Formula 1: Alonso secures podium place at Silverstone
Three safety car periods and plenty of punctures: The eighth race of the Formula 1 season at Silverstone was truly tricky. Fernando Alonso, who relies on dampers from ZF Friedrichshafen AG in his Ferrari, secured third place in a turbulent race behind Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber. In the drivers’ championship, the Spaniard has thus clearly reduced his gap to Sebastian Vettel, who retired with a technical defect.
However, because Alonso’s Ferrari team-mate Massa became the victim of tire failure as well and finished in sixth place behind Lewis Hamilton, the Scuderia dropped to third place in the constructors’ championship behind Mercedes.
Kimi Räikkönen was struck by misfortune. Unlike other top drivers, the Finn did not pit for a tire change during the last safety car period and thus on the final laps lost the podium place that had actually believed to be certain. The Lotus-Renault of the Finn is equipped with a ZF clutch.
A good performance at Silverstone was also delivered by the young Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who drove his Toro Rosso that is equipped with a ZF clutch across the finish line in eighth place and thus managed to clinch four points. It was the second-best result of the 23-year-old this season. The last driver to finish in the points was the German Nico Hülkenberg in tenth place. The Sauber team relies on dampers by ZF Friedrichshafen AG in its race car as well.
Results, British Grand Prix (GB), round 8, FIA Formula 1 World Championship, June 28-June 30, 2013:
1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 2h 17m 52.056s
2. Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault, + 0.765s
3. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, + 7.142s, ZF
4. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, + 7.756s
5. Kimi Räikkönen, Lotus-Renault, + 11.257s, ZF
6. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, + 14.573s, ZF
7. Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes, + 16.335s
8. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari, + 16.543s, ZF
9. Paul Di Resta, Force India-Mercedes, + 17.943s
10. Niko Hülkenberg, Sauber-Ferrari, + 19.709s, ZF
Drivers’ world championship standings:
1. S. Vettel, 132 points; 2. F. Alonso, 111; 3. K. Räikkönen, 98; 3. 4. L. Hamilton, 89; 5. M. Webber, 87; 6. N. Rosberg, 82; 7. F. Massa, 57; 8. P. Di Resta, 36; 9. R. Grosjean, 26; 10. J. Button, 25.
Constructors’ world championship standings:
1. Red Bull-Renault, 219 points; 2. Mercedes-Benz, 171; 3. Ferrari 168; 4. Lotus-Renault, 124; 5. Force India-Mercedes, 59; 6. McLaren-Mercedes, 37; 7. Toro Rosso, 24; 8. Sauber, 6.
Other results:
Results, Silverstone (GB), round 3, Porsche Supercup, June 28-June 30,2013:
1. Nicki Thiim, Porsche, 27m 51.740s, ZF
2. Michael Ammermüller, Porsche, + 0.580s, ZF
3. Michael Christensen, Porsche, + 1.363s, ZF
4. Sean Edwards, Porsche, + 2.143s, ZF
5. Kuba Giermaziak, Porsche, + 4.666s, ZF
6. Kévin Estre, Porsche, + 5.194s, ZF
7. Martin Ragginger, Porsche, + 7.618s, ZF
8. Christian Engelhardt, Porsche, + 7.618s, ZF
9. Ben Barker, Porsche, + 7.979s, ZF
10. Patryk Szczerbinski, Porsche, + 8.894s, ZF
Drivers’ standings:
1. S. Edwards, 54 points; 2. M. Ammermüller, 50; 3. N. Thiim, 46; 4. K. Giermaziak, 44; 5. M. Christensen, 28; 6. C. Engelhardt, K. Estre and B. Barker, 20 each; 9. J. Bleekemolen, and R. Stanaway, 19 each.