Gary Anderson

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The teams are in a very strong position

Red Bull dominated the British Grand Prix and in doing so ignited the blue touch paper for their championship challenge. Meanwhile, politics dominated the weekend as a whole.

Red Bull have had a quick car over one lap from the beginning of the season but a major update for Silverstone saw them carry that performance through the full 60 laps of the British GP.

From the start of the race Vettel drove like a  demon and was actually on average one, yes that is ONE, second a lap faster than the nearest rival team-and-driver combination, who happened to be Barrichello in the Brawn.

Button was having a weekend off and was never really in contention for pole or a race win but when weekends like that happen the most important thing is to take away as many points as possible, and I think he did that with a fairly non eventful sixth place.

Mark Webber came home second and I am afraid to say that, with a team-mate like Vettel, that is about as good as it’s going to get. He is a good driver but when push comes to shove, Vettel has that extra something that makes him exceptional.

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