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2009-08-Silverstone

2009-08-Silverstone

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Jenson Button is being interviewed, looking confident despite having qualified on sixth grid position

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

A fan in the paddock takes a souvenir photo with legendary Sir Jackie Stewart

Third grid placed Mark Webber is being interviewed by Martin Brundle before the race

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

A female marshal guards the pitlane

Heikki Kovalainen sits in the McLaren car on the 13th grid position

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, runs wide over the curbs

FIAT sticker on Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Flavio Briatore's wife Elisabetta Gregoraci

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

FIA President Max Mosley promenades over the grid with his deputy and FIA's chief steward Alan Donnelly

Lewis Hamilton and Bernie Ecclestone shake hands on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag to win his second GP of the 2009 season

Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko likes the light version

Before the race, Bernie Ecclestone wishes polesitter Sebastian Vettel the best of luck besides the grid

Bernie Ecclestone

Heikki Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes glides on sparks over the curb

Norbert Vettel and his son Sebastian on their way to the hotel (Seb forgot his pass :)

Race cars at Copse corner exit

Red Arrows air display

FIA President Max Mosley promenades over the grid with his deputy and FIA's chief steward Alan Donnelly

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Champagne shower for Red Bull's Adrian Newey

A track marshal watches the busy Silverstone grid

Felipe Massa's manager Nicolas Todt

BMW Sauber trucks are reflected in the McLaren motorhome windows

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger on the grid besides Lewis' tyre set

Fans cheer on the main grandstand

Brawn's chief executive Nick Fry and Sir Jackie Stewart meet with cyclist Victoria Pendleton and His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari pits

Kovalainen's steering wheel lies on the McLaren Mercedes car

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Silverstone appears to be a very safe track

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, enters pit lane

Second qualifier Rubens Barrichello climbs out of the Brawn-Mercedes' cockpit

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

FIA president Max Mosley meets the international press in front of the FIA motorhome

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

The grid is being cleared for the formation lap

Final podium group photo of Red Bull's Adrian Newey, second placed Mark Webber, winner Sebastian Vettel and third placed Rubens Barrichello

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A thirsty Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Grid girls with flags march to the grid positions

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld mowes the lawn with the BMW Sauber car

Sebastian Vettel gets away quickly from the followers

Jenson Button of Brawn GP with Bernie's 'Push The Button' design

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Button's fans wave hellos from the grandstand

Ross 'The Brain' Brawn

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed before the race

Nick Heidfeld ejects to pitline right behind Kovalainen's McLaren car

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

The demading media chases the FIA president Max Mosley

Third grid placed Mark Webber gives an interview before the race

Robert Kubica on BMW Sauber in front of Hamilton and Piquet

At start the light go off

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and third placed Rubens Barrichello hug and squeeze after the race

An official guard dog besides the track

Lewis Hamilton during a press conference in the McLaren Mercedes motorhome

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Grid girls prepare for drivers parade besides the red carpet

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid

BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen watches the action in pits from pitwall

Cooling fans wait at the red pit lane line for their service at Webber's Red Bull car

True race fans support the Silverstone circuit

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sir Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with Bernie Ecclestone before her ride in a two-seater race car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Grey clouds hulk up above the paddock

Cool polesitter Sebastian Vettel unmounts the steering wheel from the Red Bull car in parc ferme after qualifying

The start field exits Copse

Charlie Whiting, the FIA Safety Delegate and head of the F1 Technical Department

Adrian Sutil, Force India, in front of Alonso's Renault and Hamilton

FIA president Max Mosley chats with Sir Richard Branson on the grid

Ferrari team trucks

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sir Mick Jagger's daughter Jade is invited by Bernie Ecclestone to have a ride in the Santander two-seater race car, driven by BBC Top Gear's Stig

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Local hero Jenson Button climbs from the drivers parade truck

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Champagne showers for winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull team mate Mark Webber and their designer mastermind Adrian Newey

Lewis' father Anthony Hamilton and Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger on the grid

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, at Stowe corner

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

The intervention marshals must wear rubber gloves because of the possible risk of an electric shock through KERS

Robert Kubica smiles at the polish TV audience

Sir Jackie Stewart and Sir Richard Branson meet on the grid

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Brawn GP's local hero Jenson Button signs an autograph

Williams technical director Sam Michael

Lewis Hamilton watches team mate Heikki Kovalainen during a press conference in the McLaren Mercedes motorhome

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Toyota mechanics wait in pits during the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Happy daddy Norbert Vettel and Red Bull's Dr. Helmut Marko return from podium ceremony at an easy pace

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel clebrates his victory

President of FIA Max Mosley and his spokesman Richard Woods face a pushy press in paddock

Detail of Vettel's removable cockpit inset in Red Bull pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi in the Toro Rosso Ferrari marks the back of Silverstone's grid

Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello signs an autograph

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing concentrates on the times screen

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sir Jackie Stewart talks with honoury guests on the grid

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya welcomes Hannelore Hohensinner

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade getting a ride by The Stig in a two-seater formula car.

Ferrari motorhome

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel climbs down from the drivers parade truck in front of the two Finns Raikkonen and Kovalainen

Tom Rubython

Felipe Massa and Ferrari press officer Stefania Bocchi walk through the paddock

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade getting a ride by The Stig in a two-seater formula car.

