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Webber wins in the Silverstone sunshine
SILVERSTONE: Australian Mark Webber won a sunny British Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday to deny Fernando Alonso a second successive victory and slash the Ferrari driver's Formula One lead to 13 points.
Alonso, winner at Silverstone last year, had led from pole position but was powerless to prevent Webber powering past six laps from the end and then take the chequered flag with a three second lead.
The victory was the 35-year-old's second of the season, after Monaco, and left the local resident with 116 points to Alonso's 129 after nine of 20 rounds. He became only the second double race winner of the year so far.
"Another great day for us and a great day for me to win here again. It is fantastic," he said on the team radio before being interviewed on the podium by triple world champion Jackie Stewart.
Webber won at Silverstone in 2010, again from second place on the grid, but he said Sunday's win had taken a bit longer to sink in.
"I don't think I've had a win when I've got victory so late in the race. I don't think Fernando had the right balance at the end of the race, but that can happen to any one of us," he added.
Webber's team mate and double world champion Sebastian Vettel was third on a dry track with the sun shining over the circuit after days of rain that had left the campsites waterlogged and approach roads clogged with traffic.
The skies then opened in a sudden, torrential downpour as teams were packing up.
"Thanks to all the fans out there," said Vettel on his return to the podium after four races off it. "It's been horrible weather for them, not just for us. But today the sun came out and British summer showed its best."
Brazilian Felipe Massa was fourth for Ferrari, his best result since 2010, ahead of the Lotus pair of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.--(Reuters)
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