![]() Lewis today drove without KERS because Silverstone is a circuit where you do not brake too often: you get less of a benefit from the system here than you would on heavy-braking circuits. Heikki Kovalainen continued to use KERS while Lewis Hamilton ran without the device as Norbert Haug explains: In the first session, the two Brawn GP cars were 3rd and 4th fastest but, surprisingly, it was Force India’s Adrian Sutil who went 3rd fastest in the second session.Īs Silverstone is such a light braking circuit, it can be hard to harvest enough energy to make KERS worthwhile so McLaren chose to run different strategies for their drivers in practice. My second session ended a little early as I hit a kerb on Turn five, which caused the cars electronics to stop. Weve tried both sets of tyres and need to go through all the data tonight. Its been a pretty good day for us weve tried a few new bits here, which seem to be going pretty well. Mark Webber’s second session was cut short when he hit the curb and lost all electrical power: Sebastian Vettel outpaced his team mate in both sessions but the new parts Red Bull have fitted (including a new front wing and nose) were obviously working well. The two Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber posted the quickest time in both practice sessions for the British Grand Prix at a windy Silverstone on Friday. All those extra bits Adrian Newey bolted onto the RB5 allowed Sebastian Vettel to close his gap to Button from 32 points to 25 points and the 1-2 finish sees Red Bull narrow Brawn’s lead in the Constructors’ Championship from 39.5 points to 30.5 points. While the local fans may have been hoping for a Brit to win what may be the last F1 race at Silverstone, the Red Bull resurgence has injected a bit more excitement into what was fast becoming a foregone conclusion. Lewis Hamilton started 18th and finished a slightly less miserable 16th. That’s the way our car is in cooler temperatures. On the hard tyres the car just didn’t work and I couldn’t get any tyre temperature. Rubens Barrichello managed to hold second position off the line but lost out to Mark Webber in the first set of pit stops.Ĭhampionship leader Jenson Button got squeezed at the start, dropping back to P9 behind Jarno Trulli and then struggled to keep the heat in his hard tyres, eventually finishing the race in 6th: Minifig is NOT included in the instructions or parts list.Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber secured Red Bull’s second 1-2 finish of the season at the British Grand Prix on Sunday.Īs indicated by Vettel’s incredible pace in qualifying, the young German was in another class for the whole race, crossing the line 15 seconds ahead of team mate Mark Webber, who was followed by Rubens Barrichello.įrom the moments the lights went out in front of a capacity crowd at Silverstone, Vettel’s win was never really in doubt. It will be available to be ordered already printed from ![]() It is also designed to match the speed champions 2020 scale as closely as possible.įree sticker sheet now available with the instructions! It must be printed on a white vinyl sheet at a 1:1 ratio (do not scale and must be actual size). The car is designed so a complete minifig can fit by temporarily removing the tiles on the side of the cockpit. This would be the start of a period of domination for the team until the turbo hybrid era. This allowed Vettel to also claim his maiden driver's title. The last race in Abu Dhabi with 4 drivers still in with a chance Vettel won the race from pole position while main title rivals Alonso and Webber finished 7th and 8th respectively. This allowed them to claim their first constructor's title since they entered the sport. The team continued to build on their pace from the end of 2009 with the RB6 claiming 9 wins, 20 podiums, 15 pole positions and 6 fastest laps. It was designed by Adrian Newey, Rob Marshall, Steve Winstanley, Dave Worner, Mark Ellis, Andrew Green, Giles Wood, Peter Prodromou and Dan Fellows. The Redbull Racing RB6 as driven by Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.
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