ew928

OK. Who let the air out of Toro Rosso's tires.
Or does the Ferrari engine not work well in the Red Bull, er Toro Rosso chassis.

Chris M.

Did anyone else catch Hamilton's comment during his interview with Peter Windsor? He was asked if there is any light at the end of the tunnel, any hope, and Hamilton replied, "not with this car". I wonder if he's thinking of jumping ship.

ew928

Hamilton Alonso together at Renault in FOTA.

jenk12m

vettel snd webber look strong this weekend

333pg333

Yep, everyone typically avoiding Webber as a chance. Should be a good race.

Ray S

British Grand Prix Results - 21 June 2009 - 60 Laps
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT LAPS TIME/RETIRE
1. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 60 1h22m49.328
2. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 60 15.188
3. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes 60 41.175
4. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 60 45.043
5. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 60 45.915
6. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 60 46.285
7. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota 60 1m08.307
8. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari 60 1m09.622
9. Timo Glock Germany Toyota 60 1m09.823
10. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Force India-Mercedes 60 1m11.522
11. Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 60 1m14.023
12. Nelson Piquet Brazil Renault 59 1 Lap
13. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 59 1 Lap
14. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault 59 1 Lap
15. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 59 1 Lap
16. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 59 1 Lap
17. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 59 1 Lap
18. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 59 1 Lap

R Sebastien Bourdais France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 37 Damage
R Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 36 Damage
FASTEST LAP:
Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 16 1:20.735

Ray S

Good Race!! Tons of passing the first 10 laps!!

My vote for best pass of the race goes to Fisi for the double pass he pulled!!

chris walrod

Heeeey, I finally voted [in the poll] the winner!

multi21

Wow, the Red Bulls were as dominant as Brawns had been for the 1st 7 races. I wonder what the German GP will bring?

BTW, Althought Heikki had another DNF when Seabass hit him, this is the 4th race in a row that Lewis Hamilton has been out qualified by his teammate and subsequently lapped for the 4th race in a row. Hummmm and yes, he does sound like a defeated man. He admitted during a post qualifying interview when he placed a stellar 19th out of 20 that it seemed to be his turn to not have the top car. The question is can he help Mac develope a car?

Great drive by Massa to come from 11th to 4th.

pole position

This race showed how ordinary Button is when he can't play the best car card, that KR needs to retire or get retired because default luck WDC's happen only every couple of hundred years and can't set up a car if you would put a gun to his head , that Massa has come a long way from being a whiner to become a true fighter with grit , that Alonso is sooooooo yesterdays news and that Vettel is on the way to become the real McCoy.

ltc

Adrian Newey...amazing.

I don't know if Brawn GP has the development ability to match/keep up with RBR and Newey.

Seemed a bit odd that Rubens was able to setup the Brawn GP car much better than Jenson, although neither were in the same class at Vetel.

ew928

Next race will be interesting to see if "The Curious Case of Jenson Button" show is over.


Will McLaren be able to get some traction this year?
Is Nurburgring suited for KERS cars? Funny how the early sweeping fast corners at Silverstone didn't get KERS charged up till later in the lap.

chris walrod

This is what I was wondering -- did JButton choke at his home GP? RB seemed to have his normal speed by virtue of where he ran position wise. Just curious..

Larry Herman

Kudo's to Vettel, Webber and Red Bull, but I don't think that Brawn has fallen back as far as Silverstone might suggest. It was a cold race, and the Brawn is so gentle on it's tires that it really needs the supersofts to work properly when the temps are in the 60s like it was this past weekend IMHO. As soon as we have a hot weekend again, the Brawns will be right back at the front. Don't forget that a couple of races ago, it was Rubens mired in the back, looking very ordinary. I would also suggest that if Brawn had short filled on the second stint and gone back to the soft tires sooner, Button may easily have been 4th. Don't forget that he was severely chopped by Trulli on the start and lost 3 postions. Otherwise he probably would have finished at least 4th even with that terrible middle stint.

Ray S

He made several radio calls complaining about understeer. The Brawns definately did not seem to have the pace they had in past races.

SV absolutely walked away from RB at the start of the race.