Vettel leads Red Bull one-two

Eurosport - Mon, 22 Jun 09:13:00 2009

Sebastian Vettel produced a faultless drive at Silverstone to lead a Red Bull one-two in the British Grand Prix.

2009 British GP Sebastian Vettel wins - 0

The 21-year-old tyro finished 15.188 secs ahead of Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber to prove that the much-improved Milton Keynes-based team have the potential to challenge for world championship honours in the second half of the season.

Vettel started from the fourth pole of his career and was never challenged as he pulled clear from the start and delivered a perfectly-judged drive to secure the third win of his brief career - and his first in dry weather.

His two previous wins came in torrential rain in Italy last year and China earlier this season. This time he was able to reel off a series of fastest laps as he dominated proceedings under a partly-sunny sky.

Webber came home second ahead of Brazilians veteran Rubens Barrichello in a Brawn and his compatriot, Brazilian Felipe Massa of Ferrari.

German Nico Rosberg finished fifth for Williams ahead of world championship leader Jenson Button in his Brawn, Finn Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari and German Timo Glock for Toyota.

"Thankyou guys," said Vettel to his team on the slowing down lap. "It is a dream coming true! We have won the British Grand Prix."

Vettel's win cut Button's lead in the drivers championship - the Briton now has 64 points with Barrichello second on 41 and Vettel third on 39. In the constructors' championship, Brawn lead with 105 ahead of Red Bull on 74.5.

After all the political chicanery for the previous three days, the race was a rather dull and predictable affair with a huge crowd, and a paddock packed with celebrities, treated to a demonstration drive by Vettel.

In what is widely expected to be Silverstone's final British Grand Prix, 60 years after hosting the first world championship race in 1950, there was precious little for the home fans to cheer.

World championship leader Button started from sixth and struggled with his tyres as he battled to finish sixth while defending champion Lewis Hamilton gave everything in a spectacular and incident-filled outing that saw him start 18th and finish 16th.

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  1. Hey Mark

    it not Kimi fault it your for not going out­ sooner and getting a good enff lap in! blame Vettel­ next time why don't you!

    From raiders1, on Wed 24 Jun 12:03AM

  2. hey,hamster slapping bristow,just stick to the darts­ and leave the hamster slapping to the f1 heroes.

    From Burt, on Tue 23 Jun 10:51AM

  3. Mr Bristow I am so sorry I have offended you,­ especially you because one day I thought you and I­ could become lovers. I admire your posts so much lover­ boy.

    But can I put you write on a couple of things­ please?

    i) I do Potter, Bernard, Marnio,
    ii)­ Torounroute does Torounroute, Burt, Stephen W and­ Anthony + many, many others.
    iii) Francis Stirling,­ from Glasgow does Francis S and one or two others.

    So­ there are at least 3 uber-muppets posting the rubbish­ that so pollutes this site.

    From Jeanette 'No Mates' Bolan, on Tue 23 Jun 10:42AM

  4. Jeanette Bolan: You are right, you are a sad, sad old­ woman and sadly enough has nothing else to do but write­ up your stupid donkey jokes, your making an a.s.s of­ yourself, you say you hate Britain and yet write on­ this site. You sad old woman, go and jump off the­ bridge with Touronroute, you both belong together and­ maybe you can get married and amke the leap of faith­ off the bridge. One small step for man, one giant leap­ for mankind. And for the record, if you want to know­ the truth, Britain is a great nation, and has achieved­ great things on this earth, and Britain has planted and­ established other nations out of the great nation of­ Great Britain, and I will name them, the United Sates,­ Canada with the French, Australia, New Zealand, and­ made Hong Kong a city of great wealth and has handed it­ over to the Chinese in great order. And look what Great­ Britain has done, been on the frontlines of every World­ War with its allies standing side by side. All of the­ great nations of the world are British planted­ countries, and Queen Lizy is a great Queen. And­ don't you forget it smart a.s.s.

    D.Bristow

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 6:11AM

  5. POTTER: Go and jump off a bridge and make sure that its­ not over a river. You Burt or Touronroute are such­ dipsticks that when you say something you speak as if­ something was jabbed up your a.r.s.e.

