Red Bull have finally overcome their reliability curse as Sebastian Vettel lead his RB6 to a Red Bull 1-2 with Mark Webber just behind. Again, Webber impressed in Qualifying but he found himself without luck in the race. Vettel jumped him at the start and as people expected the Aussie to jump Vettel, he had a problem in the pits due to a stuck front right wheel nut and had to settle with 2nd. The Red Bulls have looked hot all season but they have been unable to make the most of their speed because of reliability problems. If it wasn't for mechanical problems, Sebastian Vettel would be on a perfect 75 points now, but it's too late for ifs and buts.
Nico Rosberg followed the Red Bull's in 3rd. Mercedes had a pretty mixed day, Schumacher retired halfway through with a problem with his front right tyre. Whilst Renault kept up their momentum from Australia as Kubica earned 4th place, although Petrov, who started the race with a lot of expectation, had a poor race and went backward throughout before retiring.
Mclaren and Ferrari had great races for all their drivers. With Mclaren in 17th and 20th with Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton respectively, the British team had a lot of work to do! But at the start both Jenson and Lewis overtook many cars.
More to come shortly!
Classification
Pos | Driver | Team | Race time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:33:48.412 | 25 |
2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | +00:04.849 | 18 |
3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | +00:13.504 | 15 |
4 | Robert Kubica | Renault | +00:18.589 | 12 |
5 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | +00:21.059 | 10 |
6 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | +00:23.471 | 8 |
7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | +00:27.068 | 6 |
8 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | +00:37.918 | 4 |
9 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | +01:10.602 | 2 |
10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | +01:13.399 | 1 |
11 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | +01:18.938 | |
12 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | lapped | |
13 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | retired, 54 laps | |
14 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | lapped | |
15 | Karun Chandhok | Hispania-Cosworth | lapped | |
16 | Bruno Senna | Hispania-Cosworth | lapped | |
17 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | lapped | |
18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | lapped | |
19 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | retired, 32 laps | |
20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | retired, 12 laps | |
21 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | retired, 9 laps | |
22 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | retired, 8 laps | |
23 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | retired, 2 laps | |
24 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | did not start, 0 laps |