Vettel puts daylight between himself and Webber in Hungary
Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix by four tenths of a second over team mate Mark Webber, one of the larger margins we have seen between them this season.
It was Vettel’s sixth pole of the season, the 12th of his career.
Red Bull Team principal Christian Horner hailed the team’s 11th [...]
Vettel on pole but Alonso runs him close in German GP qualifying
Sebastian Vettel took pole position for tomorrow’s German Grand Prix, by just 2/1000ths of a second from Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in a fantastic qualifying battle. It was Vettel’s sixth pole of the season and the 11th in his 54 Grands Prix, a ratio of 20%.
But the exciting thing was that Alonso and Ferrari had been [...]
Red Bull wing controversy – A decision that didn’t need to be taken
The F1 paddock is abuzz this evening after Red Bull team principal Christian Horner took the decision to take the new front wing off Mark Webber’s car and give it to Sebastian Vettel for qualifying. It has triggered a new row about favouritism, which first reared its head after the pair collided in Istanbul.
The German [...]
Vettel on British GP pole as “underdog” Webber fumes over wing change
Sebastian Vettel took his fifth pole position of the season ahead of team mate Mark Webber as Red Bull opened up a yawning gap over its competitors, but afterwards it emerged that the two cars were not in the same specification.
Red Bull had two of its new specification front wings at Silverstone. Vettel’s was damaged [...]
Vettel takes European Grand Prix pole as field closes up
Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the European Grand Prix at Valencia, ahead of Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton.
It was a terrific qualifying session with the latest developments on several cars closing the performance gap to Red Bull and McLaren at the front. Throughout the three sessions the benchmark moved between Ferrari, Red Bull, [...]
Red Bull draws a line and counts the cost in points lost
Red Bull has drawn a line under the episode in Istanbul where its two drivers hit each other, but the points remain lost. We calculate that the total points lost by Red Bull this season in the opening seven races adds up to 120.
Under a photo with the caption “Sh*t happens” the team said that [...]
So is Vettel the favoured son at Red Bull?
Last year after the race at the Nurburgring, I went into the Red Bull motorhome to congratulate Mark Webber on his first Formula 1 victory.
There was no sign of Webber, but team principal Christian Horner and Dr Helmut Marko were deep in conversation next to the bar. Both looked pretty serious. Webber had won the [...]
Hamilton wins Turkish GP as civil war breaks out at Red Bull
Lewis Hamilton won the Turkish Grand Prix, his first victory of the season with Jenson Button second and Mark Webber third. It is McLaren’s second one-two finish of the season. Webber leads the drivers championship, McLaren take over the constructors’ championship lead.
But the race will be remembered for the extraordinary incident on lap 40 when [...]
Name Vettel’s car: The Top 5 readers’ choices
This thread has received an incredible response in the last 24 hours with over 330 readers suggesting a name for Sebastian Vettel’s new chassis, replacing the unfortunate “Luscious Liz”, which bit the dust in Monaco.
Raja Sen’s suggestion of “Stickshift Stella” was a favourite while readers saw the funny side of Andrew’s suggestion of “Sweaty Betty”.
Furtherdown, [...]
What should Vettel name his new car?
As we mentioned the other day, Sebastian Vettel is getting a new chassis for next weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix. And in keeping with his tradition of naming cars after girls, it’s going to need a name.
Red Bull announced that Vettel’s Monaco chassis was damaged and the team has built up and sent out a new [...]
after German Grand Prix
| 1 | F Alonso | 1h28:38.866 |
| 2 | F Massa | + 4.196 |
| 3 | S Vettel | + 5.121 |
| 4 | L Hamilton | + 26.896 |
| 5 | J Button | + 29.482 |
| 6 | M Webber | + 43.606 |
| 7 | R Kubica | 1 lap |
| 8 | N Rosberg | 1 lap |
| 9 | M Schumacher | 1 lap |
| 10 | V Petrov | 1 lap |
Driver Standings
| 1 | L Hamilton | 157 |
| 2 | J Button | 143 |
| 3 | M Webber | 136 |
| 4 | S Vettel | 136 |
| 5 | F Alonso | 123 |
| 6 | N Rosberg | 94 |
| 7 | R Kubica | 89 |
| 8 | F Massa | 85 |
| 9 | M Schumacher | 38 |
| 10 | A Sutil | 35 |
Team Standings
| 1 | McLaren-Mercedes | 300 |
| 2 | Red Bull Renault | 272 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 208 |
| 4 | Mercedes GP | 132 |
| 5 | Renault | 96 |
| 6 | Force India Mercedes | 47 |
| 7 | Williams Cosworth | 31 |
| 8 | BMW Sauber | 15 |
| 9 | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 10 |
| 10= | Lotus F1 | 0 |
| 10= | Hispania Racing F1 | 0 |
| 10= | Virgin Racing | 0 |
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