    D.Bristow

    From , on Tue 23 Jun 5:54AM

  6. A question often asked of me is why don't I write­ some new posts and not just post the same old Potter,­ Bernard, Marion and Marnio posts? Its a good question­ and I suppose the answer is that I am a sad old woman­ who has nothing better to do and these posts take me­ days to write because I am so stupid. When I post them­ you lot thumb them down so I have to keep re-posting­ them, its all I have left in life.

    From Jeanette 'No Mates' Bolan, on Mon 22 Jun 11:56PM
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    The way i see it mr hamiltons son and button are both­ British yet button doesnt seem to command or gain the­ amount of respect that mr hamiltons son used to­ recieve when all was well. Could Button say is it cause­ i is White....and pay my taxes

    From Bernard, on Mon 22 Jun 9:12PM
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    i must admit after reading some of these posts Touron­ does have a point.
    Why did glok slow down so much in­ the last lap..
    Why was glok driving on the wet side of­ the track in the last few remaining bends allowing­ hamilton to take the inside DRY line to victory.­
    HHHmmmmmm.....seems a little suspicious to me...Can­ anyone enlighten me as to why Glok lost so much time on­ the Last Lap it was if he was abducted by the ALIENS­
    Whats it all about..
    Why cant this question be­ answered especially by mclaren fans and especially by­ Doughnut Ray $%^&...
    Why has the evidence ie..the­ last lap of the brazilian GB especially the last few­ corners been removed from You Tube..
    Why do Mclaren­ fans keep running away from this question and the­ Truth..
    people keep saying wait till jeremey clarkson­ show..all will be revealed...
    i mean considering glok­ was on slick tyres why was he driving right in the wet­ line of the track on the last few corners..everyone­ keeps saying they are surprised he finished at all­ considering the conditions...Various posts state it was­ like an ice rink...
    So why was Glok driving in the WET­ on SLICKS on the WET LINE NOT/ THE DRY LINE on the last­ few bends....please tell im waiting and have been all­ Day and probably will be for a long time yet.­
    SHUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY­
    77777777777777777777777777777777777777777777­
    TIMESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS­
    WORLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD­
    CHAMPIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
    LOVE­ ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT­
    RAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY....the­ Runaway Kid...lol
    THIS RECORD WILL NEVER BE­ MATCHED!!!!!!!!!!!
    ps...for the record any driver who­ won the title in 2008 was going to inherit a phoney­ crown After the season weve had,,,HOLD YOUR HEADS IN­ SHAME MCLAREN FOR ANOTHER CHEATING YEAR IN 2009 AS IM­ SURE YOU WILL!!!......and you didnt disappoint did you

    From Bernard, on Mon 22 Jun 9:04PM
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    ita a shame the a way a F1 isa now going ita seem to­­ a­­ start once a mr a hamilton asun a joined muclaren­­ from­­ a dirty a tactics onna track thena to the a­­ Spyagate­­ anda then a Lieagate anda witha corrupt a­­ stewards­ anda­ keep a changin a rules a F1 asa never­ a­ been same­ a­ since.. itta nowa a farce a since a mr­ a­ hamilton­ asun­ arrived ata muclaren they are a now­­ tarnished­ asa­ biggest a Cheat anda mr a hamilton­ asun­ with a­ fake a­ phoney Cheating a title itta­ couldnt a­ got any­ a worse­ mea think a why a FIA want­ anda keep­ a changin­ the­ rules after a spyagate anda­ lieagate­ toa bring the­ a­ JUSTICE a back to the a­ Tracks­
    BUTTON THE A NEW­ KING­ OFA F1........F1­ WORLD­ CHAMPION­ 2009-2010....JENSON A­ BUTTON ...
    ita­ also a­ nice toa­ see a mr a hamilton asun­ a start ata­ back­ ofa Grid­ inna front of a home a fans­ ita is the­ a­­ Justice...itta also a lovely toa see a mr a­ hamilton­­ asun finish a again witha 0 points a last a­ 4 a races­­ fora mr a hamilton asun itta 0 points itta­ make a mea­­ smile alot,,itta is the a Justice....Max­ isa like a liar gordon a brown theya keep a making­ mistakes anda lying over anda over again Buta still­ they a will nota Go

