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Bridgestone British GP
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Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel scored his second race win of the
season after he used a two stop, soft - soft - hard tyre strategy to win a
fast-paced British Grand Prix in cool and cloudy conditions at Silverstone.
Vettel finished fifteen seconds ahead of team-mate Mark Webber, who used the
same strategy. The final podium position went to Brawn GP Formula 1 Team
driver Rubens Barrichello, who used a soft-hard-soft tyre strategy.
Bridgestone's soft tyre proved to be the superior race tyre here for most
competitors, giving a faster lap time than the hard, and giving good
consistency too.
Hiroshi Yasukawa - Director of Bridgestone Motorsport, says
"Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel for his second race win of the season
and Red Bull Racing on their second one-two of the year. Silverstone has a
great atmosphere and we have seen a fantastic crowd here throughout the
weekend in what is both a very important market for Bridgestone and an
important base for our Bridgestone Motorsport operation."
Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development,
says
"Today we saw very hot pace from the Red Bulls in the cool weather
conditions as they used the Bridgestone hard and soft tyres very well
indeed. The best lap times of both Red Bull cars were over half a second
faster than anyone else. The soft Bridgestone worked very well, especially
after the second stint when there was more rubber down on the track. The
hard Bridgestone did take longer to deliver its best lap time and we saw a
number of illustrations of this as part of some interesting battles for
position. Silverstone helped serve us an exciting fast race here today." |
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Stats of the Day
Race: 14:00 - 15:37
Driver Team Time Strategy
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1h 22m 49.328s S-S-H
Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1h 23m 04.516s S-S-H
Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP Team 1h 23m 30.503s S-H-S
Tyres used: Hard / Soft
Temperatures Ambient Track Weather
PM - Race 17C-16C-17C 25C-23C-25C Cloudy |
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