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British Grand Prix 2010 Race Report

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Webber storms to 2010 British GP win

Red Bull’s Mark Webber achieved a comfortable win in the British Grand Prix leaving McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton second.

The Australian overtook team-mate Vettel in the first corner, took the lead and never looked back.

Of course, Vettel tried quickly to regain the 1st position but suffered a puncture which pretty much ruined his race
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso didn’t have the best of starts which allowed Hamilton to jump to second from lap 1.

“Not bad for a number two driver” is what Webber said over the team radio, which couldn’t have pleased some people at Red Bull.

Nico Rosberg returned the revitalised Mercedes team to the podium for the first time since China with an impressive run to third, withstanding late pressure from
Jenson Button as the world champion rebounded brilliantly from his qualifying slump.

Valencia stars Rubens Barrichello (Williams) and Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber), meanwhile, performed impressively once again to take their respective fast-improving squads to fifth and sixth places respectively.

Webber: “There’s a bloke upstairs every now and again. I did the best job I could today and it worked out OK”.

“I made a good start and was very keen obviously to make it my corner and it worked out OK for me.

“It was a good fight with Lewis. It was enjoyable, particularly the first part of the GP.

“It’s very special for me to win here – it’s been a special track for me and to win here and be alongside these guys (Hamilton and Rosberg) is amazing.”

British Grand Prix result – 52 laps

1 WEBBER Red Bull

2 HAMILTON McLaren +1.3s

3 ROSBERG Mercedes +21.3s

4 BUTTON McLaren +21.9s

5 BARRICHELLO Williams +31.4s

6 KOBAYASHI Sauber +32.1s

7 VETTEL Red Bull +36.7s

8 SUTIL Force India +40.9s

9 SCHUMACHER Mercedes +41.5s

10 HULKENBERG Williams +42.0s

11 LIUZZI Force India +42.4s

12 BUEMI Toro Rosso +47.6s

13 PETROV Renault +59.3s

14 ALONSO Ferrari +62.3s

15 MASSA Ferrari +67.4s

16 TRULLI Lotus +1 lap

17 KOVALAINEN Lotus +1 lap

18 GLOCK Virgin +2 laps

19 CHANDHOK HRT +2 laps

20 YAMAMOTO HRT +2 laps

R ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso +8 laps

R DE LA ROSA Sauber +23 laps

R KUBICA Renault +33 laps

R DI GRASSI Virgin +43 laps

British Grand Prix 2010 Qualifying

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Vettel Fastest - British Grand Prix 2010 Qualifying

1 VETTEL Red Bull
2 WEBBER Red Bull
3 ALONSO Ferrari
4 HAMILTON McLaren
5 ROSBERG Mercedes
6 KUBICA Renault
7 MASSA Ferrari
8 BARRICHELLO Williams
9 DE LA ROSA Sauber
10 SCHUMACHER Mercedes
11 SUTIL Force India
12 KOBAYASHI Sauber
13 HULKENBERG Williams
14 BUTTON McLaren
15 LIUZZI Force India
16 PETROV Renault
17 BUEMI Toro Rosso
18 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso
19 KOVALAINEN Lotus
20 GLOCK Virgin
21 TRULLI Lotus
22 DI GRASSI Virgin
23 CHANDHOK HRT
24 YAMAMOTO HRT

Sebastian Vettel will start the British Grand Prix from pole position for Red Bull after narrowly beating team mate Mark Webber. The two of them were inseparable in all three sessions, but Vettel just edged out the Australian with a lap of 1m 29.615s compared to 1m 29.758s.

Lewis Hamilton salvaged fourth from a difficult weekend for McLaren as team-mate Jenson Button managed only 14th after struggling for rear grip.

“I think there’s something wrong – the car was pretty much undriveable,” the world champion told BBC Sport.

Vettel was quicker in the first knockout session, Webber had the edge in Q2, and then when it really mattered Vettel produced a pair of superbly committed laps to settle the contest.

