F1 United States Grand Prix: Vettel's eighth wonder

The 26-year-old German has set pretty much every record of note in Formula 1 when when it comes to being the youngest to get to a mark. That was impressive enough but by winning his eighth consecutive F1 race of the 2013 season at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, he has rewrote a mighty impressive stat in the record book.

The win at the Circuit of Americas ahead of Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 and Red Bull Racing teammate Mark Webber means that no other driver in the history of F1 has won as many races in succession in a season.

A record that looks all the more remarkable given the challenge being put to Vettel and Red Bull Racing by former F1 champions Fernando Alonso of Ferrari and Grosjean's illustrious Finnish teammate Kimi Raikkonen at one point of the season.

Vettel was unchallenged in the race after Grosjean failed to get past the German at the start of the race when the Frenchman shot past Webber.

A brief challenge for a podium place by Lewis Hamilton faded away as the 2008 champion fell into the clutches of Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg of Sauber and McLaren's Sergio Perez.

Hamilton ultimately ended up finishing fourth ahead of the trio with Valteri Bottas of Williams taking eighth to score the first points of his career.

Hamilton's Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg and McLaren's Jenson Button rounded out the top 10.

2013 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX CLASSIFICATION (56 laps of 5.513km circuit)

1) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)  1hr.39:17.148

2) Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1)  +6.284

3) Mark Webber (Red Bull)  +8.396

4) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes AMG F1)  +27.358

5) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)  +29.592

6) Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber F1)  +30.400

7) Sergio Perez (McLaren)  +46.692

8) Valteri Bottas (Williams F1)  +54.509

9) Nico Rosberg (Mercedes AMG F1)  +59.141

10) Jenson Button (McLaren)  +77.278

11) Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) +81.004

12) Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) +84.574

13) Felipe Massa (Ferrari) +86.914

14) Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber F1) +91.707

15) Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus F1) +95.063

16) Paul Di Resta (Sahara Force India F1) +96.853

17) Pastor Maldonado (Williams F1) +1 lap

18) Jules Bianchi (Marussia F1) +1 lap

19) Giedo van der Garde (Caterham F1) +l lap

20) Charles Pic (Caterham F1) +1 lap

21) Max Chilton (Marussia F1) +2 laps

NOT CLASSIFIED

Adrian Sutil (Sahara Force India) - accident on opening lap

Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel, 1:39.856