Vettel closes in on F1 World Championship title with Korean GP win

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel moved closer to a fourth straight World Championship after he got his fourth consecutive 2013 victory at the Korean Grand Prix.

According to Sky Sports, with chief championship challenger Fernando Alonso enduring a frustrating afternoon, the Spaniard unusually finishing one place lower than where he qualified in sixth, Vettel now has a 77-point title lead and will clinch his latest crown as early as next week's Japanese GP if he wins for the ninth time this year and Alonso finishes outside the top eight.

While such an early coronation may be long shot, there is now little doubt, if any remained, that Vettel is poised to become just the fourth man in history to become a quadruple F1 title winner, the report said.

However, the German said that he was not yet thinking about winning his fourth world title in Japan next week.