Category: Sport Author : Duncan Riley Posted: July 12, 2009
Tags : Formula 1, Grand Prix, Mark Webber
Australian Mark Webber has broken through for his maiden Grand Prix victory at the Nurburgring track in Germany in an action-packed race, beating Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel by over nine seconds.
The long-pilloried journeyman Webber survived a collision with Lewis Hamilton at the start, losing his lead from pole position on the first corner to Reubens Barrichello, and a drivethrough penalty during the race to salute the checkered flag and let out an almighty scream of joy through the team audio system which was picked up by race broadcasters.
Webber was beaten to the first corner by Barrichello after winning his first ever pole position yesterday, and had to endure a bump by Hamilton of the McLaren team – though Hamilton came off the worse for wear with a punctured tyre, leaving him a lap down on the field by the time the Briton finished his race.
The Brawn drivers Barrichello and Jensen Button finished sixth and fifth respectively, and it could be argued technical hitches by Brawn handed Webber the victory. A particularly long 11-second second pit stop for Barrichello on the 27th lap when his pit crew had problems with the fuelling rig delivered the lead to Webber, along with some confusion by Barrichello over how many stops he was supposed to make.
Webber is the first Australian to win a GP race since Alan Jones in 1981 and only the third ever behind Jones and Jack Brabham.
Full results
1. Mark Webber (Red Bull) 1:36:43.310
2. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 9.252
3. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 15.906
4. Nico Rosberg (Williams) 21.099
5. Jenson Button (Brawn) 23.609
6. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) 24.468
7. Fernando Alonso (Renault) 24.888
8. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) 58.692
9. Timo Glock (Toyota) 1:01.457
10. Nick Heidfeld (BMW) 1:01.925
11. Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India) 1:02.327
12. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) 1:02.876
13. Nelson Piquet (Renault) 1:08.328
14. Robert Kubica (BMW) 1:09.555
15. Adrian Sutil (Force India) 1:11.941
16. Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) 1:30.225
17. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) 1:30.970
18. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 1 lap behind
19. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) did not finish
20. Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) did not finish
Jul 12, 2009
BROCK LESNAR… IS A UFC GOD !!
FRANK MIR SUCKS OUT
Jul 12, 2009
Frank Mir has great taste in music though. Hate Me Now by Nas and now this one. He is excellent at choosing entrance music.
Jul 12, 2009
brock has no skills besides wrestling…just his size is too much for some of these guys they will eventually catch up with him though now that they know what they are up against
Jul 12, 2009
I guess Mir knew what he was up against aswell, yeah? LOL
Randy has no skills besides wrestling, so maybe you should lay into him as well.
Jul 12, 2009
xxunen what are you talking about! lol. NO one will be able to stop lesnar. Either your naive or watching someone else fight other than Lesnar.
Jul 12, 2009
I sincerely hope that whoever is guilty of the murder of Arturo Gatti is prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This man was loved my many because he was a really good person and a great fighter. Let's hope that the wheels of justice move in the proper direction.
Jul 12, 2009
brock lesnar is aii but u know jacking off feels good sometimes so frank mir should tell u to stay away from the roosters and breed those chickens in the coupes, for now im goonna go pee in my sink
Jul 12, 2009
Wait till fucking KIMBO breaks in this fall BROCK hahahaha
Jul 12, 2009
what is the song??
Jul 12, 2009
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Jul 12, 2009
Kimbo will get destroyed by Brock as well. Kimbo is just raitings and that is it.