SILVERSTONE: Australian Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix on Sunday for Red Bull to deny Fernando Alonso a second successive victory and slash the Ferrari driver’s Formula 1 lead to 13 points.
Alonso, winner at Silverstone last year, had led from pole position but was powerless to prevent Webber powering past six laps from the end and then take the chequered flag.
The victory was the 35-year-old’s second of the year, after Monaco, and left him with 116 points to Alonso’s 129 after nine races.
“Another great day for us and a great day for me to win here again. It is fantastic,” he said on the team radio.
Webber’s Red Bull team mate and double world champion Sebastian Vettel was third on a dry track with the sun shining over the circuit after days of rain.
Felipe Massa was fourth for Ferrari ahead of the Lotus pair of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.
Jenson Button’s British jinx continued, with the McLaren driver failing to stand on the podium at his home race for the 13th year in a row, finishing 10th.
His team mate Lewis Hamilton was eighth after losing out to Michael Schumcher’s Mercedes in the closing laps.
Pastor Maldonado was involved in another crash, this time with Sergio Perez, and may face a penalty from the stewards.
No points for Force India
Force India returned empty-handed from the race, as Nico Hulkenberg finished 12th and Paul di Resta retired in the opening lap after contact with Grosjean.
Hulkenberg was in contention for points until the last 10 laps but could not maintain his position.
Narain Karthikeyan, who races for Hispania, had an uneventful race and finished 21st. (Agencies)