Bridgestone Motorsport's 2010 British Grand Prix Report

Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber made a superb start from second on the grid to win a fast-paced British Grand Prix at the newly reconfigured Silverstone Circuit with a Bridgestone soft and hard tyre strategy.

Mark Webber Red Bull Racing Credit: Bridgestone Motorsport

Webber led championship points leader Lewis Hamilton across the line in hot and dry conditions. Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team driver Nico Rosberg finished third for the third time this season.

"Firstly, congratulations to Mark Webber and the Red Bull Racing team for their fantastic result and also to Silverstone, the home of British motorsport, for putting on an excellent event this weekend. Even in our final year of Formula One we are still learning many things, so to race on this new Silverstone layout was a thrill for us. We had many guests here from our British sales company and also numerous friends and families from our team so this was a great day for us."

"Today we saw both compounds working well even at this severe Silverstone circuit. The new layout was an interesting and tough challenge for us and the drivers. There was excitement all over the weekend as everyone learnt the best approach here. The severity of the layout was illustrated by blistering on the front left tyres in the race. We saw punctures from contact which is something in the nature of motor racing. We also saw an additional pit stop because of flat spotted tyres and other strategic reasons. Thank you to Silverstone and the British public for a fantastic day here."

Stats of the Day

Race: 13:00 - 14:25

Driver          Team                          Time           Tyre Strategy
Mark Webber     Red Bull Racing               1h 24m 38.200s     S-H
Lewis Hamilton  Vodafone McLaren Mercedes     1h 24m 39.560s     S-H
Nico Rosberg    Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team  1h 24m 59.507s     S-H

Tyres used: Hard (prime) / Soft (option)

Temperatures  Ambient  Track        Weather
PM - Race     24C      34C-36C-33C  Sunny

In 2010, the tyre regulations stipulate that the two dry tyre specifications must be visibly distinguishable from each other. At the British Grand Prix, the soft (option) compound Bridgestone Potenza tyres were marked with green bands on the sidewalls. The wet weather tyres were also marked with a green line in a central groove.

                                               Tyre Choice by Stint*:
                                               Hard (Prime) or Soft (Option) dry,
Team                 Race Driver       Result  Intermediate or Wet

Vodafone McLaren     Jenson Button       4th   Soft   Hard
Mercedes             Lewis Hamilton      2nd   Soft   Hard
Mercedes GP          Michael Schumacher  9th   Soft   Hard
Petronas F1 Team     Nico Rosberg        3rd   Soft   Hard
Red Bull Racing      Sebastian Vettel    7th   Soft   Hard
                     Mark Webber         1st   Soft   Hard
Scuderia Ferrari     Felipe Massa       15th   Soft   Hard   Hard
Marlboro             Fernando Alonso    14th   Soft   Hard   Hard   Soft
AT&T Williams        Rubens Barrichello  5th   Soft   Hard
                     Nico Hulkenberg    10th   Soft   Hard
Renault F1 Team      Robert Kubica       DNF   Soft   Hard
                     Vitaly Petrov      13th   Soft   Hard   Hard
Force India F1 Team  Adrian Sutil        8th   Hard   Soft   
                     Vitantonio Liuzzi  11th   Hard   Soft   
Scuderia Toro Rosso  Sebastien Buemi    12th   Soft   Hard   
                     Jaime Alguersuari   DNF   Hard   Soft   
Lotus Racing         Jarno Trulli       16th   Soft   Hard   
                     Heikki Kovalainen  17th   Soft   Hard   
Hispania Racing F1   Karun Chandhok     19th   Soft   Hard   
Team                 Kamui Yamamoto     20th   Soft   Hard   
BMW Sauber F1 Team   Pedro de la Rosa    DNF   Soft   Hard   Hard
                     Kamui Kobayashi     6th   Soft   Hard   
Virgin Racing        Timo Glock         18th   Soft   Hard
                     Lucas di Grassi     DNF   Soft

* Teams may not necessarily change tyres at pitstops
** Includes drive-through/stop-go penalties

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