2013 British GP: All hail Mercedes

For almost 5 laps, the cars were bunched up behind Vettel, and as the restart took place, all cars made a clean start. An action filled Grand Prix called for even more action after lap 35. Sebastian Vettel, who led a pitch perfect race since Hamilton’s troubles, unfortunately suffered a gearbox failure. This meant 0 points for him this race and going to the championship standings. This also meant that the safety car was deployed.

Arguably, the British Grand Prix will be a race that’ll be talked about for rest of the season. The last 15 laps made it more exciting than ever. Mark Webber, who suffered a damage to his front wing, fell back but pushed and fought all the way to finally pass Kimi Raikkonen in the last 5 laps to bring the sole one RB9 to finish P2. Fernando Alonso drove the wheels off his Ferrari, which looked behind all the leaders all weekend to make it finish in P3. And finally, the winner of the British Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg, the birthday boy this weekend, did not have a very clean start, but managed his tires very well, kept out of trouble and made himself a memorable weekend.

The British Grand Prix flipped the coin in terms of the championships and also turned the tide against Pirelli. Now the championship lead has come down to within a win. And the next Grand Prix being in Germany and Fernando Alonso being the reigning winner, it could all play down to his hands. Another eye opener in this race is that there is now a greater chance of Ricciardo getting himself a hold of that Red Bull seat, for once again he proved that he can bring a car into the top 10. Then there is one topic that no matter what we cannot stop talking about – the tires. After this weekend, Pirelli carries a huge question over the safety of the drivers with its fast degrading and exploding tires, which are being fitted into the cars they drive.

Looking forward to the German GP, back to the Nurburgring next weekend for all the action.