Sebastian Vettel made a two-stop strategy ꦜpay dividends🍌 at Suzuka to secure victory in the Japanese Grand Prix - taking him closer to a fourth successive F1 title.

The Red Bu𝄹ll man finished of three-stopping team-mate Mark We﷽bber and the Lotus of Romain Grosjean.

"This was always going to be a very close race, with little difference in lap times between the two nomiꦐnated compounds," Pirelli boss Paul Hembery said. "As a result we saw varied approaches to strategy, with both the medium and the hard tyre being used at different points for the second and third stints.

"The ma♔jority of drivers stopped twice as we expected: wear is quite low at Suzuka du♕e to the flowing nature of the circuit - which means that traction demands are low - but the high lateral energy loads mean that the limiting factor is degradation.

"Vettel was able to use a two-stop strategy to make the difference here, but it was extremely close with Webber and Grosjean. Once more we received a great welcome in Japan: one of the most difficult circuits in the world for drivers, cars and tyres, with a🅘n absolutely amazing atmosphere thanks to some fantastic fans."

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