Sunday 10 July 2011

Latest Sport News: Alonso wins F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone





The British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone has been won by Fernando Alonso with Sebastian Vettel finishing in 2nd place and Mark Webber finishing in 3rd place. Lewis Hamilton eventually finished 4th after a thrilling last lap duel with Filipe Massa. Unfortunately, Jenson Button was forced to retire following a problem with his final pit stop. He set off to rejoin the race but was missing a wheel nut and was forced to stop in the pit exit.

It was Alonso’s first win of the season and came as a result of a pit stop problem for Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull boss, Christian Horner, made a slightly controversial decision by telling Webber to keep his race position which enabled Vettel to maintain 2nd place.
 
The Red Bull’s seemed to take control of the race early with half the track being wet and the other half dry but as the track began to dry out it all changed and Alonso closed in on Hamilton and passed him. Eventually Alonso managed to pass Vettel in the pits and took the lead following a pit stop problem for Vettel.

Sebastian Vettel is now leading the drivers championship with 204 points, Mark Webber is 2nd with 124 points and Ferdinand Alonso is 3rd with 112 points. Both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button have 109 points each and are placed 4th and 5th respectively.

No comments:

Post a Comment