Massa in the rain at Silverstone ahead

 

Ferrari Driver Felipe Massa on Friday afternoon in the second free practice session for the Formula 1- Grand- Prix ​​of Great Britain in Silverstone was the fastest.

The Brazilian was on a wet track 1:49,967 minutes However, more than three seconds slower than the best of the day Mark Webber in the morning Red Bull.

Red Bull showed little driving on wet Friday joyfully

The cops were no longer in the finish of the training, when the track was a little dried up so quickly and, on the road. Last year's winner Webber and WM Dominator Sebastian Vettel therefore contented themselves with the Seats 14 and 18 The McLaren Local heroes Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button landed about 1.5 seconds behind Massa on the fourth and fifth positions.

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Vettel defies rules at home favorite

 

Red Bull is a big favorite in the home race at Silverstone. It also changes the throttle-controversial ban in Formula 1, with the Grand Prix of Great Britain on Sunday (14.00 clock / live one ORF, RTL and Sky) comes into force definitively, nothing.

 

The Austro- British team is the high- speed course 30 km near the factory in Milton Keynes particularly accommodating.

This world champion Sebastian Vettel comes with the confidence of six wins in the first eight races of the season. In the championship standings, the German title defender, who last Sunday, his 24th A birthday celebration, now 77 points ahead of his pursuers, first McLaren and Jenson Button in his team-mate Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) will follow with another 12 or 22 points respectable distance.

Webber had triumphed last year at Silverstone and then with his statement, "not bad for a number- two driver caused "controversy. The Australians could, despite the intermediate gas moratorium that would make Red Bull with engine partner Renault hardest, Vettel also this year be the only serious competitor. "He has a phenomenal run, which makes us all hard," Webber admitted. "But he can be caught."

Vettel to beat at Silverstone, Webber could give season fresh impetus to control and increase his chances next year and a Red Bull. "Mark is close to Sebastian to it," said team boss Christian Horner. "It could be a fascinating duel between the two." A rock hard stable duel, as it has dominated parts of the preseason to the cops but not conjure up again.

Vettel goes on to victory by winning at this pace, he could replace Alonso anyway in September as the youngest double world champion in history.

 

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Little hope for Vettel pursuers before Silverstone

 

Vettels Konkurrenten sind heuer eher Zuschauer

On the hunt of Formula 1 - World champion Sebastian Vettel for title defense before the start of autumn all its competitors in spite of control maneuvers seem to have gone out of breath.  

McLaren's home race in front of little confident

McLaren pays even before their own fans at the Grand Prix of Great Britain on Sunday little chance of winning. There Vettel wants victory at Silverstone- hat-trick for Red Bull make perfect.

Vettel makes all the shadows

According to current projections would be on 25 September in Singapore, the second World Cup title in Formula 1 - Dominators Germany from perfect. Vettel is building his lead but keep it continuously, is the World Cup victory even earlier - depending on how much ground the competition loses. "The season of each does it compare to an average of Sebastian," said Vettel's Australian team-mate Mark Webber.

Despite rule changes no worries about Vettel

Even the complete prohibition of the intermediate gas system that the almost seemingly unbeatable Red Bull team has perfected claims to make, which this year, six-time Grand Prix winner Vettel not worried. "Silverstone is one of my favorite tracks," Hesse maintains the contrary, in his nonchalant way the doubters.

Alonso far, Webber and Button with respect distance

Actually may be the most well alongside Webber McLaren driver Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton make a lesser extent still vague hopes of stopping Vettel. Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has already 99 points behind. Scuderia president Luca di Montezemolo wants but not of task in the World Cup race talk: "Let's wait for a few races off."

Hamilton passed slowly away from the title dream

At McLaren gives you more realistic. "I think it will be difficult," said the Canada- World Cup winner and second button, which is tied with 77 points behind Webber. And Hamilton - already 89 points back - complained in the British "Independent": "The title is far, far away."

 

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