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
