Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel believes the team's first constructors' title is testament to six years of hard work since their 2005 Formula 1 debut. Vettel and team-mate Mark Webber's one-two in the Brazilian Grand Prix sealed the crown with one race to go. "When Red Bull entered Formula 1, I was a small boy. If I compare the place then to now, there is massive progress," German Vettel said. "It's not always investing money, it is time, patience and a lot of passion." The Milton Keynes-based outfit has an unassailable 48 point lead over McLaren as the teams head for the season finale in Abu Dhabi next Sunday. source: BBC
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Jenson Button stormed to his second win of the season as he headed team-mate Lewis Hamilton to a McLaren one-two at the Chinese Grand Prix. Rain played havoc in China as Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg held off Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to finish third with Renault's Robert Kubica in fifth. Button's win means he leads the drivers' championship by 10 points. Despite starting at the front of the grid, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finished sixth and eighth. Kubica's team-mate Vitaly Petrov completed an impressive day for Renault when he overtook Webber late on to take seventh position and earn his first points in Formula 1. source: BBC Labels: BBC, Red Bull Racing, RIVAL F1
Fernando Alonso led Felipe Massa to a Ferrari one-two after the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel hit trouble at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Alonso trailed the German from the start but swept by as the Red Bull suffered a spark plug failure. Massa followed the Spaniard past on the next lap and Lewis Hamilton benefited from Vettel's problem to take third. Vettel eventually finished fourth, holding off the Mercedes pair of Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher. source: BBC Labels: Red Bull Racing, RIVAL F1
Toyota has confirmed that it is pulling out of Formula 1 racing after posting its worst ever financial loss. The world's largest car manufacturer is leaving the sport to concentrate on its core business and to cut costs. Toyota president Akio Toyoda said the Japanese team had no option but to pull out citing "the current severe economic realities" affecting the world. Toyota did not win a race after making its F1 debut in 2002 but was fifth in the 2009 constructors' championship. The company revealed its worst set of figures for the financial year to March 2009, and is expecting further losses to continue when it posts its results to September 2009 on Thursday. Toyota's withdrawal leaves the sport with no Japanese team after Honda left F1 at the start of the 2009 season. Honda was replaced by Brawn, who went on to win this year's drivers' championship with Jenson Button and the constructors' championship.
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Watch the last race of the 2009 F1 season from Abu Dhabi in just 90 seconds on the BBC Sport website. source: BBC Sport and is available to UK users only Labels: BBC, RIVAL F1
Jean Todt will succeed Max Mosley as the new head of motorsport's world governing body, the FIA, after winning the presidential election in Paris. The former Ferrari team boss claimed 135 votes compared to 49 cast for his rival Ari Vatanen with 12 abstentions. Todt, 63, was the favourite to win the vote after being backed by Mosley, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher. The vote brings an end to Mosley's controversial 16-year reign. "Jean Todt has been elected president of the FIA for a four-year term by the FIA General Assembly at its annual meeting in Paris," an FIA statement said. source: BBC Labels: BBC, News, RIVAL F1
Jenson Button sealed the drivers' championship with a sublime recovery drive at a dramatic Brazilian Grand Prix won by Red Bull's Mark Webber. Brawn's English driver started from 14th but executed a series of spectacular early overtaking moves before finishing the race fifth. He was already set to clinch the crown when a late puncture dropped main title threat Rubens Barrichello to eighth. Brawn still took the constructors' championship in their debut season. Barrichello, who badly wanted to win on a circuit he was born in the shadow of, was running third before his unlucky puncture smoothed team-mate Button's path to the title he seemed destined for since his explosive start to the season. BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica was second ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton while six drivers retired at Interlagos. Red Bull's German Sebastian Vettel, who started just behind Button, finished fourth while Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi was a season-best seventh. Button's maiden world title overshadowed the grand prix, but the race certainly delivered a fitting scene for a deserved success. source: BBC Labels: BBC, Red Bull Racing, RIVAL F1
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) convincingly won the Japanese Grand Prix to keep his slim title hopes alive but championship leader Jenson Button (Brawn GP) stayed in control.
