USA Grand Prix 2013 Results: Reaction, Standings, Post-Race Review

Sebastian Vettel blasted past the field to take the 2013 USA Grand Prix and continue his historic reign over the sport of Formula 1 racing. 

Fox Sports pointed out on Twitter that Sunday's win was his eighth straight victory, a feat that is one shy of the all-time record of consecutive checkerboards. 

Vettel crushed his competition from start to finish, building a sizable 10-second lead around the midway point of the race and not letting go.

The win was Vettel's 12th on the season, one shy of the record of 13 in one season. But despite his many accolades, Sunday was Vettel's first Grand Prix victory in the United States. 

Behind Vettel, many races were unfolding and ended up significantly shaking up the standings. Let's break it all down. 

The Race Weekend, Results

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The Race Weekend on Bleacher Report

Friday—Vettel wins pole

Sunday—USA Grand Prix preview

Sunday—Grand Prix live blog and highlights

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Results in full, via Formula1.com

Pos.	Driver	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel	56	Winner	1	25
2	Romain Grosjean	56	+6.2 secs	3	18
3	Mark Webber	56	+8.3 secs	2	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	56	+27.3 secs	5	12
5	Fernando Alonso	56	+29.5 secs	6	10
6	Nico Hulkenberg	56	+30.4 secs	4	8
7	Sergio Perez	56	+46.6 secs	7	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	56	+54.5 secs	9	4
9	Nico Rosberg	56	+59.1 secs	12	2
10	Jenson Button	56	+77.2 secs	15	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo	56	+81.0 secs	10	-
12	Jean-Eric Vergne	56	+84.5 secs	14	-
13	Felipe Massa	56	+86.9 secs	13	-
14	Esteban Gutierrez	56	+91.7 secs	20	-
15	Heikki Kovalainen	56	+95.0 secs	8	-
16	Paul di Resta	56	+96.8 secs	11	-
17	Pastor Maldonado	55	+1 Lap	17	-
18	Jules Bianchi	55	+1 Lap	19	-
19	Giedo van der Garde	55	+1 Lap	18	-
20	Charles Pic	55	+1 Lap	22	-
21	Max Chilton	54	+2 Lap	21	-
Ret	Adrian Sutil	-	DNF	16	-

Updated Driver Standings

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Check out the new driver standings after Vettel increased his lead, per Formula1.com.

Pos.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing-Renault	372
2	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	227
3	Lewis Hamilton	British	Mercedes	187
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	183
5	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing-Renault	181
6	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	161
7	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus-Renault	132
8	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	106
9	Jenson Button	British	McLaren-Mercedes	61
10	Paul di Resta	British	Force India-Mercedes	48
11	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Sauber-Ferrari	47
12	Sergio Perez	Mexican	McLaren-Mercedes	41
13	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Mercedes	29
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	STR-Ferrari	19
15	Jean-Eric Vergne	French	STR-Ferrari	13
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Mexican	Sauber-Ferrari	6
17	Valtteri Bottas	Finnish	Williams-Renault	4
18	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams-Renault	1
19	Jules Bianchi	French	Marussia-Cosworth	0
20	Charles Pic	French	Caterham-Renault	0
21	Giedo van der Garde	Dutch	Caterham-Renault	0
22	Max Chilton	British	Marussia-Cosworth	0
23	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	0

Updated Team Standings

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Here are the latest team standings, per Formula1.com.

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Red Bull Racing-Renault	553
2	Mercedes	348
3	Ferrari	333
4	Lotus-Renault	315
5	McLaren-Mercedes	102
6	Force India-Mercedes	77
7	Sauber-Ferrari	53
8	STR-Ferrari	32
9	Williams-Renault	5
10	Marussia-Cosworth	0
11	Caterham-Renault	0

Post-Race Reaction

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You'll have to take a look at NBC Sports' highlights of the race to get the full experience of just how dominant Vettel was on the day.

Vettel won the pole to start off the weekend and used that position to pull out from the pack on the opening lap. He only got faster as the race went on, seemingly improving his time lap after lap and extending his lead to as many as 10 to 11 seconds late in the running.

On NBC's telecast of the post-race podium, Vettel was speechless, saying it was "impossible to know what to say" about his eight wins in a row. 

After the win, Vettel owns a massive, 145-point lead over Fernando Alonso in the standings. Of course, Red Bull Racing has already clinched the team championship. 

The spotlight didn't just stay on Vettel, however. Romain Grosjean took second in a tight race with Vettel's Red Bull teammate Mark Webber for a big finish for his Lotus team.

According to Red Bull Racing's Twitter, Webber's third-place finish was his 41st podium result of his career. 

Winners in Austin

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Sebastian Vettel

The 26-year-old is dominating Formula 1 at the moment. Vettel turned one of the most hyped races of the racing season into a snoozer, leading by about 10 seconds seemingly the entire way. It would've taken a colossal mishap for Vettel to give up his lead, and that simply wasn't in the cards. 

Romain Grosjean

The French native had to hold off a hungry Mark Webber throughout the final stretches of the race for second place. Despite the pressure, he turned a fraction of a lead into nearly a two-second lead right before the finish. 

Mark Webber

Despite coming up short for second place, Webber finished third to notch his best result at the USA Grand Prix. He's said adamantly that this year will be the last of an up-and-down career, per the Daily Mail's Malcolm Folley, but there's no doubt that this result will give him fond memories to look back on after it's all said and done.   

Losers in Austin

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Fernando Alonso

Vettel's dominance from start to finish meant the tightest races were between second and third, and fourth and fifth. Alonso—second place in the standings—was in the latter of those races and lost, finishing in the No. 5 spot. 

Despite the poor result, Alonso maintains second in the standings. 

Paul di Resta

Force India's hopes rested mainly on its best driver this year, di Resta. He stayed in contention for much of the race but ran into issues late and sputtered to a 16th-place finish. He finished nearly 100 seconds behind the champion Vettel.    

Adrian Sutil

It was a day to forget for Force India. Long before di Resta's issues, Adrian Sutil crashed on the opening lap of the race and wasn't able to return. He was the only driver to fail to finish, and that wasn't exactly a preferable result for the 13th-place Sutil.