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Vettel leads Red Bull 1-2 in Britain
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June 22, 2009, Monday
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GERMANY'S Sebastian Vettel ran away with the British Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two while championship leader Jenson Button struggled home in sixth place at Silverstone yesterday.
Australian Mark Webber finished runner-up, 15.1 seconds behind the 21-year-old, with Brazilian Rubens Barrichello in third place for Brawn GP.
Button, winner of six of the first seven races, had his overall lead over teammate Barrichello trimmed to 23 points after finishing off the podium for the first time this year.
The dominant victory, from pole position in a race low on incident, was Vettel's second of the season and third of his Formula One career.
The German, who also led Red Bull to a one-two at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai in April, is now 25 points adrift of Button with nine races remaining.
"Thank you very much guys, this is a dream coming true. We've won the British Grand Prix," he said over the team radio after taking the checkered flag.
"This is what I was dreaming of when I saw the first grands prix at Silverstone in the era of (Britain's 1992 world champion Nigel) Mansell," he added later.
"I had a fantastic car, it was unbelievable. I was able to push, push more," Vettel said. "It shows we are going the right way."
Ferrari's Felipe Massa was fourth, ahead of Germany's Nico Rosberg for Williams.
Italy's Jarno Trulli was seventh for Toyota, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen taking the last point in a race billed as a farewell to the track that hosted the first Formula One championship race in 1950.
Red Bull's superiority over the Mercedes-powered Brawn was underlined by Vettel lapping more than a second a lap faster than his rivals in the early stages, despite being heavier on fuel, and finishing 41.1 seconds ahead of Barrichello.
"I don't think we could have beaten them today," said Brawn owner Ross Brawn.
Button, who had struggled all weekend for grip and to get heat into his tires, started sixth but had fallen to ninth after the opening lap.
He worked himself back into the points and then made up two places after his second pitstop, when he switched to softer tires and chased Rosberg all the way to the finish.
Miserable day
However, it was a miserable day for world champion Lewis Hamilton, who won at Silverstone last year. The McLaren driver came 16th after being lapped by Vettel, complaining over the team radio that his tires lacked grip after starting from 19th.
His teammate Heikki Kovalainen retired on the 38th lap after bursting a tire in a collision with Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais, who was trying to pass him but lost his front wing and also went out of the race.
It was the fourth straight race that McLaren failed to finish in the points, the first time that has happened since 1981.
Donington Park is due to host the British GP next year, although Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said it will return to Silverstone if that circuit is not ready.
Australian Mark Webber finished runner-up, 15.1 seconds behind the 21-year-old, with Brazilian Rubens Barrichello in third place for Brawn GP.
Button, winner of six of the first seven races, had his overall lead over teammate Barrichello trimmed to 23 points after finishing off the podium for the first time this year.
The dominant victory, from pole position in a race low on incident, was Vettel's second of the season and third of his Formula One career.
The German, who also led Red Bull to a one-two at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai in April, is now 25 points adrift of Button with nine races remaining.
"Thank you very much guys, this is a dream coming true. We've won the British Grand Prix," he said over the team radio after taking the checkered flag.
"This is what I was dreaming of when I saw the first grands prix at Silverstone in the era of (Britain's 1992 world champion Nigel) Mansell," he added later.
"I had a fantastic car, it was unbelievable. I was able to push, push more," Vettel said. "It shows we are going the right way."
Ferrari's Felipe Massa was fourth, ahead of Germany's Nico Rosberg for Williams.
Italy's Jarno Trulli was seventh for Toyota, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen taking the last point in a race billed as a farewell to the track that hosted the first Formula One championship race in 1950.
Red Bull's superiority over the Mercedes-powered Brawn was underlined by Vettel lapping more than a second a lap faster than his rivals in the early stages, despite being heavier on fuel, and finishing 41.1 seconds ahead of Barrichello.
"I don't think we could have beaten them today," said Brawn owner Ross Brawn.
Button, who had struggled all weekend for grip and to get heat into his tires, started sixth but had fallen to ninth after the opening lap.
He worked himself back into the points and then made up two places after his second pitstop, when he switched to softer tires and chased Rosberg all the way to the finish.
Miserable day
However, it was a miserable day for world champion Lewis Hamilton, who won at Silverstone last year. The McLaren driver came 16th after being lapped by Vettel, complaining over the team radio that his tires lacked grip after starting from 19th.
His teammate Heikki Kovalainen retired on the 38th lap after bursting a tire in a collision with Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais, who was trying to pass him but lost his front wing and also went out of the race.
It was the fourth straight race that McLaren failed to finish in the points, the first time that has happened since 1981.
Donington Park is due to host the British GP next year, although Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said it will return to Silverstone if that circuit is not ready.
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