Charging Red Bull to end Button reign.JENSON BUTTON'S British Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see British Grand Prix (disambiguation). The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. party this weekend is poised to be gatecrashed by a Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull. (The other is Scuderia Toro Rosso). revolution. In revamped cars, and sporting new front wings dubbed 'duck breast', Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel (born July 3 1987 in Heppenheim) is a German race car driver. He is currently contracted to the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team alongside Vitantonio Liuzzi after replacing Scott Speed on July 31 2007. and Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webber, (born August 27, 1976) is an Australian Formula One driver. He was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, son of Alan, the local motorcycle dealer. crushed their rivals in practice. Ordinarily, you should never read too much into Friday's practice times, as Nico Rosberg has proven this season with his showboating antics in his Williams. But in this instance, Vettel and Webber were a class apart, leaving Brawn GP boss Ross Brawn appreciating Button's winning run may come to an end after four in a row and seven from eight races. "They're too quick, and I think we're going to have trouble this weekend," remarked Brawn. Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner underlined his team's intention as he said: "We're determined to try and stop Jenson Button winning yet another race. "That is where our focus now immediately turns to. We owe that to the fans, to the public and to Silverstone. This is an important weekend." Vettel was over 0.8 seconds quicker than third fastest Button at the end of the first session, and more than 0.6 seconds ahead of a surprise third best in the second period in Force India's Adrian Sutil. Only team-mate Webber was within touching distance of the 21-year-old German come the conclusion of each 90-minute run. World champion Lewis Hamilton produced a respectable performance in a McLaren he has insisted will not be competitive this weekend as he finished eighth and seventh respectively in each session. CAPTION(S): Jenson Button in the pits during practice for the British GP yesterday and (inset) out on the famous Silverstone track |
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