94 ERA. Hes opposed by 30-year-old Dominican Ervin Santana, whos winless in four starts since defeating the New York Mets on Aug. 4. Santana gave up a single run in six innings of that game, but has failed to win since while allowing 13 runs on 32 hits in 22 1/3 innings. He lost a 2-0 decision to the Chicago White Sox in Aug. 20, alongside no- decisions against Boston, Miami and Washington. In 15 career starts against Toronto, Santana is 6-5 with three complete games and a 3.73 ERA. On Thursday in Minnesota, Bruce Chen tossed one-run ball into the sixtth, and a big second inning staked Kansas City to a 3-1 decision over Minnesota to finish off a three-game sweep. [url=http://www.officialmlbclub.com/Philadelphia-Phillies-Ryan-Howard-Jersey.htm... . Alex Gordon, Alcides Escobar and Chris Getz knocked in a run each in the deciding frame for the Royals, who finished the year a franchise-best 15-4 against their long-time division rivals. KC won its final seven contests at Target Field this year, finishing 8-2 on the road in the season series. Chen (6-2) scattered five hits and fanned three over 5 2/3 innings, while three relievers including Greg Holland -- who picked up his 36th save -- combined to hold Minnesota hitless over the final 3 1/3. On Wednesday in Toronto, the Blue Jays rode an early surge to a 7-2 win over the New York Yankees in the rubber match of a three-game series. The Blue Jays wasted little time jumping on a suddenly scuffling Hiroki Kuroda (11-10), who lasted five innings and for the second straight start allowed seven runs, five of which were earned, and nine hits. "Two out of three from the Red Sox and two out of three from the Yankees in two home series, I think the crowd has liked that," said Toronto manager John Gibbons. The Blue Jays won two of three when the teams last played, from April 12 to 14 in Toronto. ' ' '
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