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Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber scored his first ever F1 race win after
he used a two stop, super soft - medium - medium tyre strategy to win a
fast-paced German Grand Prix in difficult conditions at Nurburgring.
Despite being given a drive-through penalty for causing an avoidable
collision at the start, Webber finished 9.2 seconds ahead of team-mate
Sebastian Vettel with Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro driver Felipe Massa taking
third. Vettel used a super soft - medium - super soft strategy and Massa
used a super soft - super soft - medium strategy for his first podium finish
of the season.
Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development,
says:
"Congratulations to Mark Webber for taking his first ever Grand Prix win at
the 130th attempt. This illustrates the Japanese proverb 'continuing is the
force' and we are very happy that this win occurred using Bridgestone tyres.
From a tyre analysis perspective this was a thrilling race. The conditions,
such as temperature and track condition, meant that for most of the race it
was very difficult to determine which was the better race tyre. This meant
that drivers and strategists had to use a lot of brain power today and we
saw a good variety of strategies through the field, even from drivers in the
same team.
"The track conditions started very green and this caused some competitors
who started on the super soft tyre problems with graining and degradation.
Some competitors used the medium compound very well, and Fernando Alonso was
notable with his fastest lap on this tyre, however others struggled for grip
and
temperature with this tyre. This all added to the interest." |
