Mark Webber has said that it is great to win at Silverstone and that it has been a special and incredible day. Webber put in a dominating display from 2nd on the grid, and added that that he and the team can put the ‘unique’ circumstances of ‘winggate’ yesterday behind them, moving forward.
“It’s great to win here in Silverstone; it’s got such a lot of history and to win big races like this one and Monaco is so rewarding,” the Australian said.
“The start was ideal, when I got to the first corner I was ahead and thought, ‘let’s get on with it’. It was a special day and a lot of hard work has gone in from the team – you don’t get results at this level if you’re not putting the effort in. They deserve this today. Yesterday was a unique situation, but I’m confident we can sort everything for the future. Going forward, I will do the best I can. It was an incredible day today and I’m looking forward to enjoying myself this evening.”
Sebastian Vettel on the other hand had a poor GP considering his pole position start. On the first lap he sustained a puncture and was forced to pit, as he fell to dead last. However the safety car hugely benefitted the German and he was able to make his way up to 7th before the chequered flag.
“I had a bad start, we went too aggressive with the clutch and I had quite a lot of wheel-spin. Then I had the puncture, I didn’t feel anything, so I wasn’t sure what happened. After the first turn, something was strange and I saw the rear-right puncture. Unfortunately after I got it, I got a bit of damage to the car which lost me some performance, but I was able to recover and score some points, which was important,” Vettel reflected.
“For the first thirty laps, I didn’t have much to do except going around trying to catch up, but after the safety car I had some people to fight and that was good fun, I was racing people like Felipe and Michael – it’s great as whenever you try something and you see a gap you know that they are smart enough to see it, so it was good fun for the last twenty laps. It’s always a good race here with a great atmosphere.”
Team Principal Christian Horner described Webber’s drive as ‘flawless’: “It’s fantastic to win in front of all the team members today. Mark drove an excellent race, he made a very good start and the team was fantastic in the pit stops – it was a flawless performance from him.”
“Sebastian was unlucky at the first corner, I’m not sure if contact was made with Hamilton at the start, but thereafter he made an excellent recovery drive to score some important points for the team. It was unlucky to have got the puncture, but it was a good recovery thereafter. The most important thing today is winning this race in front of all the people that work so hard to make the team what it is,” Horner added.
