( CNN ) -- World champion Sebastian Vettel has taken an early stranglehold on this year 's championship after his second straight win in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang . Vettel won the season-opener in Austrlia and has now claimed fourth successive victories after two at the end of the 2010 season to clinch the title . Red Bull 's Vettel led from start to finish to come home ahead of McLaren 's Jenson Button with Nick Heidfeld giving Lotus Renault their second podium of the season . Formula One teams , drivers and circuits . The German has 50 points , 24 ahead of Button , with Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber , who was fourth in Malaysia , four further points adrift . Hamilton , who had a difficult afternoon , crossed the line in seventh , but was relegated to eighth after being penalized for a coming together with Ferrari 's Fernando Alonso . It lifted Sauber 's Kamui Kobayashi into seventh , scoring points again for the second straight race . Force India 's Paul di Resta secured his second straight 10th place finish on his F1 debut . Red Bull continue to lead the constructors ' championship as they bid to repeat their success of last year . Drivers ' standings after second F1 race of season in Malaysia : . 1 . Sebastian Vettel Ger - Red Bull 50 points . 2 . Jenson Button GB - McLaren 26 . 3= Lewis Hamilton GB - McLaren 22 . 3= Mark Webber Aus - Red Bull 22 . 5 . Fernando Alonso Sp - Ferrari 20 . 6 . Felipe Massa It - Ferrari 16 . 7= Nick Heidfeld Ger - Renault 15 . 7= Vitaly Petrov Rus - Renault 15 . 9 . Kamui Kobayashi Jpn - Sauber 6 . 10 . Sebastien Buemi - Sui STR Ferr 4 . Constructors ' standings after round two : . 1 . Red Bull 72 points . 2 . McLaren 48 . 3 . Ferrari 36 . 4 . Renault 30 . 5 . Sauber 6 . 6=STR Ferrari 4 . 6=.Force India 4 .
Reigning champion Sebastian Vettel wins second successive race . The German driver leads the drivers' championship by seven points from his teammate Mark Webber and is just two ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo in third. Jenson Button lies second in the standings after finishing second in Malaysia . Red Bull lead the constructors ' standings from McLaren .