Italian GP News
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Sebastian Vettel: Hero and Zero
Today Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button had a coming together at the Bus Stop chicane. If you missed it, or even if you didn't watch it again here (UK only, sorry). Now repeat after me. It. Was. A. Racing. Incident. What you don't agree? Why? Sebastian was firmly in Jenson's slip stream and decided to put one up the inside, but the McLaren driver second guessed him and... read more
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Webber and Lotus make the most of a tricky afternoon in Spa
Webber, Webber, Webber they were chanting from the rooftops - well in my house anyway! The big Aussie Grit chalked up his fifth pole position of the season in a tricky session in the Ardennes forest. Hamilton will line up second and Robert Kubica again in impressive form - third. Unsurprisingly the weather got in on the act at the famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit and caused... read more
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The dogged Aussie takes the title lead
The Overview Mark Webber took a well-deserved and commanding win at the Hungarian Grand Prix to take the lead in the race to become World Champion in 2010. A poor start saw the Aussie saw him slip behind Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari and allowed his teammate Vettel to disappear down the road in the lead. It looked like Mark had no chance of taking the victory. However that... read more
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Hamilton leads another McLaren 1-2 in an eventful Canadian GP - Race Review
Lewis Hamilton took the pole position, and the race win in Canada, with his teammate Button following him home making it the second McLaren 1-2 in as many races. Fernando Alonso completed the podium with a resurgent drive in the Ferrari. The three world champions relegated the Red Bulls from the podium for the first time since China. Sebastian Vettel collecting 4th, Webber in... read more
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Hamilton 'Pushes' the McLaren ahead of Red Bull
Lewis Hamilton stormed to Pole Position ahead of tomorrow’s Canadian GP. It marks his first Pole Position and the first non-Red Bull pole of the year. The Red Bull duo looked to be at a slight disadvantage this weekend but still battled hard, midway through Q3 it looked ominous for another Red Bull 1-2 with Webber leading the way. That was before Hamilton produced a... read more
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Episode 2 - I'd even support Red Bull if they were HRT
After seven rounds of the 2010 F1 season we thought it about time we put on our podcasting socks and give the whole audio thing another bash. Unfortunately Jon couldn't be with us today - he's in Vietnam(!) - but Lloyd and I hooked up the Skype machine and tried to cobble a few sentences together. We discuss our opinions on the whole Red Bull shenanigans, mull over... read more
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Turkish Delight - A round up
The golden rule in Formula 1 has to be don’t take your teammate out. After some great strategy play by Red Bull to get their drivers into a 1-2 position ahead of both McLarens that's exactly what happened. Vettel tried a move to pass Webber going down the back straight into Turn 12 and when the two collided the lead was handed on a plate to McLaren as Vettel retired and... read more
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Red Bull's blunder leaves the door open for McLaren 1-2
In an adrenaline filled race Red Bull Racing threw away a potential one-two finish at the Turkish GP after their two drivers collided whilst leading. After a brilliant piece of strategy play by the Red Bull team, Vettel had managed to leapfrog Hamilton for 2nd during the first round of pit stops. Although Webber and Vettel looked to be under pressure from the McLaren duo they... read more
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Masterful Mark makes it 3 in a row
Mark Webber made it three out of three as he took Pole position today in a somewhat anti-climatic final qualifying session ahead of tomorrow's Turkish Grand Prix. After a scruffy lap from Vettel's new bird (Randy Mandy) the German could only manage third behind an improved McLaren of Lewis Hamilton. He seemed to put this down to locking his front brakes and some sort of... read more
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Simply Web-tastic
Mark Webber stormed to the chequered flag in a imperious drive around the streets of Monaco. For the second time in seven days the Aussie took maximum points that sees him lead the championship into the next round in Turkey. A rather subdued Sebastian Vettel made it another Red Bull 1-2, and Robert Kubica took the final podium spot in third. The race will be remembered however... read more
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Monaco: Second pole in a row for Webber
Mark Webber has started this weekend in Monaco as he finished the Spanish Grand Prix just 6 days ago. The only man to get into the 1:13's the Aussie lapped the famous circuit in a 1:13.826 for pole position. And Robert Kubica was on fire too, holding the top position until the final moments, he lines up on the front row for the first time since Canada 2008, the race that he... read more
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When four become two!
The Spanish GP was the second dominant win for Red Bull this season and although the car may appear fragile it is still certainly the class act of the field. But what else can we say about the state of play in F1 now that the circus has returned to Europe. Well at the very least we can now watch races at a sensible time of the day. Brilliant! Conclusions from Spain So to... read more
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Aussie Grit: Webber converts pole into a win in Spain
Mark Webber became the first man to convert a pole position into a race win this year as the Aussie took the third chequered flag of his career. Home boy Fernando Alonso took advantage of other people's problems to finish 2nd, with Vettel nursing his car over the line for 3rd. Both Red Bulls made good starts as Webber quickly closed the door on anyone trying to make a move... read more
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Marvelous Mark takes Pole in Spain
Mark Webber put one over his young teammate Sebastian Vettel today at the Circuit de Catalunya by claiming a fantastic Pole Position ahead of the Spanish GP tomorrow. The Aussie stole Pole from Vettel in the dying seconds of Q3 to continue Red Bull’s unbeaten and dominate qualifying form, taking it 5 out of 5 this season. Championship leader Jenson Button could only mange... read more
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Lotus: more of that, and better, please
It's frightening to think that over 20% of the season is complete already, and we're only 7 weeks in! The opening four rounds of 2010 have been the ultimate shakedown for our three new teams, and the start of the European season this weekend is the next milestone. The magnificent Lotus lead the way in our Blue Flag Championship, mainly thanks to the flying Finn Heikki. He has... read more
Fair kop, the best man won © RedBull/Getty
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Points | |
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1
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L Hamilton | McLaren | 182 |
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2
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M Webber | Red Bull | 179 |
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3
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S Vettel | Red Bull | 151 |
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4
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J Button | McLaren | 147 |
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5
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F Alonso | Ferrari | 141 |
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6
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F Massa | Ferrari | 109 |
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7
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R Kubica | Renault | 104 |
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8
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N Rosberg | Mercedes | 102 |
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9
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A Sutil | Force India | 45 |
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10
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M Schumacher | Mercedes | 44 |
