July 13, 2009
Formula 1 – Mark Webber takes first career victory
As Webber took the checkered flag at the German Grand Prix his race engineer said on the radio to him “Mark Webber you are a Grand Prix winner. Well done! Brilliant drive!“. He started his race on a pole but his chances of winning were almost ruled after a drive through penalty that was imposed on him due to a brush off at the start of the race with Brwan driver Barrichello. But the mountain gods at the Nurburgring were surely in favor of the Australian and he won the race in style. This is his first race win in his long Formula 1 career with 133 races which started with Minardi in 2002.
A re-fuelling rig problem forced Ruben Barrichello out of the podium contention and also pushed him down in the order. Sunday’s race also saw Sebastian Vettel finish a strong second behind his team mate. This is the third time during the season when the top two positions have been taken by the Red Bull team.
A big disappointment for the day was Force India driver Adrian Sutil, who came close to taking the first points of the season for his team. He did and excellent qualifying on Saturday but missed out on Sunday after Kimmi took his front wing out and closed all doors for the Force India team.
ix After German Grand Prix the champion ship remains quite open and all the four can attack for the season reward. Button leads the championship with 68 points followed by Vettel is second with 47 points, Webber third with 45.5 points and Barrichello slips to fourth and is on 44 points.
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