Alonso takes sensational Silverstone win

Silverstone turned into the scene of Ferrari’s first win of the season courtesy of a majestic drive from Fernando Alonso. Behind the Spaniard’s 150º Italia came the Red Bull duo of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, while in the other Ferrari, Felipe Massa came home fifth.A big points haul and a morale booster for the whole team, who are now already looking ahead to the next round, the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring on 24 July.

British GP Provisional Results

Pos  Driver        Team   

1.  Alonso        Ferrari                          2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault                  3.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault                 4.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes                  5.  Massa         Ferrari                        6.  Rosberg       Mercedes                        7.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari                  8.  Heidfeld      Renault                          9.  Schumacher    Mercedes                       10  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari              11  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes           12  Petrov        Renault                          13  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth               14  Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth                15  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes             16  Glock         Virgin-Cosworth                    17  D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth                  18  Liuzzi        HRT-Cosworth                      19  Ricciardo     HRT-Cosworth               Fastest lap: Alonso, 1:34.908

DNFButton        McLaren-Mercedes             Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               Trulli        Lotus-Renault                Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault               

World Championship  after round 9:               

Drivers Championship standings:                                1.  Vettel       204         2.  Webber       124        3.  Alonso       112         4.  Hamilton     109         5.  Button       109         6.  Massa         52        7.  Rosberg       40         8.  Heidfeld      34         9.  Petrov        31       10.  Schumacher    28       11.  Kobayashi     25       12.  Sutil         10       13.  Alguersuari    9       14.  Buemi          8       15.  Perez          8       16.  Barrichello    4       17.  Di Resta       2

Constructors Championship after round 9:1.  Red Bull-Renault          328 2.  McLaren-Mercedes          2183.  Ferrari                   1644.  Mercedes                   685.  Renault                    656.  Sauber-Ferrari             337.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         178.  Force India-Mercedes       129.  Williams-Cosworth           4

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