Button pounced on an early tangle up ahead to finish in eighth, although a late safety car denied his Brawn team being crowned constructors' champions.
Jenson Button now leads the title race from team-mate Rubens Barrichello, who came seventh in Japan, by 14 points.
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Brawn's Jenson Button declares himself "very happy" after giving himself the chance to win the 2009 drivers' championship in Japan next Sunday with fifth at the Singapore GP. source: BBC Labels: BBC, RIVAL F1
Lotus are to return to Formula 1 next season for the first time since 1994.
They have been awarded the final grid spot and join Campos GP, Manor and US F1 as one of four new teams for 2010. source: BBC Labels: BBC, RIVAL F1
Rubens Barrichello headed Jenson Button for a Brawn one-two in a tense Italian Grand Prix as the Englishman scored his first podium finish in six races. Button has had his championship lead cut by two points to 14 from second-placed Barrichello, while Vettel sits 12 points behind the Brazilian with Webber 2.5 points behind his team-mate in fourth. source: BBC Labels: BBC, Red Bull Racing, RIVAL F1
In his long career in motorsport, Formula One Management CEO Bernie Ecclestone has met legions of drivers. Obviously, however, as F1 racing’s youngest-ever race winner, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel is more than just ‘another driver’. The two men may be separated in years by over half a century, but as a joint interview at the Belgian Grand Prix revealed, when great minds think alike and when you have plenty in common, any age gap becomes irrelevant…
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After finishing second at Spa to score Force India's first points in F1, Giancarlo Fisichella says he was faster than Kimi Raikkonen but couldn't overtake the Kers-powered Ferrari. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel finishing third, says he was happy with his race pace but starting eighth on the grid hampered his chance of winning, while team-mate Mark Webber feels picking up a drive-through penalty for an 'unsafe release' from his pit stop "wrecked his race". Labels: BBC, Red Bull Racing, RIVAL F1
Brawn's Rubens Barrichello beat McLaren's Lewis Hamilton to win the European Grand Prix after the world champion suffered a pit-lane mix-up. Red Bull's Mark Webber slipped to third in the championship 20.5 points behind Button, after finishing only ninth. His team-mate Sebastian Vettel, lying fourth, failed to finish following an engine failure. “A bitterly disappointing day. A fuel rig failure on Sebastian’s car, followed by an engine failure, which is the second of the weekend, was costly. Unfortunately with Mark, we just weren’t quick enough today. He held Jenson behind him for a long time, but Jenson was too quick and jumped us with a very quick out-lap,unfortunately Mark was not quick enough to hold him behind.” said Christian Horner, Team Principal.
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Felipe Massa hopes to recover quickly from the serious injuries he suffered in a qualifying crash at the Hungarian Grand Prix so he can return to racing.
"We'll see how long this will take - but I hope it will be very quick." While the Ferrari driver was expressing his determination and desire to get back to racing following the serious accident, he has also stressed that he will not return too soon.
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Mark Webber took another podium this afternoon, coming third in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel had a collision with Raikkonen on the first straight which damaged his front suspension meaning he was forced to retire on lap 30.
“A good drive from Mark today for third. Unfortunately, we perhaps gave away too much time in the middle stint on the harder tyre and a small issue at Mark’s pit stop allowed Kimi (Raikkonen) to jump ahead, but I think Lewis was out of reach today. Nonetheless, a good result for Mark in both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships" said Christian Horner, Team Principal.
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Red Bull's Mark Webber scored his maiden F1 win with a brilliant performance at the German Grand Prix after a drive-through penalty.
Webber was punished for colliding with Brawn's Rubens Barrichello at the start but was in a class of his own to dominate the race despite the penalty.
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RIVAL are delighted to have been guests of the Red Bull Racing team and Volkswagen Group UK for the F1 practice sessions at Silverstone over the weekend. The venue still holds the loyalty and admiration of the British F1 fans and it may yet be back there next year. Christian Horner and chief technical officer Adrian Newey praised the commitment of everyone at Red Bull after they claimed a one-two at Silverstone.
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