Another Race, Another Honour - Vettel Wins Inaugural India Grand Prix

Perhaps it's the glamour of the Monaco Grand Prix, the engineering that is behind every F1 team, or the drivers who pit their skills against each other - or a combination of all three - but the world of Grand Prix has expanded its audience beyond Europe and South America to many more parts of the world.

And this year saw the first India Grand Prix, with a circuit built out of town on farmland, and tickets were in as much demand to attend among locals as Monaco Grand Prix tickets are in Europe, but it's not a street circuit which makes Monaco extra special with the cars driving close to the properties in Monaco

And there was some apprehension before the race that the brand new circuit might catch some of the teams out, along with some of the more experienced drivers who were driving there for the first time at the weekend.

It could have been a great leveller, with some of the more inexperienced and relatively unknown drivers having a chance to shine, and perhaps showing the locals along with the global television audience some of the rising stars who could be challenging for podium places over the next season or two.

But it wasn't to be. Already confirmed world champion Sebastian Vettel came home first to take the chequered flag in his Red Bull, and added to his CV winner of the first F1 race in India.

While he led from the start, the one driver who has been capable of challenging him in the second half of this season, Jenson Button, drove a great race to come second.

So while analysts and commentators might have been hoping for a different result on a new circuit in front of an enthusiastic crowd, it could just as easily have been Monaco or any other established race they had been watching as Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button climbed up on to the podium to collect their trophies.

Nearly a hundred thousand F1 fans bought tickets for the inaugural India Grand Prix, and after the race Jenson Button commented that the Indian people had welcomed them and that the crowd were wonderful, with many smiling faces.

He also said that India was one of the circuits that definitely got a big tick from him, and that he was looking forward to returning next year for the 2012 race.

Sebastian Vettel also praised the organisation of the event along with the circuit, and that he was proud to be the first driver to win there, and that all the drivers he had spoken to had commented that it was a good track.

Apart from Vettel and Button racing for the chequered flag, the ongoing saga on Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa continued, with their fifth coming together so far of the season - but this time it was Massa who was to blame.

Hamilton finished seventh, and McLaren have put part of his relatively poor form down to Button's great drives, and that Hamilton didn't like losing, and at the moment he's not even the top driver in his own team, which might be affecting his judgement and confidence as Button maintains his impressive form in recent months.