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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

Singapore GP Practice 2: Vettel fastest

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Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel clocked the quickest lap of Friday practice for the Singapore Grand Prix as crashes interrupted each session at Marina Bay.

The German lapped in one minute 48.650 seconds in the second session to beat Renault’s Fernando Alonso by 0.274secs.

Rubens Barrichello topped the first session ahead of his Brawn team-mate and championship leader Jenson Button.

Renault’s Romain Grosjean and then Red Bull’s Mark Webber crashed out on the dusty, slippery street circuit.

Kovalainen was then relegated to third in the closing seconds as Fernando Alonso harried his R29 around the bumpy street circuit to a time just 0.274s slower than Vettel, giving Renault a much needed boost after its most troubled of weeks.

BMW’s big car upgrade introduced for this weekend’s race continued to show promising potential as Nick Heidfeld claimed fourth, with Button dropping to fifth following Brawn’s morning 1-2.

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Red Bull to change reserve driver

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Red Bull and Toro Rosso are changing their reserve driver for the rest of the Formula 1 season.

Reigning British Formula 3 series champion Jaime Alguersuari replaces Brendon Hartley, who will continue racing in European F3.

Alguersuari, who is 19, will deputise if either team’s first-choice drivers is unable to race.

The Spaniard’s first race as reserve driver will be the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring on 12 July.

Red Bull will be keen to keep up their momentum from the most recent race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, where Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finished first and second, helping the team consolidate second place in the constructors’ championship.

Vettel and Webber lie third and fourth in the drivers’ championship behind Brawn duo Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, while Toro Rosso drivers Sebastian Buemi and Sebastien Bourdais are 14th and 16th respectively.

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Red Bull will take over Toro Rosso

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Red Bull are expected to take full control of Toro Rosso after Gerhard Berger sold them his 50% share of the team.

The deal is not yet completed pending approval by the regulators.

Toro Rosso was supposed to be a development team, but managed to perform better than Red Bull during the 2008 season, with Sebastien Vettel winning the Italian Grand Prix.

Red Bull are hoping that their Mark Webber will be fit to start the 2009 season, after being involved in a bike accident resulting in a broken leg.