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Liuzzi explains hard tyre struggle 15th July 2010, 8:23

Vitantonio Liuzzi said his lack of pace in the British Grand Prix was because he wasn’t able to get good performance out of the hard tyres: It was pretty upsetting because we don’t know what happened with the first set of tyres. With the hard tyres at the beginning we had a huge amount of [...]

Ten F1 fans’ stories from Silverstone 13th July 2010, 22:49

Silverstone was packed with fans – and dozens of F1 Fanatic readers – last weekend. Some were sat at Beckets enjoying the view of the new and old parts of the track, others witnessed that controversial moment between Alonso and Kubica unfold at Club, and more watched events unfold before and after the race in [...]

Ferrari suffer worst race finish since 1978 (British Grand Prix facts and stats) 12th July 2010, 9:32

You have to go back to the days of Gilles Villeneuve and Carlos Reutemann (pictured) to find a worse result for Ferrari than their 14th and 15th in yesterday’s British Grand Prix. Red Bull, meanwhile, have led twice as many laps as everyone else put together this year – yet still aren’t leading the world [...]

How Button went from 14th to fourth (British Grand Prix analysis) 11th July 2010, 20:02

It was an exercise in damage limitation for Jenson Button in the British Grand Prix as he rose from 14th on the grid to salvage fourth place – enough for him to hold on to second in the championship. He managed it by gaining more places than anyone else at the start, delaying his pit [...]

British Grand Prix in pictures

The new-look Silverstone served up an exciting Grand Prix with lots of overtaking in the latter stages of the race – and a fair amount of controversy too. Take a look back at some of the highlights from the race in the collection of pictures below. Share this article with your friends: Tweet

British Grand Prix fastest laps

Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Deficit to fastest lap 1 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1’30.874 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1’31.646 0.772 3 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1’31.967 1.093 4 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1’32.364 1.490 5 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1’32.484 1.610 6 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1’32.758 1.884 7 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1’32.952 2.078 8 Sebastien Buemi [...]

Webber storms to win as it all goes wrong for Vettel (British GP review)

Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix after team mate Sebastian Vettel went off on the first lap. Lewis Hamilton capitalised on Vettel’s problems to take second place and hold on to the lead of the championship. And Nico Rosberg held off Jenson Button to claim the final podium place for Mercedes. Share this article [...]

Hamilton increases lead – full championship points after Silverstone

Drivers’ championship Position Driver Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 145 2 Jenson Button 133 3 Mark Webber 128 4 Sebastian Vettel 121 5 Fernando Alonso 98 6 Nico Rosberg 90 7 Robert Kubica 83 8 Felipe Massa 67 9 Michael Schumacher 36 10 Adrian Sutil 35 11 Rubens Barrichello 29 12 Kamui Kobayashi 15 13 Vitantonio [...]

British Grand Prix result

Pos Num Driver Car Laps Gap Difference Grid 1 6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 52 2 2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 52 1.360 1.360 4 3 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 52 21.307 19.947 5 4 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 52 21.986 0.679 14 5 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 52 31.456 9.470 8 6 23 Kamui [...]