( CNN ) -- Sebastian Vettel closed on his third straight F1 world title with a dominant drive to win the Indian Grand Prix for Red Bull Sunday . The 25-year-old German was claiming his fourth consecutive victory in this year 's championship and the 26th of his career . Ferrari 's Fernando Alonso showed his famed fighting qualities to take second place , limiting his losses in the title race , but he still trails Vettel by 13 points with three races to go . Vettel 's teammate Mark Webber held off a fast finishing Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren for third place . But all the focus was on the leading pair and Vettel is fully aware that his main rival will still be a factor in the concluding races . `` Yes , maybe I have one hand on the trophy , if you say so , but on the other side , I think Fernando has one hand on it too ! '' he told the official post-race media conference . `` It is not easy to fight Red Bull but we will never give up , '' said Spain 's Alonso . `` We lost points , but this is what we expected this weekend as we are not fast enough , but we lost minimum points and there will be better races to come , '' he added . Vettel took control of the race from pole at the Buddh International Circuit , while Alonso worked his way from fifth on the grid to third in the early stages as he moved past the McLaren pair of Hamilton and Jenson Button . Alonso was able to take advantage of late technical problems for Webber to overtake the Australian for second place , but was still nearly 10 seconds adrift of Vettel by the finish . Button drove a solid race for fifth , with Felipe Massa in sixth in the second Ferrari ahead of Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus . Nico Hulkenberg of Force India , Romain Grosjean in the second Lotus and Bruno Senna for Williams rounded out the points scoring . Vettel has 240 points with Alonso on 227 with Raikkonen a distant third on 173 . Vettel has helped Red Bull to a massive 91 point lead in the constructors ' title race from Ferrari , with McLaren a further 10 points adrift .
Sebastian Vettel wins Indian Grand Prix in Vettel . Fourth straight victory for reigning 13 -time champion . Sebastian Vettel finishes Fourth to trail Vettel by 13 points in title race . Vettel 's Red Bull teammate Mark Webber in second .