Sir Jackie Stewart performs an honoury lap for the Silverstone circuit with the Matra in which he won the Silverstone Grand Prix 40 years ago

Grid position boards

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Heat protection

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

GP2 paddock

Sebastien Buemi spins the wheels of the Toro Rosso Ferrari during a practice session and raises the dust from pitlane

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

GP2 paddock

Paul-Henri Cahier and Martin Trenkler

Race winner Sebastian Vettel returns from podium ceremony

Paul-Henri Cahier, Martin Trenkler and Jiri Krenek enjoy their lunch in the Red Bull energy station

President of FIA Max Mosley is being interviewed whilst he speeds through the paddock

GP2 paddock

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

The start field enters first corner, Vettel in the lead, closely followed by Brawn GP's Barrichello and Red Bull team mate Webber

Sir Mick Jagger's daughter Jade dares to take a ride in the Santander two-seater race car, driven by BBC Top Gear's Stig

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Ercole Colombo

Sebastian Vettel's father with Dr. Helmut Marko.

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Heat protection

Pit stop of Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Seconds after the start of the British GP 2009

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock exits the Toyota car in parc ferme after Q3, qualifying on eighth place

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, shaves the curbs at Stowe

Ferrari's Felipe Massa climbs from the drivers parade truck

Champagne-soaked Red Bull driver Mark Webber and car designer Adrian Newey get on touch on the podium

Ex-Force-India technical director Mike Gascoyne makes contacts to introduce the British Formula 3 team Litespeed to Formula One

GP2 paddock

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

GP2 paddock

Paul-Henri Cahier

Cooling fans

Richard Branson with the Duke of York (first left from Jacky Stewart).

Jarno Trulli stops at Toyota pits

GP2 paddock

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, on a dirty curb

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Tony Purnell

Race winner Sebastian Vettel shakes his golden trophy

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey

Bernie Ecclestone walks in Silverstone paddock

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

GP2 paddock

Famous German TV presenter Kai Ebel

GP2 paddock

Robert Kubica in front of BMW Sauber F1 pits

The Brazilian drivers together on the drivers parade truck, Nelsinho Piquet takes a souvenir photo and Felipe Massa looks confident

The hot field speeds along the start/finish straight

Sebastian Vettel gets away quickly from the followers

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The parc ferme after qualifying - second Barrichello, polesetter Vettel and eighth qualified Glock

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Tyler Alexander

Sebastien Bourdais at Toro Rosso pits

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Ercole Colombo celebrates his 600th Grand Prix as a photographer

Sebastian Vettel's father.

The start field enters first corner, Vettel in the lead, closely followed by Brawn GP's Barrichello and by his Red Bull team-mate Webber

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner

Police officer

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Red Bull mechanics wait at the car on the grid

Before the race, Bernie Ecclestone wishes polesitter Sebastian Vettel the best of luck besides the grid

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed by a demanding international media

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and his second placed team mate Mark Webber (on his left) with third placed Rubens Barrichello and the Duke of Kent on Silverstone's podium

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Start of formation lap.

Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore

Sir Stirling Moss promenades across the grid

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and his second placed team mate Mark Webber appear on Silverstone's podium

Her Royal Highness Sarah Ferguson enjoys a promende on Silverstone's grid

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel praises his Red Bull Racing team for the perfect job

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Nico Rosberg, Williams

The Toyota pit crew await the car

Richard Branson shaking hands with the Duke of York.

GP2 paddock

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

GP2 paddock

GP2 paddock

Polesetter Vettel and second qualified Barrichello joke together after qualifying

The fastest three qualifiers pose in parc ferme for the media after a thrilling qualifying: Third grid placed Mark Webber of Red Bull, his team mate and polesetter Sebastian Vettel, and second qualifier Rubens Barrichello

Cooling fans

Race winner Sebastian Vettel shows his happiness after podium ceremony

Paul-Henri Cahier, Martin Trenkler and Jiri Krenek enjoy their lunch in the Red Bull energy station

GP2 paddock

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota, leads Raikkonen and Button

An alert female marshal watches the pit lane

GP2 paddock

Paul-Henri Cahier, Martin Trenkler

Paul-Henri Cahier and Martin Trenkler

After start, fifth grid placed Nakajima of Williams moves in front of Trulli's Toyota

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

GP2 paddock

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Tom Rubython

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Rainer as reflection in a wind instrument of the band on the grid

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade getting a ride by The Stig in a two-seater formula car.

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade getting a ride by The Stig in a two-seater formula car.

Tom Rubython

The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes motorhome in the evening

Sebastian Vettel is being serviced at Red Bull pits

Cooling fans

GP2 paddock

GP2 paddock

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Ross Brawn with publisher Tom Rubython.

GP2 paddock

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, on the lawn

Timo Glock in Toyota pits

Richard Cregan, Yas Marina Circuit director

Race winner Sebastian Vettel with a happy Red Bull car designer Adrian Newey

Bernie Ecclestones walks on the grid besides Trulli's grid position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Former McLaren team mates Kimi Raikkonen and Pedro de la Rosa

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

GP2 paddock

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug and McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh during a press conference in the McLaren Mercedes motorhome

Jackie Stewart and the Duke of York.

Toyota's lollipop man in action

Cooling fans

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel waves at the fans

Tony Purnell

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel gives thumbs up the fans

Sebastian Vettel enjoys his pole position in parc ferme

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