The face on the top step of the podium was familiar, as was those flanking it, but was an eighth straight victory enough to earn Sebastian Vettel 'driver of the day' honours at the Circuit of the Americas? The German started from a hard-earned pole position - which had, at more than one point on his last flying lap, seemed unlikely - and a solid, if unspectacular, getaway was enough to keep his nose in front on the run to turn one. From there, the four-time world champion remained untroubled, other than by repeated warnings to look after his tyres as he set a string of fastest laps. Only during his single pit-stop to he cede the lead, and then only because second place was still within ten...
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