Formula One
Fernando Alonso takes Victory in the most exciting European GP ever!
Sebastian Vettel on his DNF: “The engine stalled, the engine switched off and there’s nothing that we could have done – at the moment we don’t know what the problem was – maybe it was similar to the issue Mark [Webber] had on Friday,” said afterwards.
The safety car was obviously not ideal for us and it might be that the retirement in some regards is also down to the safety car so it’s a shame.
It’s s**t but you can’t change it now,” he added. “I think up to that point it was clear that we were very strong and I felt happy in the car. We had the pace and we were very, very quick today. I was surprised, it felt really good. Also after the safety car the initial restart was okay so…
It’s okay,” he said. “There is not much we could have done better today. It’s just reliability. We all work on the limit and so does the car so, surely it’s a shame, but I think up to that point we did everything right. Perfect pitstops, perfect start, perfect race. I think everyone has seen what would have happened.
Would, could, should; I’m standing here and they are still racing so no chance to win today, but a good step this weekend and hopefully we can carry that momentum into the next grand prix.”
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Pos Driver Team Time 1. Alonso Ferrari 1h44:16.449 2. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 6.421 3. Schumacher Mercedes + 12.639 4. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 13.628 5. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 19.993 6. Rosberg Mercedes + 21.176 7. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 22.866 8. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 24.653 9. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 27.777 10. Maldonado Williams-Renault + 34.653 11. Senna Williams-Renault + 35.961 12. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 37.041 13. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 1:15.871 14. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1:34.654 15. Pic Marussia-Cosworth + 1:36.551 16. Massa Ferrari + 1 lap 17. De la Rosa HRT-Cosworth + 1 lap 18. Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth + 1 lap 19. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 2 laps