Vettel lifts his trophy above his head and Hamilton receives a big cheer for second.

The Champagne sprays on the podium, great scenes as the sun sets at 18:45 local time.

A good first race as Red Bull admits it has not used KERS all weekend since a slight problem on Friday morning.

Lap 58

Two men of the race as far as I'm concerned - Petrov and Perez completely outperformed expectations. Of course Vettel and Hamilton were impressive, but we've come to expect that.

Four different cars in the top four positions, but there is no doubt about which one is fastest at this stage of the season.

Vettel punches the air as he gets out of his car - Kinky Kylie - while Hamilton has a look at the broken floor on his McLaren.

Vettel starts his final lap leading Hamilton by 19.6 seconds.

Alonso can only close the gap by a further 0.2 seconds on that last lap. It won't be enough.

Vettel wins by roughly 20 seconds - a great performance by the world champion.

Hamilton takes a very impressive second place and Petrov secures his first podium. Alonso fourth and Webber pulls off the track as soon as he crosses the line for fifth - equalling his best finish at his home grand prix.

Button takes sixth, ahead of a brillinat drive by Perez with one stop, Kobayashi in eighth, Massa in ninth and Buemi in tenth.

Lap 57

Alonso closes the gap to 1.6 with two laps remaining. He's on newer tyres but time is running out for him to make a move.

Lap 56

Petrov reacts to the threat from Alonso with a personal best, Alonso still takes 0.5 seconds out of him to close the gap to 2.2 seconds.

Lap 55

Massa gets past into turn one with the use of the rear wing. He takes ninth place.

Meanwhile Alonso is closing on Petrov with the gap down to 2.7 seconds with three laps remaining.

Lap 54

Five laps remain and Vettel leads by 14.1 seconds.