Mark Webber wins Formula One British Grand Prix at Silverstone for Red Bull

July 12, 2010

Australian Mark Webber cruised to his third win of the Formula One season when he dominated the British Grand Prix for Red Bull at Silverstone.

Webber, 33, made a dazzling start from second on the grid, and fought his way past Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel going into the first corner.

"I was obviously keen to make it my corner and it worked out well for me," Webber said.

"The car was faultless all day."

Webber's fifth victory of his career was particularly sweet as he took the chequered flag after an in-team row over favouritism on Saturday, after Vettel was given a special front wing part taken from the Australian's car.

"Not bad for a No.2 driver," Webber said to team chief Christian Horner over the radio afterwards.

Webber said later that he had been furious with the team's actions.

"I wasn't happy," he said.

" I'm sure we'll have some decent chats. I don't think it should happen.

"Honestly I would never have signed a contract for next year if I believed that was the way I thought it would be going forward."

Horner told the BBC that Saturday's "difficult decision" had been made on the basis of the fact that Vettel was ahead in the championship at the time.

"Mark is by my maths ahead on the points," he said.

"If we ever found ourselves with one component, we'd act differently at the next race.

"It's a very good problem to have, to have two such competitive drivers, and as a team we're doing our best to give them the same components week in, week out.

"Whether it's Sebastian or Mark, the important thing was we had one of our cars winning.

"Mark is a competitive animal, he's pushing very, very hard, and sometimes difficult decisions have to be made, but I think we did the best we could, we won the race, and Mark should be very happy with the work he did today."

Webber's win lifted him back into contention for the drivers' world championship after a barren spell since winning the Monaco Grand Prix in May.

Vettel reflected on his bad start, saying "I had lots of wheel spin, but that's life".

"I had to let Mark pass," he said.

"People then said Lewis (Hamilton) touched me.

"I didn't feel anything ... I'm sure it wasn't his intention to give me a puncture but so early it was a big minus having the puncture."

Hometown favourite Hamilton, the 2008 champion, finished second for McLaren ahead of Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes.

Hamilton's McLaren teammate and fellow Briton, defending champion Jenson Button, finished fourth after starting 14th on the grid.

Brazilian Rubens Barichello finished fifth for Williams ahead of Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi.

Vettel finished seventh in the second Red Bull, after his first-lap pit-stop for a puncture, followed by fellow Germans Adrian Sutil of Force India and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher in the second Mercedes.

Another German, rookie Nico Hulkenberg, finished 10th in the second Williams.



F1GP - British Grand PrixPos No Driver Team Time/Retired
1 6 Mark Webber Red Bull 01:24:38.2000
2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren +1.3 secs
3 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP +21.3 secs
4 1 Jenson Button McLaren +21.9 secs
5 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams +31.4 secs
6 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber +32.1 secs
7 5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +36.7 secs
8 14 Adrian Sutil Force India +40.9 secs
9 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP +41.5 secs
10 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams +42.0 secs
11 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India +42.4 secs
12 16 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso +47.6 secs
13 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault +59.3 secs
14 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari +62.3 secs
15 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari +67.4 secs
16 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus +1 Lap
17 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus +1 Lap
18 24 Timo Glock Virgin +2 Laps
19 20 Karun Chandhok HRTF1 +2 Laps
20 21 Bruno Senna HRTF1 +2 Laps
21 17 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso DNF
22 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber DNF
23 11 Robert Kubica Renault DNF
24 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin DNF


Driver Team Pts
1 Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 145
2 Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren 133
3 Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 128
4 Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 121
5 Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 98
6 Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes GP 90
7 Robert Kubica (POL) Renault 83
8 Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 67
9 Michael Schumacher (GER) Mercedes GP 36
10 Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India 35
11 Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Williams 29
12 Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) BMW Sauber 15
13 Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA) Force India 12
14 Sebastien Buemi (SUI) Toro Rosso 7
15 Vitaly Petrov (RUS) Renault 6
16 Jaime Alguersuari (ESP) Toro Rosso 3
17 Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Williams 2
18 Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) BMW Sauber 0
19 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) Lotus 0
20 Karun Chandhok (IND) HRTF1 0
21 Lucas di Grassi (BRA) Virgin 0
22 Jarno Trulli (ITA) Lotus 0
23 Bruno Senna (BRA) HRTF1 0
24 Timo Glock (GER) Virgin 0

Team Pts
1 McLaren 278
2 Red Bull 249
3 Ferrari 165
4 Mercedes GP 126
5 Renault 89
6 Force India 47
7 Williams 31
8 BMW Sauber 15
9 Toro Rosso 10
10 Lotus 0
11 HRTF1 0
12 Virgin 0