BBC Sport's Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard take on Red Bull Racing's team principal Christian Horner in the team's simulator on a virtual lap of the Monza circuit.
With Vettel's Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber crashing out, the 24-year-old now has a 112-point cushion in the championship over his nearest challenger, now Ferrari's Fernando Alonso after he claimed the final podium place half a second ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
It means in F1 history only two drivers have scored more wins in a season - Michael Schumacher, whose record of 13 may be challenged, and Nigel Mansell.
On a track where Red Bull were not supposed to be strong, this was a crushing victory, rendering the title race a battle between the also-rans.
Behind Alonso, Button and Webber are now 117 points adrift, whilst Hamilton is 126 off the pace, and there is now every chance Vettel could wrap up back-to-back crowns in Singapore in two weeks' time. Vettel took the chequered flag at the Italian Grand Prix by almost 10 seconds to McLaren's Jenson Button, who was forced to settle for second at Monza for the third consecutive year.
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