Red Bull F1 Reserve Driver Change

Red Bull Racing

As the 2009 season reaches its halfway point, Red Bull F1 is making a change to its nominated reserve driver for Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso. With effect from the German Grand Prix, this role is now being taken on by Jaime Alguersuari, who replaces fellow Red Bull Young Driver, Brendon Hartley. The 19 year old Spaniard, who became the youngest ever British F3 champion last year, is currently competing in the World Series by Renault.

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June 23, 2009 7:01 AM

Panasonic Toyota Racing 2009 British Grand Prix Debrief - Q+A with Jarno Trulli

Panasonic Toyota Racing
2009 British Grand Prix Debrief - Q+A with Jarno Trulli

What positives do you take out of the Silverstone weekend?

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June 22, 2009 8:17 PM

AT&T Williams British Grand Prix Review

AT&T Williams
British Grand Prix Review
Monday 22 June, 2009

Nico Rosberg’s second fifth place in two races enabled the AT&T Williams team to move up another place in the Constructors’ Championship for the third successive Grand Prix and into the top half of the table.

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June 21, 2009 2:16 PM

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro British GP 2009 - Better than expected

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
British GP 2009
Silverstone 21st June 2009

Felipe Massa put in a fantastic drive at Silverstone to finish the British Grand Prix in fourth place, quite an achievement from eleventh on the starting grid. His Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team-mate, Kimi Raikkonen, picked up the final point for eighth place, having started ninth. Possibly because of the slightly warmer conditions today, the F60 performed better than yesterday and better than expected. On the podium, it was the Red Bull Renaults that dominated the event, securing a one-two courtesy of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. On the last step of the rostrum was Rubens Barrichello for Brawn McLaren.

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GOLD AND SILVER AT SILVERSTONE

Red Bull Racing
British GP 2009 - RACE

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CHRISTIAN HORNER:
“What a fantastic team result, a one-two, with both guys totally dominating the race. There were so many members of the team here today and, for them to see what their cars can do, when they have put in so much effort, is just incredible. I’m thrilled for everyone at Red Bull, they’ve done a brilliant job. This track suits our car and the drivers have been in fantastic form all weekend. Sebastian was outstanding today and Mark also did a brilliant job – he was very patient when he needed to be behind Rubens in the first stint. It was a great team result. We’ve still got a long way to go to catch Brawn GP, but we’re definitely moving in the right direction.”

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AT&T Williams British GP 2009 Race

AT&T Williams
British GP 2009 , Race
Silverstone Circuit, UK

Today’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone delivered another points-scoring finish for the AT&T Williams team in front of a home crowd. Nico Rosberg claimed a second successive fifth place finish, his four points promoting the team into the top half of the Constructors’ Championship to fifth place. Despite gaining track position in the first lap and running in fourth up until his first stop, Kazuki Nakajima was unable to convert the competitive pace he’s demonstrated all weekend and dropped down the order o end the race in P11.

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Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro British GP 2009 - Race

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
British GP 2009 - Race
Silverstone, 21st June 2009

Weather: air temperature 17 °C, track temperature 25/23 °C, cloudy.

Six points in the bag for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro in the British Grand Prix, thanks to a fourth place for Felipe Massa and an eighth for Kimi Raikkonen. With this result, Felipe has moved up to sixth place in the Drivers’ classification, while Kimi stays tenth: the Scuderia has consolidated its fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship.

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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2009 Santander British Grand Prix

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
2009 Santander British Grand Prix
Silverstone, Sunday June 21

NORBERT HAUG Vice-president, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
“A race to forget. Our performance was by far not where it has to be and where it was when we won five of the last 10 races here on this classic racetrack. We should not talk a lot now but rather work a lot. Congratulations to our German friend Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing and Mark Webber for a very impressive performance and a clearly very dominant one-two today. This was the most impressive performance of the season so far.”

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Panasonic Toyota Racing British Grand Prix 2009 - Race Round-Up

Panasonic Toyota Racing
British Grand Prix 2009 - Race Round-Up
Sunday 21 June 2009

Panasonic Toyota Racing left Silverstone with two points after a frustrating British Grand Prix at Silverstone today. Hopes were high for a podium challenge after an extremely competitive qualifying performance but on another chilly Silverstone afternoon they turned to disappointment when the red lights went out to signify the start of the race. Jarno Trulli started on the second row but a launch issue saw him lose ground off the line to leave him seventh at the end of the first lap. Timo Glock dropped three places to 11th on the opening lap. Jarno's first pit stop came on lap 18 and he opted for another set of soft Bridgestone Potenza tyres, with fast work by the pit crew moving him up to sixth. Timo made his first pit stop a lap later and followed the same tyre strategy, emerging again in 11th. With track temperatures only 30°C, the team chose a short final stint for both drivers on the hard tyres. Jarno dropped to seventh but Timo came out ninth and fighting for the final point.
As Jarno brought the car home in seventh, Timo hounded the eighth-placed Kimi Raikkonen but there was no opportunity to pass.

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June 20, 2009 11:07 AM

Red Bull Racing British GP 2009 – Qualifying Home - Pole

Red Bull Racing
British GP 2009 - Qualifying

Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images

CHRISTIAN HORNER, Team Principal:
“A great team performance today. First and third in front of so many members of the Red Bull team at our local race is a very good start to the weekend. Mark was unlucky to get traffic with Kimi Raikkonen, which spoilt his last run, otherwise I’m sure we could have locked out the first row today. But, both guys have been driving fantastically well all weekend and it puts us in a good position for tomorrow.”

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Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 2009 British Gp - No grip

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
Silverstone, 20 June 2009

A tough season has not got any easier for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro this weekend: Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa will start what could be the last British Grand Prix to be held at Silverstone, from the fifth and sixth rows of the grid, with Kimi Raikkonen lining up ninth, directly ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa in eleventh place.

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