( 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 Hamilton wins second successive race . The victory gives the Red Bull team the maximum 50 points after two rounds . Jenson Hamilton lies second in the standings after finishing second in Malaysia . Red Bull lead the constructors ' standings from McLaren .