Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix for the second year in a row for Red Bull today to extend his overall lead to 10 points after four races.

The 25-year-old German beat Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen by 9.1 seconds to chalk up his second win of the season and 28th of his career.

In a race without major incident, and untroubled by anti-government protests and civil unrest elsewhere in the tiny Gulf kingdom, France's Romain Grosjean finished third for Lotus to complete the same top three as last year.

It was an exciting race with plenty of wheel-to-wheel racing, notably between McLaren team mates Jenson Button and Sergio Perez and later between Perez and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.

Ferrari had an unlucky day, with Alonso suffering damage to his rear wing flap and Felipe Massa suffering a puncture, each needing to make an extra put stop.

Vettel now has 77 points to 67 for Raikkonen, who chalked up his 21st successive scoring finish.

HOW THEY FINISHED

1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault 1:36:00.498

2. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus - Renault +00:09.111

3. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault 00:19.507

4. Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India - Mercedes 00:21.727

5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 00:35.230

6. Sergio Perez (Mexico) McLaren 00:35.998

7. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 00:37.244

8. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 00:37.574

9. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 00:41.126

10. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 00:46.631

11. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams - Renault 01:06.450

12. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari 01:12.933

13. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India - Mercedes 01:16.719

14. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams - Renault 01:21.511

15. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 01:26.364

16. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1 lap

17. Charles Pic (France) Caterham - Renault 1 lap

18. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari 1 lap

19. Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia - Cosworth 1 lap

20. Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia - Cosworth 1 lap

21. Giedo van der Garde (Netherlands) Caterham - Renault 2 laps

r. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 41 laps

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