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Mark Webber Dominates for a Win at Silverstone

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Once again the Red Bull squad seemed to have a likely one-two finish within their grasp, and once again they revealed their Achilles heel (i.e. driver rivalry that the team brass seems unable to cope with).  Team mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber shared front row on the grid today, and although Vettel sat on [...]

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Vettel and Webber Make it an All Red Bull Front Row at Silverstone

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It looks like Red Bull is having it all their way again, at least as far as qualifying is concerned.  Once again, the Red Bull boys have sewn up the front row, with Sebastian Vettel on pole, and Mark Webber right behind him.
There was little question of their domination of the proceedings, as they were [...]

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Webber to Use Vettel’s Old Chassis

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If Red Bull’s Mark Webber has been suffering from less-favored-son syndrome this season, the team’s decision to replace Webber’s recently wrecked chassis #4 with team mate Sebastian Vettel’s old chassis #3 won’t help matters much.  Chassis #3, it will be remembered, was spurned by Vettel after Monaco, and duly replaced by chassis #2.  Vettel has [...]

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Vettel Wins European Grand Prix, Webber Flips

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Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel proved once again that he’s a leading contender for this year’s Formula 1 top honors.  He led the grand prix at Valencia from pole, and controlled the race virtually from red lights to checkers.  He was joined on the podium by the McLaren duo of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, who [...]

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Hamilton Wins in Montreal, with Button Runner-up

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McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton scored his second victory in a row today in Montreal, with team mate Jenson Button as runner-up, also for the second time in as many races.  If that sounds like the beginning of a routine, the race was anything but.  The Canadian event was action-packed from turn one, with enough overtaking and [...]

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Hamilton Snags Pole for Canadian Grand Prix

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Lewis Hamilton again showed that he seems to know the quickest way around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.  Hamilton won his first pole and his first race here in his debut F1 season in 2007.  On Saturday, he managed to outpace the pole-dominant Red Bulls, as well as his team mate, Jenson Button, who said of [...]

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Mark Webber Inks a One-Year Extension with Red Bull

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Red Bull Racing has confirmed that Australian driver Mark Webber has extended his contract with the team by another year, which will see him wearing Red Bull livery at least through 2011.  There had been moderate speculation earlier this season that Red Bull might draft ex-F1 ace Kimi Raikonnen from his current slot in the [...]

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Red Bull Aims to Extend Vettel’s Contract Through 2015

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Red Bull boss Christian Horner has hinted that the team would like to tie up their younger charger, Sebastian Vettel, to a long-term deal that would extend past his current contract, which runs through the 2012 season.  According to reports, Red Bull would like to tack an additional three years onto the deal, which would [...]

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Raikkonen Leaving the Door to Formula 1 Open

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According to Kimi Raikkonen’s manager, Steve Robertson, the laconic former world champ isn’t ruling out a comeback in Formula 1.  Recent rumors have suggested that the flying Finn might be signed to partner Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull in 2011.  Red Bull is the current sponsor of Raikkonen’s World Rally team.
Christian Horner has given indications, [...]

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Christian Horner Says Webber and Vettel Equally to Blame for Istanbul Collision

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Red Bull honcho Christian Horner has stepped forward to preserve the harmonious image the team has tried to maintain ever since hot shoe Sebastian Vettel came on board at the beginning of last season.  Surely a rivalry has been brewing between Vettel and team mate Mark Webber since day one, and for the most part [...]

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