( CNN ) -- Sebastian Vettel thrilled his home fans by winning the German Grand Prix for the very first time in his career . The triple world champion finished ahead of Lotus pair Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean to claim his fourth win of the season and 30th overall at the Nurburgring . Victory places the Red Bull driver 36 points clear of Ferrari 's Fernando Alonso , who finished fourth , ahead of polesitter Lewis Hamilton and McLaren 's Jenson Button . `` It 's unbelievable , '' Vettel , who lost Kers during part of the race , told reporters . `` I am very , very happy . Kimi was pushing very close in the end but I was pushing in every lap , except from the ones with the safety car . `` I enjoyed today and I could feel Kimi coming and it was quite close with Romain too , but we recovered and I am very happy the race ended after 60 laps and not 61 or 62 laps . '' The safety car was enforced following a moment of comedy after 24 laps when Jules Bianchi 's parked Marussia began to roll backwards across the track . With Bianchi having jumped out of his vehicle following an engine problem and small fire , the car ran backwards before hitting an advertising hoarding on the other side of the track . Earlier , Vettel 's teammate Mark Webber was involved in a moment of controversy during a pit stop when his wheel flew off and hit a cameraman . Allen was treated by medics immediately with the FIA issuing a statement following the accident . It read : `` He was treated at the circuit medical center and then transported by helicopter to Koblenz Hospital . The Briton has been kept there , under observation . Further information from the hospital will be provided as soon as it becomes available . '' Christian Horner , the team principle of Red Bull also confirmed to reporters that Allen had not `` suffered serious injury '' . `` It 's a timely reminder that working in the pit lane is dangerous , '' he said . `` Everyone reacted incredibly quickly and the most important thing is to hear that he seems to be fundamentally OK. '' Tire trouble . After the six blowouts at Silverstone last weekend and the threat of a boycott by the Grand Prix Drivers Association should similar happen again , Formula One 's official tire supplier Pirelli modified its rear tires with a Kevlar strip to help prevent punctures . It appeared to do the trick , although there was still stinging criticism from Hamilton , who finished fifth . `` I have nothing positive to say about these tires , '' the Mercedes driver told reporters . `` I do n't understand why we struggle so much on them . But the team is working hard and we need to keep pushing . `` We did n't have any blowouts this weekend , but I do n't particularly like the tires . But everyone else is getting on with them , so we have to work harder . '' Meanwhile , Raikkonen has now recorded points in his past 26 races and revealed he suffered communication problems as the afternoon wore on . `` My radio only worked in one part of the circuit and unfortunately today there was quite a lot to discuss , '' he told reporters . `` It was n't ideal . We did well but we did n't have the speed . Maybe the race could have been a little longer . The result was n't ideal for us but we are getting back to where we should be . ''
Sebastian Vettel wins German Grand Prix for first time . The four-time world champion took the lead from his teammate Lewis Hamilton in a thrilling race that saw him win by more than two seconds over Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Red Bull 's Vettel now 34 points clear in title race .