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Driver reaction after the British Grand Prix, which championship leader Jenson Button hopes will be his worst outing of 2009.

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull - winner): "It's fantastic. It shows we're on the right way. Everyone has worked so hard. It was all kind of last minute but we did it. I want to thank Silverstone - I enjoyed it so much. The people were all standing up at the end. The emotions... I have to thank every single person in the grandstands. This is what I dreamt of when I watched in the era of (Nigel) Mansell."

Mark Webber (Red Bull - 2nd): "I think I lost the race yesterday. We needed to get on the front row at least and then in the first stint today, we knew that Sebastian was pulling away. Rubens (Barrichello) was doing his best and his car didn't look that easy. I was just sitting behind; it's so difficult to stay close at Silverstone. So the race was virtually lost in that first stint."

Rubens Barrichello (Brawn GP - 3rd): "I have a lot of pride because at the end of day it was very difficult. Red Bull were the class act this weekend. I'm very proud of our achievement. Unfortunately Red Bull were really, really fast but I did what I had to do. I want to thank all the doctors that helped me this weekend because I was in terrible back pain."

Felipe Massa (Ferrari - 4th): "I almost feel as though I won the race. To start eleventh and finish fourth is a really great result. We weren't expecting it and so we are doubly happy. We had a good strategy and I pushed to the maximum at the key moments. Today, the KERS was a great help, especially at the start, but the whole car was also working well. The team did a great job and the results speak for themselves."

Nico Rosberg (Williams - 5th): "I am very pleased for the whole team, and for myself, that we had another good race. We still didn't get the result that we are capable of today, but Barrichello was slow in the middle stint and I was stuck behind him and that cost me the place to Massa. If that hadn't happened, we would have had a solid fourth place."

Jenson Button (Brawn GP - 6th): "If you don't get the tyres in their working range, it doesn't matter what car you've got, it doesn't work, so that was my problem here and Rubens seemed to be struggling as well ... Hopefully this will be the worst race of the year. And after struggling so hard to get three points, in a way this might be an important three points."

Jarno Trulli (Toyota - 7th): "It was a very hard race for me. I had a difficult start because the car didn't pull away as fast as normal, so I lost a couple of positions. I was trying to fight back all through the race but it was not easy and the car was sliding around quite a lot; maybe this was because of the aero set-up I chose yesterday."

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari - 8th): "I got a good start, but then I was unable to push as much as I could have done because I was always in traffic. It's a shame, because given where I was at the end of the first lap, I could have got a better result. A single point is definitely nothing to get excited about, but it's better than nothing."

Timo Glock (Toyota - 9th): "It's a pity to miss out on the points, especially as I was really quick out of traffic and at the end I was able to catch Kimi (Raikkonen) quite easily. The problem was at the first corner when I lost a few positions; that left me in traffic and compromised my race."

Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India - 10th): "A top 10 finish was our target this weekend. We thought it would be difficult but actually today was a very good race for me and we achieved the maximum we could do. It was a fun race. I had a good start and then on the first lap I overtook many drivers and even on the second lap I overtook Kubica and the two Renaults."

Kazuki Nakajima (Williams - 11th): "That result was not ideal for me. There weren't any particular reasons for it. I was pleased with my start and I thought it was going to be a good race for me, but I was held up by the car in front before my first stop and then it was difficult to keep up with the cars ahead of me for the rest of the race."

Nelson Piquet (Renault - 12th): "The overall result is disappointing today, but I think I had a solid race. It's clear that we must continue to work hard and hopefully introduce some new upgrades in time for the next race in a few weeks' time. I know that I can be competitive if the car is good, however it's down to me to improve my performance in qualifying."

Robert Kubica (BMW - 13th): "This was a very difficult race for me. Starting from P12 it was clear under normal circumstances we couldn't achieve much, therefore we decided to take a risk and start the race with a high fuel load and on the prime tyres. But it didn't pay off, because I had big problems heating up the tyres at the start, and I lost ground."

Fernando Alonso (Renault - 14th): "Our chance to score points today was over at the start as we lost two positions and I was stuck behind Heidfeld who was heavy on fuel, which cost us a lot of time. Although I had some good fights around the track, I'm obviously frustrated with the poor result and it's clear we need to improve on all fronts before Germany."

Nick Heidfeld (BMW - 15th): "There wasn't much we could come away with. At the start I risked a lot when I went for a rather small gap. I damaged my front wing but I was happy it wasn't worse than that. Of course it significantly affected the aerodynamics, but we decided to wait until the scheduled pit stop so not to lose even more time."

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren - 16th): "I gave it my all today. Despite fighting for the lower positions, I was absolutely on the limit for the whole race. We knew it would be difficult, and I enjoyed my battle with Fernando, but we didn't have the pace today to get into the points. The best thing about this weekend has been the fans: they really gave me some consolation by cheering me on throughout the race."

Adrian Sutil (Force India - 17th): "We rebuilt the spare car after the crash yesterday caused too much damage to my race car, but then we had a problem on the formation lap with the fuel pressure. We could fix it and at least start but it was really disappointing today."

Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso - 18th): "It was a very tough race and we struggled to be on the pace and now we must try and work out why, as we have been quicker than this earlier in the weekend. On worn tyres especially, the car was very difficult to drive."

Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso - DNF): "Regarding my collision with Kovalainen, he changed line twice. At the exit to Stowe, I was on the normal line and he went to the inside, I moved to the outside, then he moved over so I moved across to the other side and he changed again. He braked early, because he had only just left the pits on full tanks and cold tyres. I was trying to out-brake him, but he should not have changed line like that."

Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren - DNF): "Of course, it's disappointing not to finish the team's home race.Until my retirement, the car had been working fine and the strategy was working for me too: we were on target. Then Bourdais just ran into the back of me and damaged the left-rear corner. I had to stop because the damage had made the car undriveable."

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