Sebastian Vettel stopped short of conceding what he has achieved this season is supernatural, but under the lights of Singapore he was certainly dazzling. Vettel produced another stunning drive to claim his ninth win this year, 19th of his career, and 15th from pole - the latter statistic drawing him level next to the legendary Jim Clark.
The 24-year-old led every single lap of the race to leave him one point shy of flattering the youngest back-to-back and double world champion in Formula One history. Vettel is now 124 points clear of McLaren's Jenson Button, who was a commendable second with the Briton on the podium for the fourth race in series.
It has been an incredible year for us, a hard to believe record for both of us in terms of reliability.We have had no problems with the car, the engine has been ideal from start to finish, so touch wood, and not anything has gone wrong so far this year.
It does need a lot of small things to come jointly to make sure you have an incredible season like we have had so far.It's been very enjoyable. Everyone has been tremendously disciplined in a way, target-orientated and we've all enjoyed it.
Those things sum it up pretty well, but of course we hope to carry on like that, carry the momentum into the next races, and into next season as well.Not even a safety car for a crash connecting seven-time champion Michael Schumacher in his Mercedes, at a time when Vettel held a 19-second pillow over Button on lap 30, halted his charge.
Come the end, Button finished just 1.7secs adrift, although Vettel insisted he was in control of the situation. Behind the leading duo Red Bull's Mark Webber was third, Fernando Alonso fourth, whilst Lewis Hamilton was fifth after yet another incident, and again connecting Felipe Massa.
The Brazilian ended up with a pierce after being caught by the front wing of Hamilton's McLaren, sparking a showdown in the pen where the drivers conduct post-race tv and radio interviews.
Vettel, instead, served as a shining example to both men of how to behavior oneself, both on and off the track. The German, who has before buried his head in the sand when it has come to the title situation, knows precisely what is necessary.I wasn't thoughts about the title in the race, said Vettel.