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Vettel wins in Belgium


Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel increased his lead in the drivers' championship with a 5th win of the year in the Belgian Grand Prix.

Vettel came home a comfortable 16 seconds ahead of second-placed Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari with Lewis Hamilton third for Mercedes.

Vettel's win lifts him to a total of 197 points with Alonso a distant second on 151 with eight races remaining.

On two wheels:

20 year-old Marc Marquez won the Czech MotoGP at Brno for his fourth consecutive win.

Marquez now has a 26-point championship lead over his Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa, who was second on the day, and is a full 44 points clear of Yamaha rival Jorge Lorenzo, who finished third.