Red Bull Racing have dominated the action at the British Grand Prix this weekend, claiming their second one-two race win of the year, following their earlier success in China. Sadly, for fans of Australia’s Mark Webber, it was bridesmaid duties again as young gun Sebastien Vettel did most of the dominating.
Webber looked supreme in the first two stages of qualifying on Saturday, but once Vettel claimed pole position that was all she wrote. The German lead the race from start to finish and seemed largely untroubled on his way to his third GP win.
Speaking before the race Mark Webber, starting from the second row, explained he needed to get past the Brawn GP of Rubens Barichello, starting from P2, early on the first lap or else the race would be a procession. He didn’t, and it was.
Mark did finally get ahead of Rubens due to some quick work in the pits from his crew and that settled the podium positions for the race. Championship leader Jenson Button didn’t really figure at all in his home Grand Prix and managed to grab a few points by finishing the race in sixth place.
Button’s healthy points buffer means he is still the man to beat in the title race. He is now on 64 points, followed by Barichello is on 41 points, with Vettel on 39 and Webber on 35.5 points.
Red Bull made some technical changes to their car this weekend, and clearly they have worked very well. Stay tuned for the German Grand Prix in three weeks time to see if the RB5 can maintain the pressure on the BrawnGP cars and force a real fight for the 2009 title.