2013 United States Grand Prix

The great Alberto Ascari achieved famously achieved nine split over the 1952-53 seasons, but no one has done it in one year before, and in achieving the record Vettel eclipsed his old pal Michael Schumacher. Remarkably 112 days have passed since he last failed to win a race, in Hungary.

Seb ended his afternoon with another display of victory doughnuts on the run-off area, this time achieved with an impressive symmetrical perfection. A relieved Christian Horner pointed out that the RB9 gearbox, abused in India, Abu Dhabi and now Austin, had now reached the end of its FIA-mandated life. The champ will have a new one to play with in Brazil…