Weve tried both sets of tyres and need to go through all the data tonight. Its been a pretty good day for us weve tried a few new bits here, which seem to be going pretty well.
Mark Webber’s second session was cut short when he hit the curb and lost all electrical power: Sebastian Vettel outpaced his team mate in both sessions but the new parts Red Bull have fitted (including a new front wing and nose) were obviously working well.
The two Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber posted the quickest time in both practice sessions for the British Grand Prix at a windy Silverstone on Friday. All those extra bits Adrian Newey bolted onto the RB5 allowed Sebastian Vettel to close his gap to Button from 32 points to 25 points and the 1-2 finish sees Red Bull narrow Brawn’s lead in the Constructors’ Championship from 39.5 points to 30.5 points. While the local fans may have been hoping for a Brit to win what may be the last F1 race at Silverstone, the Red Bull resurgence has injected a bit more excitement into what was fast becoming a foregone conclusion. Lewis Hamilton started 18th and finished a slightly less miserable 16th. That’s the way our car is in cooler temperatures. On the hard tyres the car just didn’t work and I couldn’t get any tyre temperature. Rubens Barrichello managed to hold second position off the line but lost out to Mark Webber in the first set of pit stops.Ĭhampionship leader Jenson Button got squeezed at the start, dropping back to P9 behind Jarno Trulli and then struggled to keep the heat in his hard tyres, eventually finishing the race in 6th:
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber secured Red Bull’s second 1-2 finish of the season at the British Grand Prix on Sunday.Īs indicated by Vettel’s incredible pace in qualifying, the young German was in another class for the whole race, crossing the line 15 seconds ahead of team mate Mark Webber, who was followed by Rubens Barrichello.įrom the moments the lights went out in front of a capacity crowd at Silverstone, Vettel’s win was never really in doubt.
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