SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) a Three-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel kept off Red Bull teammate Mark Webber in a scintillating battle to get the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, with the German later apologizing for ignoring team directions late in the battle. Vettel, who had early in the day reported to the staff about Webber's slow rate, struggled his teammate for much of the time, with the vehicles nearly touching as the German grabbed the lead on the 46th panel for his 27th victory, which fits the total of three-time success Jackie Stewart. He now brings Lotus driver Kimi Raiikonen by seven items in the tournament. The ambitious Vettel left Webber visibly annoyed, with the Australian driver refusing to admit his teammate following the race. Webber stated that he'd slowed within the result in save his tires and motor simply to be approved by Vettel. If the struggle had him reconsidering his situation at Red Bull asked, Webber said he'd "a large amount of things going right on through my mind." "It was a close battle and I am maybe not fully happy," Vettel said. A big mistake was made by "i today and we should have kept in the positioning. I smudged for the reason that condition and took the lead from Mark and could say now he is disappointed. Apologies to Mark. The effect is all and there I can say is that I didn't do it deliberately." Vettel insisted he was not aware of his error until after the battle. "Mark should have won," Vettel said, adding that he won't make the mistake again. Webber experienced a fantastic start to the competition, leaping from fifth into second and then got the lead on the ninth lap. He traded places with Vettel several times in the first half of the race because they both pitted and the German almost got past Webber on the panel after appearing out of the sets. Later, Webber had the lead when his team told him to decelerate to get the pressure off his motor and tires a' that have been a problem early in the seasona' just before Vettel passed him. "Basically, I got myself into place where we were managing the race," Webber said. "Had a fairly good condition. I was ready for a sprint to the end and the team rang up and said, 'the race pressure is down, take care of the tires. Don't fight each other .' I made the motor down." Meanwhile, Mercedes extended its astonishing work with 2008 winner Lewis Hamilton concluding next in front of teammate Nico Rosberg. But a similar dispute to that particular at Red Bull struck Mercedes, with Rosberg being told to stand down with five laps to go despite having better speed than Hamilton. Team Principal Ross Brawn implored Rosberg to back off from Hamilton and the team was later told by the German to "remember this one" after the race. "I don't feel amazing sitting here. Nico deserved to be where I'm correct now," Hamilton said. "Obviously, the group thought for position in the championship it was logical to stay in the position we are in. I say congratulations to Nico. He went a much wiser and managed battle than I did." Hamilton early in the day experienced an uncomfortable moment when he drove into his former staff McLaren's sets before correcting himself and heading to Mercedes, which he joined in front of in 2010. It absolutely was a disastrous time for Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who failed out of the competition on the second lap after damaging his front side when he bumped Vettel a lap earlier. His teammate Felipe Massa began badly but was able to finish fifth. "Bad luck today, as always more than 19 contests is going to be compensated and we are prepared to retrieve great points within the next race," Alonso tweeted. McLaren's issues also continued, as a botched pit end dropped 2009 winner Jenson Button to 14th. The Briton then retired with two laps remaining while his teammate, Sergio Perez, finished ninth.
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