Jun
22
Vettel wins the British Grand Prix in 2009
Sebastian Vettel stormed to victory in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone yesterday, totally dominating the event from the front. Current championship leader Jenson Button could only take sixth place in the cool conditions but his team mate Rubens Barrichello finished third behind the second Red Bull of Mark Webber.
As so often recently it was not a particularly thrilling race with Lewis Hamilton providing most of the action in his battles for sixteenth place.
PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS The British Grand Prix Silverstone, Britain; 60 laps; 308.355km; Weather: Dry. Classified: Pos Driver Team Time 1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1h22:49.328 2. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) + 15.188 3. Barrichello Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) + 41.175 4. Massa Ferrari (B) + 45.043 5. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) + 45.915 6. Button Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) + 46.285 7. Trulli Toyota (B) + 1:08.307 8. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) + 1:09.622 9. Glock Toyota (B) + 1:09.823 10. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) + 1:11.522 11. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) + 1:14.023 12. Piquet Renault (B) + 1 lap 13. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) + 1 lap 14. Alonso Renault (B) + 1 lap 15. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) + 1 lap 16. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) + 1 lap 17. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) + 1 lap 18. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) + 1 lap Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:20.735
Not classified/retirements: Driver Team On lap Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 25 Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 24
World Championship standings, round 8: Drivers: Constructors: 1. Button 64 1. Brawn GP-Mercedes 105 2. Barrichello 41 2. Red Bull-Renault 74.5 3. Vettel 39 3. Toyota 34.5 4. Webber 35.5 4. Ferrari 26 5. Trulli 21.5 5. Williams-Toyota 15.5 6. Massa 16 6. McLaren-Mercedes 13 7. Rosberg 15.5 7. Renault 11 8. Glock 13 8. BMW Sauber 8 9. Alonso 11 9. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5 10. Raikkonen 10 11. Hamilton 9 12. Heidfeld 6 13. Kovalainen 4 14. Buemi 3 15. Kubica 2 16. Bourdais 2