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"Sebastian Vettel ended the 2013 Formula 1 season with a ninth consecutive race win as his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber said goodbye to the championship with second place. Fernando Alonso gave gallant chase to the Red Bulls and got Ferrari back on the podium in a race in which rain regularly threatened but never materialized in sufficient doses. It was not a totally straightforward win for Vettel, who had to do some overtaking in order to overcome pit stop drama. He lost the lead at the start as both Nico Rosberg and Alonso got away. Rosberg led out of the Senna S, but Alonso ran out of space and lost third to the German&amp;#039;s Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. Both Mercedes-Benz drivers were overtaken at the end of lap one, though, with Vettel easily reclaiming the lead from Rosberg as Alonso passed Hamilton in their wake. Webber, who had won a first lap battle with Felipe Massa, quickly followed Alonso past Hamilton, with both soon overtaking Rosberg, as well. Alonso put up a fight against Webber and did not lose second place until lap 13. He then regained it when the Red Bull had an issue on its right rear wheel at the first pit stop, but Webber only needed two laps to catch and re-pass the Ferrari. Although Webber was able to chip away at Vettel&amp;#039;s lead, the champion was always able to respond. PHOTOS: Swan Song of the Formula One V8 Vettel&amp;#039;s big lead turned out to be crucial as both Red Bulls simultaneously made final pit stops \u2013 to the apparent surprise of a crew prepared for Webber, not Vettel. That halved Vettel&amp;#039;s advantage to six seconds, and the lead battle then threatened to come truly alive as rain appeared to loom and both Webber and Alonso started closing in. In the event, the thick clouds refrained from opening over the final laps, and the top three spread out again, allowing Vettel to take a record-equaling 13th win of the year. With Rosberg steadily dropping back through the field, Hamilton and Massa began battling for fourth until both hit trouble. Massa was left furious by a drive-through penalty for crossing the pit entry line on flying laps, while Hamilton tangled with Valtteri Bottas as the Williams driver moved to un-lap himself onto the Descida do Lago. While Bottas was sent crashing into retirement, Hamilton picked up a puncture and was given a penalty for causing the collision. These dramas played a part in McLaren&amp;#039;s best result of its painful 2013 season, though Jenson Button and Sergio Perez&amp;#039;s progress from 14th and 19th on the grid to fourth and sixth was mainly down to excellent race pace from their unloved car. The duo sandwiched Rosberg at the flag. Massa and Hamilton recovered to seventh and ninth, split by Nico Hulkenberg&amp;#039;s Sauber. Daniel Ricciardo gave Toro Rosso the final point in his last appearance before leaving for Red Bull, holding Paul di Resta, Esteban Gutierrez, and Adrian Sutil at bay. Lotus&amp;#039;s promising season came to a miserable end. Romain Grosjean lasted just two laps before a massive engine failure while running eighth, while Heikki Kovalainen was outside the points again in 14th, having fallen to 18th on the opening lap. Marussia beat Caterham in the Constructors&amp;#039; Championship&amp;#039;s tail-end battle for the first time. Caterham had been the quickest of the pair at Interlagos, but Giedo van der Garde was penalized for ignoring blue flags, and Charles Pic had a late suspension failure, meaning Jules Bianchi gave Marussia the win in the race day battle, too.  PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS The Brazilian Grand Prix Interlagos, Brazil 71 laps; 305.909km Weather: cloudy PHOTOS: 2013 US Grand Prix - Saturday Practice &amp;amp;amp; Qualifying Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap  1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h32m36.300s  2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault +10.452s  3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +18.913s  4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +37.360s  5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes +39.048s  6. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes +44.051s  7. Felipe Massa Ferrari +49.110s  8. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari +1m04.252s  9. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +1m12.903s 10. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 lap 11. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes +1 lap 12. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap 13. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +1 lap 14. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault +1 lap 15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 lap 16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault +1 lap 17. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth +2 laps 18. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault +2 laps 19. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth +2 laps Retirements:  Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 58 laps  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 45 laps  Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 2 laps  World Championship standings, Round 19:   Drivers: Constructors:   1. Vettel 397 1. Red Bull-Renault 596  2. Alonso 242 2. Mercedes 360  3. Webber 199 3. Ferrari 354  4. Hamilton 189 4. Lotus-Renault 315  5. Raikkonen 183 5. McLaren-Mercedes 122  6. Rosberg 171 6. Force India-Mercedes 77  7. Grosjean 132 7. Sauber-Ferrari 57  8. Massa 112 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 33  9. Button 73 9. Williams-Renault 5 10. Hulkenberg 51  11. Perez 49  12. Di Resta 48  13. Sutil 29  14. Ricciardo 20  15. Vergne 13  16. Gutierrez 6  17. Bottas 4  18. Maldonado 1  All timing unofficial "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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