Raikkonen: “Slowed at the start, but victory was within reach”
At Silverstone, Lotus proved to be the car with the best pace, but troubles at the start for both drivers prevented the Anglo-French team from bringing home a prestigious result
IN EVIDENCE
Vettel: “Victory missed in the first stint”
The world champion is third, 29 points behind Alonso in the world championship standings
Massa: “Now I can fight for the podium”
The Brazilian fights for the podium in England and is beaten by the strategic genius of Vettel: but the red number 6 is there and the Ferrari driver is able to fight to deserve a place for next season too
Maldonado fined for the incident with Perez
The Venezuelan was fined 10 thousand euros by the race commissioners for ramming Sergio Perez
Grosjean: “Good race, shame about the accident at the start”
Without replacing the nose, the Frenchman could have fought for victory at Silverstone
Button: “We have to go back to fighting for victory”
McLaren disappoints at Silverstone even though it places both drivers in the points: however, the car does not seem to be able to fight for the top places, overtaken by Lotus and Mercedes
Kobayashi apologizes to the team for the pit stop incident
Sauber protagonist of dramatic episodes at the British GP
Schumacher: “We were better in the wet”
The Mercedes drivers await redemption in the Hockenheim race
Webber: “I was patient and took the opportunity”
The Red Bull driver achieved his second victory of the season by capitalizing on work throughout the race to which Ferrari was unable to respond
Alonso: “I'm sorry we didn't win, but we gained a lot of points from a World Cup perspective”
At Silverstone Ferrari fights and dominates, but only a wrong choice with the tires prevents the third triumph of the season for the leader of the standings, who nevertheless gains a few points on Vettel
Hamilton: “We lacked speed”
the McLaren driver did not go beyond a disappointing eighth place in his home race
British GP: Webber wins by mocking Alonso in the final, Vettel 3rd
At Silverstone everything is decided with ten laps to go: the Spaniard on the Softs is slower than the Australian from Red Bull who passes him with seven laps to go
Raikkonen: “We made the wrong tires in Q3”
The Anglo-French team was the protagonist of a series of naiveties at Silverstone that compromised its great potential
Massa and Alonso: “Ferrari has improved a lot in recent races”
The Spaniard dedicates his pole position to Maria De Villota
Maldonado: “We are competitive in all conditions”
Williams drivers complain about bad luck at Silverstone
Webber: “We deserved the front row”
Despite the battle of fast laps that saw him pitted against the Spaniard from Ferrari, the Red Bull driver is satisfied with his excellent performance on the English track
Button: “It's been a bad year, but I'll try to take advantage of the new tires in the race”
The Englishman from McLaren does not qualify for Q1 and will start 18th tomorrow
Vettel: “Tomorrow will be a real lottery”
The world champion fears the uncertainty of unpredictable weather situations, in which anything can happen
Hamilton: “I'm not satisfied, I'll attack tomorrow”
The Englishman will only start eighth at his home GP
Alonso: “We were calm in a difficult moment”
The Ferrari driver is happy with his pole at the British GP, but in his opinion it doesn't have much meaning, given the track conditions
Schumacher: “Rain tomorrow is welcome”
Schumi returns as a rain wizard and apart from some visibility problems he demonstrates how his driving sensitivity has remained unchanged compared to the past
