Sebastian Vettel's ninth straight Formula One victory in Interlagos has tied him with the record set by Alberto Ascari over the 1952-53 seasons.

Having lost the lead on the first lap and then faced a delay in the pits when the team called him in at the last minute and his tires were not ready. Throughout he was kept on his toes by Mark Webber, but in the end, the win looked as straightforward as most of the 13 victories in total that he's logged in 2013.

“Obviously we didn't have any dry running, which was quite exciting when we started,” said Vettel. “A bit of an adventure to find braking points, et cetera. Start was obviously quite bad for me. I had lots of wheel-slip, and didn't get the initial launch off the line as good as I was hoping for. Nico passed me straight away, Fernando was closing in. I was lucky that as soon as I got on the KERS I could recover a little bit, and then it's not a long way to turn one -- which helped today. So, lost the position, saved some KERS for the end of the lap.

“I was hoping to get him back up the hill which worked well, so I managed to get back in the lead straight away and was basically benefiting I think from Nico probably a little bit slower than the cars behind -- Fernando and Mark -- so I could open a gap and control that for more or less the rest of the race -- until we came in for the second stop, which was a last minute call.”

Vettel was called in because the team was worried that the Bottas accident would trigger a safety car just as he passed the pit entrance.

“I think we were afraid of a safety car at that stage. I came in, hoping everybody was ready. I think I had three wheels on the car but I was waiting for the front right. For some reason, last year and this year, it seemed to be the front right -- they let me wait for a little bit. I saw that obviously Mark was queuing behind me, and I wanted to go and there was a bit of chaos in the pit lane, but it was obviously fine to get the right tires in the end, get out again and I still had a bit of a gap.

“We obviously lost to Fernando at that stage, both of us, but was still able to have a little bit of a gap and control that until the end which was very helpful to get through traffic and with the rain coming in and going -- you could really see it from the car. The fog was coming and the rain clouds. You didn't know how strong the rain was and in the end it was fine all the time to stay on dries, but a little harder rain and it could have been a different story. So lucky to get away with that.”

Vettel admitted that his nine victories had yet to sink in.

“Well, I think it is very very difficult for me to realize probably now and in the next couple of weeks what we have achieved again, and in particular this year at the end of the season. I think in terms of a certain record with Alberto Ascari you can't really compare it, it's at a completely different time.

“If you consider the fact that in the '50s the races were much longer and there were a lot of things that were breaking down, much more than nowadays where it's very professional, reliability is exceptionally good for everybody. I think his record still stands out a lot. So at the end of the day, as I see it now, it's just a number but hopefully one day, when I've got less hair and [am] chubby then it's probably something nice to look back to.”

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