2013 Bahrain GP: Sebastian Vettel in a race of his own ahead of 2012 podium repeat

Sebastian Vettel has taken a firm - and familiar - grasp of the World Championship after a dominant victory in the Bahrain GP on a day of disaster for his sagging title rivals.

Finishing where he started out, Button rounded off the top ten, five seconds down on the man who had started out front after the pole-sitting Rosberg went into reverse off the line. What a contrast as Hamilton bided his time before delivering a barnstorming second-half to pass both McLarens before finally winning a ding-dong battle with Webber. Even after just four races alongside Hamilton, the disappointing Rosberg is already in danger of being thoroughly eclipsed by his illustrious team-mate. "A tough day for me," Rosberg later bemoaned. "As nice as it was to start from pole this afternoon, it was just as hard to finish in ninth place. I didn't feel comfortable in the car today and it wasn't much fun out there really. "We switched to a four-stop strategy at the end of my third stint but it wasn't enough. We were using the rear tyres too much and at the end, I was really struggling and wasn't able to push hard enough." This, though, was a day when Vettel put everyone else in the shade as he followed the most controversial victory in F1 with arguably his most accomplished. "It was an impeccable performance from Sebastian," purred Red Bull boss Christian Horner to Sky Sports F1. "He was absolutely supreme. He had so much in hand and then he has to do the fastest lap at the end just to show he has plenty left in the tyres." And after that, there was nothing more to be said. Click here for the full Bahrain GP result