Alonso Wins At Silverstone

Fernando Alonso managed to win his first race of the F1 2011 season, beating both Red Bull drivers in what was the best race of the season. Sebastian Vettel was at the top of the race when a very slow pit stop allowed the Spaniard to grab the first place which he successfully held until the end of the race.

Mark Webber finished in third place although he had good chances of overtaking Vettel but the team told him to “maintain the gap”. In other words, make sure that you don’t try anything stupid, like making Vettel lose precious points. The highest-placed Brit was Lewis Hamilton who successfully secured his fourth place after an interesting battle with Felipe Massa in the last few corners of the GP.

On lap 10 of the race, Michael Schumacher had an altercation with Kamui Kobayashi and had to make a short visit at the pit stop in order to change the nose of his car. Once he got there, he also changed his tires and opted for slick ones and managed to make a couple of consecutive fastest laps. However, he caused an accident and he had to make a stop/go penalty and he lost precious seconds.

Alonso won his first race after 2010’s Korean GP. Let’s see if this win means that we will be seeing a new Ferrari for the remaining GPs or if this was just a slow day for Vettel.

Here are the complete results of the 2011 British Grand Prix, along with the drives’ and constructors’ standings:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	52	Winner	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	52	+16.5 secs	18
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	52	+16.9 secs	15
4	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	52	+28.9 secs	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	52	+29.0 secs	10
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	52	+60.6 secs	8
7	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber	52	+65.5 secs	6
8	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	52	+75.5 secs	4
9	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	52	+77.9 secs	2
10	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	52	+79.1 secs	1
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	52	+79.7 secs
12	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	52	+80.6 secs
13	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	51	+1 Lap
14	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	51	+1 Lap
15	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	51	+1 Lap
16	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	50	+2 Laps
17	25	Jerome D’Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	50	+2 Laps
18	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Hispania Racing	50	+2 Laps
19	22	Daniel Ricciardo	Hispania Racing	49	+3 Laps
Ret	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	39	+13 Laps
Ret	18	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	25	+27 Laps
Ret	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	23	+29 Laps
Ret	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	10	+42 Laps
Ret	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	2	+50 Laps

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