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2010 Great Britain Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: Maybe we need Paul the Octopus to predict which driver will come out in the various intra-team battles. Too bad they retired the cephalopod.

EVENT: Can't beat Silverstone. Ecclestone be damned.

QUALIFYING: The precursor to race domination. If Red Bull were able to keep their act together.

RACE: What many feared would be a boring runaway turned into a race full of intrigue and battles behind the leader.

TRACK: The changes ended up playing out okay when initially many felt there would be less passing opportunities.

START: Lots of action. LOTS OF ACTION. Lots of very, very interesting action. Lots of very, very interesting season impacting action.

WEBBER: One of the biggest FU's to his own team in racing history. Don't ever piss off an Aussie. Who would have guessed Mark would be the first three-time winner this year?

VETTEL: Once again, succumbed to his emotions. Sebastian will never win the World Championship until he learns when it's best to back down. But, it sure was fun watching him slice through the field.

RED BULL: The higher up the grid you move, the harder it is to keep team harmony. And Red Bull's team harmony is in complete disarray. And they seem to continuously make one wrong move after another to make it worse. Maybe they can hire Ron Dennis as special team building consultant...

HAMILTON: Lewis did the best he could with what he had, and it turned out to be pretty darn good.

BUTTON: Nice recovery after a horrid qualifying.

MCLAREN: This time it was the Woking boys that tripped up technically. However, they pulled the all-nighter, got the cars back in decent shape, and all in all, prevented a championship disaster by simple old fashioned grit and determination.

ROSBERG: How many podiums does Nico have this year? Three!

SCHUMACHER: How many podiums does Michael have this year? Zero...

MERCEDES: Yet, the Silver Arrows is still hell-bent on ruining the future to soothe the past's "hobby."

BARRICHELLO: Another top five finish for Rubens that crept up on everyone.

KOBAYASHI: Kamui showing his stuff again.

SUTIL: Adrian was very racy. Against his "pal" Alonso, no less.

ALONSO: A rare terrible start for Fernando. And in an ironic twist, it was his teammate that paid for it.

MASSA: Felipe's race ruined by his teammate, who should never have been near Massa.

FIA: It's black and white. Alonso committed a foul. He should have given the position back to Kubica. His team should also have told him to do so. The FIA had no choice but to penalize him instead. However, the conspiracy theorists will wonder how convenient the timing of the Safety Car to finally come out for debris when Alonso had to serve his penalty to cause a massive loss of positions.

FERRARI: How soon the prancing horse forgets all the favorable rulings just a few short years ago against McLaren. Their whining is only topped by the Netherlands soccer team.

SENNA: HRT says replacing Bruno had nothing to do with money...

YAMAMOTO: ...but it sure as heck didn't have anything to do with Sakon's talents.

WORLD CUP: Spain can now forget about Alonso's struggles till next year.

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Teammates.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 2 -- As in the (perceived) number two driver treatment.

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: Silverstone is known as the venue which hosted the first official World Championship race in 1950. However, it held two grands prix before the World Championship was organized -- 1948 won by Luigi Villoresi (Italian) and 1949 won by Emmanuel de Graffenried (Swiss), both in a Maserati.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Just in case you didn't realize how much Webber was giving the proverbial middle finger to his team, he made it quite clear after crossing the finish line, "Not bad for a number two driver."

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: Vettel's take on all this? "I have an opinion, but I am keeping that for myself."

SCHEDULE: Will the German crowd be more interested in the return of Schumacher or the "battle" between their Vettel and "that Aussie?"

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RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Webber 52
2. Hamilton 52
3. Rosberg 52
4. Button 52
5. Barrichello 52
6. Kobayashi 52
7. Vettel 52
8. Sutil 52
9. Schumacher 52
10. Hulkenberg(R) 52
11. Liuzzi 52
12. Buemi 52
13. Petrov(R) 52
14. Alonso 52
15. Massa 52
16. Trulli 51
17. Kovalainen 51
18. Glock 51
19. Chandhok(R) 50
20. Yamamoto 50
R Alguersuari 44
R de la Rosa 29
R Kubica 19
R di Grassi(R) 9

Time of Race
1:24:38.200

Margin of Victory
1.360 sec.

Safety Car
1 for 3 laps

Lead Changes
1 among 1 driver

Lap Leaders
Mark Webber

Fastest Race Lap
Fernando Alonso

Pole Position
Sebastian Vettel

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Hamilton 145
2. Button 133
3. Webber 128
4. Vettel 121
5. Alonso 98
6. Rosberg 90
7. Kubica 83
8. Massa 67
9. Schumacher 36
10. Sutil 35
11. Barrichello 29
12. Kobayashi 15
13. Liuzzi 12
14. Buemi 7
15. Petrov(R) 6
16. Alguersuari 3
17. Hulkenberg(R) 2

  Team Pts.
1. McLaren 278
2. Red Bull 249
3. Ferrari 165
4. Mercedes 126
5. Renault 89
6. Force India 47
7. Williams 31
8. Sauber 15
9. Toro Rosso 10
 
 

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2023 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Azerbaijan
Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco Spain
Canada Austria Great Britain Hungary
Belgium Holland Italy Singapore
Japan Qatar United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Abu Dhabi

2022 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Emilia Romagna
Miami Spain Monaco Azerbaijan
Canada Great Britain Austria France
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Singapore Japan United States
Mexico City Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi

2021 Thoughts
Bahrain Emilia Romagna Portugal Spain Monaco
Azerbaijan France Steiermark Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Russia Turkey United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Qatar Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi

2020 Thoughts
Austria Steiermark Hungary Great Britain Anniversary
Spain Belgium Italy Tuscany
Russia Eifel Portugal Emilia Romagna
Turkey Bahrain Sakhir Abu Dhabi

2019 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
Mexico United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2018 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2017 Thoughts
Australia China Bahrain Russia
Spain Monaco Canada Azerbaijan
Austria Great Britain Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2016 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Russia Spain
Monaco Canada Europe Austria
Great Britain Hungary Germany Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2015 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore Japan Russia United States
Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2014 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia Bahrain China
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan Russia
United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2013 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Great Britain
Germany Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore South Korea Japan India
Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Turkey
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010 Thoughts
Bahrain Australia Malaysia China
Spain Monaco Turkey Canada
Europe Great Britain Germany Hungary
Belgium Italy Singapore Japan
South Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Turkey Great Britain
Germany Hungary Europe
Belgium Italy Singapore
Japan Brazil Abu Dhabi


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