Formula 1 Standings: Webber beats Vettel

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12 July, 2010

Mark Webber won his third Formula One race of the season this Sunday, cruising to victory in the British Grand Prix after overtaking Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel on the opening lap.

MARK WEBBER won his third Formula One race of the season this Sunday, cruising to victory in the British Grand Prix after overtaking Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel on the opening lap. The Australian finished 1.36 seconds ahead of championship leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren in second.

Webber beat Vettel off the line and then saw him disappear when his team mate picked up a puncture from contact with Lewis Hamilton. After the first lap pit-stop for a puncture, in the second Red Bull. He then held off the McLaren driver on the way to his third success of the season. Webber didn’t give much away about his forceful start and said that was pretty straightforward.

Hamilton leads the overall standings in the chart with 145 points, twelve ahead of McLaren teammate Jenson Button. Webber is third with 128. Nico Rosberg of Mercedes claimed third depriving Jenson Button of his first podium finish on home land as the defending world champion climbed 10 places from being fourteenth on the grid to finish fourth.

Brazilian Rubens Barichello finished fifth for Williams ahead of Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi. Vettel was followed home by fellow Germans Adrian Sutil of Force India and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher in the second Mercedes.