Sebastian Vettel is on a roll and no one seems able to stop him and his Red Bull from adding a second Formula 1 championship to their trophy list. This was confirmed once again today in the European Grand Prix in Valencia, in the eighth race of the 2011, where Vettel took his sixth win of the season. The German world champion started from the pole position and was never challenged during the race as he cruised to another win.
The only driver to even come close was Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso who started from fourth place and, like his team-mate Felipe Massa, made a terrific start. Alonso had a fight with the Red Bull of Mark Webber who, despite starting from the front row, eventually lost out to the Spaniard who finished the race second, more than 10 seconds behind Vettel.
The two McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, who this year are the only ones who have gotten close to challenging the Red Bulls, finished in fourth and sixth place respectively, being split by the Ferrari of Massa.
Overall, it was a rather uneventful race with all 24 cars finishing the race and the only problems included a gearbox issue for Webber in the closing laps, which didn’t affect him greatly, and Michael Schumacher being forced to change his Mercedes’ front wing after coming in contact with Vitaly Petrov’s Lotus Renault.
The next race is the British Grand Prix, which will take place in two weeks, July 10, in Silverstone.