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Webber Wins

Mark Webber won in a pretty convincing style at the British Grand Prix. Sure he was aided by a first lap puncture to team mate Sebastien Vettel, but he still had to drive superbly to keep Hamilton at bay. Jenson Button also had a great result coming from 14th to 4th at the flag in an unspectacular but flawless drive.

I was particularly impressed by Kobayashi again as he flung the Sauber around Silverstone and there were plenty of talking points throughout. One of which was Fernando Alonso’s drive through, which I personally thought was rather harsh considering the person he gained the advantage from had dropped out. What was he supposed to do? Typical that Nigel “Dramatic” Mansell was on the drivers panel this weekend for the stewards, no bets guessing where that decision came from.

Finally, it was great to see Sir Stirling Moss at Silverstone, handing over the 2nd place trophy no less to Lewis Hamilton. There is no bigger legend left of the golden F1 years and I was mighty glad to see him in good health, back fighting fit and if you weren’t aware, you can even see him driving in anger again in two weeks time, nice one Sterling.

Power to the people

A certain, annoying moustachioed brummie once said the crowd at Silverstone where worth about a second a lap to him. If that’s true, supporting both Jenson and Lewis this weekend might mean they only get half of that each. Still, the way Red Bull have flown on Silverstone-esque tracks of late, that half a second might come in rather handy to the McLaren boys.

It’s odd, I have never supported British drivers simply because they are British, indeed I have often lamented how crap our drivers have been in the past, even when winning world titles in obviously superior cars. I have seemingly always liked the firey, passionate kind of drivers, Gilles Villeneuve, Jean Alesi, Ayrton Senna and Juan Montoya to list but a few of my favourites and you’ll notice none of them are British.

In fact, until JB came along in 2000 I can’t recall a British F1 driver I have truly loved watching. The same happened again in 2005 when I first watched Lewis Hamilton kicking butt in the junior formula and suddenly in 2010, not only do I follow 2 British F1 drivers, but they both drive for the same team (also British) and are the previous 2 years world champions.

So when I say, I hope for a McLaren 1-2 this weekend which would see a pair of British drivers in a British built car winning the British Grand Prix, it isn’t due to national pride, but simply because the pair of them are fantastic drivers and great to watch. Good luck chaps.