And what's the difference between that and what he did in Singapore? In fact, Singapore was much worse.
Watched every lap and not sour at all, infact the way it played out he had a shot at winning. He didnt overtake, Massa, either Sauber, Webber, Maldanado and Lewis retired so that put him in a net 9th. Take into account that both FI and Mercs were effectively out of the race early on he actually overtook, 1 HRT, 2 Cater, 2 Mars, and the sister Redbulls, followed by Senna who he ran into and damaged his wing after Senna had got a puncture! I think it was a fortunate set of circumstances - Yes, because a lot (if not all) of those front leading drivers would have been 20-30 seconds up the road and he would have struggled to get near them with full race traffic! However, you can't take anything away from Vettle he did what he needed to do an that's why he will be a triple WDC in Austin!
If the people in front of Vettel crash, explode or just hurl themselves off the track, you can't blame Vettel for that. He's running his race and they are running theirs. If you start from the back then you are likely to gain some positions from others falling off, you just have to make sure you capitalize on it. I guessed he'd make 6th, third was incredible though. Whichever way you look at it.. everybody was dealt the same dice but some had to work harder for it that others... I'd say Vettel worked the hardest for it.