2011 BRASIL GP: NEW DOMINANT 1-2 FOR RED BULL, WEBBER AHEAD OF VETTEL - FORMULA 1

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

2011 BRASIL GP: NEW DOMINANT 1-2 FOR RED BULL, WEBBER AHEAD OF VETTEL

Go, go, go Red Bull!!!
Red Bull absolutely dominated the Interlagos race. Mark Webber took his first win of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix as team-mate Sebastian Vettel struggled to second with a race-long gearbox problem.

Vettel lead at the start, and Webber fending off the cars behind for second despite a slightly slower getaway. Vettel soon opened up a stable three-second gap to Webber, as the Red Bull duo left the rest in their wake at a rate sometimes up to one second per lap.

But from the early laps Vettel was receiving radio messages warning him to short-shift to nurse a developing gearbox problem, his pace slowed enough for Webber to sweep into the lead on lap 29. While the Australian went on to take his first win since the 2010 Hungarian GP, Vettel still had enough pace to hang on for second.
The Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos, Sao Paulo.
71 laps, 305.909km, Weather: Sunny.

Classified:
Pos     Driver                 Team                      Time
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault           1h32:17.434
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault           +    16.983
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes           +    27.638
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                    +    35.048
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                    +  1:06.733
 6.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                   +     1 lap
 8.  Paul Di Resta         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
10.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                    +     1 lap
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
12.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
13.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
14.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                   +     1 lap
16.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
17.  Bruno Senna           Renault                    +    2 laps
18.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
19.  Jerom D'Ambrosio      Virgin-Cosworth            +    3 laps
20.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Mark Webber, 1:15.324

Not classified/retirements:
Driver               Team                  On lap
Vitantonio Liuzzi    HRT-Cosworth            62
Lewis Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        37
Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth       27
Timo Glock           Virgin-Cosworth         22


FINAL RESULTS AFTER 19 RACES:                
Drivers:                     Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       392        1.  Red Bull-Renault          650
 2.  Button       270        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          497
 3.  Webber       258        3.  Ferrari                   375
 4.  Alonso       257        4.  Mercedes                  165
 5.  Hamilton     227        5.  Renault                    73
 6.  Massa        118        6.  Force India-Mercedes       69
 7.  Rosberg       89        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             44
 8.  Schumacher    76        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         41
 9.  Sutil         42        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Petrov        37       
11.  Heidfeld      34       
12.  Kobayashi     30       
13.  Di Resta      27       
14.  Alguersuari   26       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         14       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1