    From , on Mon 22 Jun 7:00PM
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    eloo f1 fools
    mr hamiltons son say he stay with­­ mclaren men for life. that nice for him but what do­­ mclaren men say? you see mclaren is now german owned.­­ the parent company is the mercedes benz which is the­­ german. the engine is the german engine. everything­­ about the team is the german. mr hamiltons son now the­­ swiss gentleman he eat much cheese and sings in the­­ morning at mountains. mr hamiltons father is also now­­ the swiss man. in fact there nothing british about­ this­ team at all. even the man who tidy up the garage­ after­ the race has moved to switzerland with his­ mother.­ switzerland is owned by the german. my friends­ the­ whole team is GERMAN - and guess what - so is mr­ glock.­ now you see why the time stand still for mr­ glock on­ the last lap. like he in the time warp. not­ even the­ people abducted by the alien lose the amount­ of time he­ lost on that last lap. IT IS A DISGRACE!!!­ ANOTHER­ CHEATIN YEAR IN 2009 FROUM MCLAREN AND CHEATIN­ BASHIN­ MR HAMILTONS SON

    From , on Mon 22 Jun 6:52PM

  11. Just ready to start my evening postings, the asylum is­­ very quiet at the moment, ha ha ha. No just a joke!

    I­­ was really serious about feedback on my wonderful­­ posts, mainly as the dashing francis s, that I really­­ would like your thoughts on these witty, well­ contrived­ posts.

    As I said earlier I might even­ publish my­­ address so you can snail mail your replies­ or even come­ round and­ see me for a cup of tea. viva­ Glasgow!

    Does anyone know­ how insecure Facebook is?

    From Francis Sterling, on Mon 22 Jun 4:53PM
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    helen , hows your good day going. for a minute i was­ thinking you want to play slap n tickle . i was born­ francis s an will always be francis s except for when­ i'm the St*g but you didn't here that from me.­

    yours trulli
    Francis S.

    From Francis S, on Mon 22 Jun 4:46PM

  13. Well Helen, dear lady, if one goes far enough back I am­ sure there will be a time when these chaps were not­ there. I imagine when a young touronroute was posing­ for the cameras in Farina's car that Ross and­ Adrian weren't clicking off a few jpegs of the­ young muppetroute on their digital cameras or box­ Brownies. But they have been around for quite some­ time and have had quite a few successes.

    From Rev. Gary Elfbollock, on Mon 22 Jun 4:38PM

  14. I agree Rev Gary, but has there ever been a season­ recently when one of those is not involved? I ask this­ because I was trying to work that one out.

    From Ellie, on Mon 22 Jun 4:27PM

  15. Ha Ha touronroute is posting again. Hi touron, I mean­ anthony, I mean Burt, I mean ........??????

    From Francis Sterling, on Mon 22 Jun 3:58PM
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    Hamster needs his face slapped today ? buy one slap get­ 1000 free.

    From Antony, on Mon 22 Jun 3:53PM

  17. No doubt at all gegaard, the two main men appear to be­ Adrian Newey and Ross Brawn and its ALL the others who­ need to start getting there act together.

    From Rev. Gary Elfbollock, on Mon 22 Jun 3:52PM

  18. Is there any doubt that Adrian Newey, Chief Technical­ Officer at Red Bull, is one of the smartest men in­ Formula 1? The Red Bull cars showed amazing pace and­ stability at Silverstone. With Vettel and Webber­ driving his cars Brawn GP better do some serious work­ on updating their cars.

    From gegaard, on Mon 22 Jun 3:22PM
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    HELEN: Coulthardt? really? If he says Vettel is­ immature, it has to be that way? We are talking about­ the guy that got his azz handed to him by the driver­ that is getting his azz handed to him by Vettel. Vettel­ outqualified Webber 8:0 and with a little more luck­ would be even further away in the standings. If you­ look at Vettel's demeanor on and off the track, his­ carefully chosen words when addressing the FIA FOTA­ situation... this kid is not immature - based on the­ word's meaning when addressing people as immature: ­ exhibiting less than an expected degree of maturity -­ he has always exhibited the expected degree of maturity­ and then some and he is certainly more mature than some­ of the more experienced guys out there.....­ Inexperienced? Sure- I give you that....immmature? no.

    From tt, on Mon 22 Jun 1:26PM

  20. Helen don't you know­ that:
    touronroute=Burt=Antony?

    It is so obvious and of­ course its because ferrari are such cr@p this year.

    From Yvonne.mourontoot, on Mon 22 Jun 8:56AM
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