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Another race, another set of numbers generated for the Fantasy Racers competition. Again, BlogF1 Racing did well and collected a healthy 715 points, mainly thanks to Button, Rosberg, Barrichello and Vettel all finishing in the top-eight. Also doing okay is Inner Pickle Racing, who were also thankful for a strong finish from their drivers, Timo Glock collecting 90 points towards their total. Continue Reading

Below is the table for the pitstop strategies for the British Grand Prix, showing that most drivers opted for a two-stopper at Silverstone. The only drivers to attempt a one-stop race were Nelson Piquet Jr and Adrian Sutil. The tyres were fairly evenly matched as well, with many drivers complaining that they couldn’t get them up to temperature. Brawn particularly struggled with this, although Ferrari seemed to have improved significantly in this area. Only two drivers retired at Silverstone; Sebastien Bourdais and Heikki Kovalainen. Continue Reading

Sebastian Vettel has won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in a dominant fashion, leading from the first lap and stamping his authority over team mate Mark Webber. Brawn it seemed were on their back foot although Rubens Barrichello managed to salvage a podium finish and Jenson Button eventually came home in sixth. Elsewhere in the field, we saw good races from Nico Rosberg and Giancarlo Fisichella as well as a great fight between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Continue Reading

Sixty laps of Silverstone this afternoon will make up the 2009 British Grand Prix. The race should be interesting, particularly if Mark Webber can squeeze himself ahead of Rubens Barrichello. Richard Branson is behind Barrichello for the win, and Sebastian Vettel is looking very good on pole position. Adrian Sutil is starting from the pitlane, Lewis Hamilton isn’t too far ahead in P19. Most cars are starting on soft tyres. Continue Reading

Sebastian Vettel is on pole, Rubens Barrichello lines up alongside. Mark Webber is in third and has to get by the Brawn if the Australian is to have any real impact in the race. In fourth is the fast starter Jarno Trulli and in fifth is Kazuki Nakajima in the Williams. Jenson Button is dow in sixth while Lewis Hamilton is in nineteenth. The weather is looking fine in Northamptonshire this afternoon for a good race. Continue Reading

With the car weights from qualifying now published, we can see who did well during Saturday afternoon’s running and who did not. We can also work out how much fuel was in the cars and therefore how far they each go into the first stint before stopping. The key figure comes from Williams, who say that a lap of Silverstone uses about 2.48kg of fuel. Taking away the car and driver combined minimum weight of 605kg, and minus a couple of laps for grid formation and margin, we can divide the remainder by the per-lap amount and see who is going for a two stopper and who is heavy and going for a one stop race. Continue Reading

For the first time this year, Jenson Button has failed to qualify in the top five, the Briton’s next worse result from qualifying this year being a P5 in Shanghai. However, all is not lost for the Brawn pilot and although fuel weights are not known yet, you cannot completely rule the championship leader out of a race victory. However, the Red Bull pair look very good for a dominating race tomorrow, with Sebastian Vettel on pole and Mark Webber looking handy in P3. Continue Reading

The car weights are yet to be published from this afternoon’s qualifying session, but already we can see who is looking keyed into the Silverstone circuit and who is struggling. You can’t rule out Jenson Button for a victory tomorrow, but you have to say he hasn’t made his life easy by qualifying in P6. The Red Bulls are looking good and Rubens Barrichello clearly loves driving around the Northamptonshire track. Continue Reading

Red Bull Racing pilot Sebastian Vettel has comfortably taken pole position for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The German was fastest of all in the second session as well as the crucial third run, which saw him take the top spot from Brawn’s Rubens Barrichello by 0.347s. Vettel’s team mate Mark Webber completed the top three and Jarno Trulli joined the party by qualifying his Toyota in fourth. Continue Reading

Adrian Sutil has crashed quite heavily at the Abbey complex at Silverstone, resulting in the session red-flagged. Sutil removed himself from the Force India car and walked away, seemingly fine. Praise due to the strength of cars, of course, but the stoppage effected Lewis Hamilton’s lap and both these drivers are now out of qualifying. Interestingly, Kazuki Nakajima is at the very top of the first session. Continue Reading