Ferrari F1 – Official 2010 Calendar

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Ferrari F1 – Official 2010 Calendar

Featuring 12 stunning shots of the Ferrari F1 car this calendar will be a hit with any Formula One fan.

Sebastian Vettel Wins European GP in Valencia 2010

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Vettel Wins In Valencia - European GP 2010

Sebastian Vettel claimed his first victory since the Malaysian Grand Prix in April and put his world championship challenge back on course with a commanding lights-to-flag display in Valencia.

World championship leader Hamilton bounced back from a drive-through penalty, but German Vettel proved equal to the challenge.

McLaren’s Jenson Button was third after escaping with a five-second penalty for an offence under the safety car.

Both Ferraris lost out in their pit stops. Alonso was third behind Vettel and Hamilton when he stopped under the safety car on the 10th lap, but emerged 10th by the time things settled down on the 12th lap. Felipe Massa fared even worse, having to wait for his team mate to be serviced, dropping from fourth to 17th. They were doomed from that point onwards.

On a great day for Williams, Rubens Barrichello brought his FW30 home fourth after Kobayashi’s late pit stop, ahead of Renault’s Robert Kubica and Force India’s Adrian Sutil, who drove a great race for Force India and likewise benefited over team mate Vitantonio Liuzzi when both pitted at the same time when running nose to tail.

2010 European Grand Prix result – 57 laps

1 VETTEL Red Bull
2 HAMILTON McLaren +5.0s
3 BUTTON McLaren +12.6s
4 BARRICHELLO Williams +25.6s
5 KUBICA Renault +27.1s
6 SUTIL Force India +30.1s
7 KOBAYASHI Sauber +30.9s
8 ALONSO Ferrari +32.8s
9 BUEMI Toro Rosso +36.2s
10 ROSBERG Mercedes +44.3s
11 MASSA Ferrari +46.6s
12 DE LA ROSA Sauber +47.4s
13 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso +48.2s
14 PETROV Renault +48.2s
15 SCHUMACHER Mercedes +48.8s
16 LIUZZI Force India +50.8s
17 DI GRASSI Virgin +1 lap
18 CHANDHOK HRT +2 laps
19 GLOCK Virgin +2 laps
20 SENNA HRT +2 laps
21 TRULLI Lotus +4 laps
22 HULKENBERG Williams +8 laps
23 KOVALAINEN Lotus +49 laps
24 WEBBER Red Bull +49 laps

Valencia 2010 Qualifying – Vettel on pole

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Vettel On Pole in Valencia 2010

Sebastian Vettel resumed Red Bull’s 2010 qualifying supremacy, returning to pole for the first time since China in the process, as he headed a front-row lockout for the team in a closely-fought battle on the streets of Valencia.

The German pipped team-mate Mark Webber by 0.075 seconds as Red Bull took their eighth pole in nine races this year.

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was also in contention for pole, but a mistake on his final run left him third.

Local hero Fernando Alonso took fourth place for Ferrari from team-mate Felipe Massa. The second McLaren of Jenson Button will start seventh on the grid.

Button also made a mistake, going into the final corner.

The big news of Q1, apart from fastest lap in 1m 38.132s from Kubica, was that Schumacher only just escaped exclusion there and then on his final lap, which jumped him up from 18th to 12th.

European GP starting grid

1 VETTEL Red Bull
2 WEBBER Red Bull
3 HAMILTON McLaren
4 ALONSO Ferrari
5 MASSA Ferrari
6 KUBICA Renault
7 BUTTON McLaren
8 HULKENBERG Williams
9 BARRICHELLO Williams
10 PETROV Renault
11 BUEMI Toro Rosso
12 ROSBERG Mercedes
13 SUTIL Force India
14 LIUZZI Force India
15 SCHUMACHER Mercedes
16 DE LA ROSA Sauber
17 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso
18 KOBAYASHI Sauber
19 TRULLI Lotus
20 KOVALAINEN Lotus
21 DI GRASSI Virgin
22 GLOCK Virgin
23 CHANDHOK HRT
24 SENNA HRT