F1 European Grand Prix : Vettel Takes Sixth Win

Sebastian Vettel took his sixth win of the 2011 F1 race for Red Bull at the European Grand Prix which has been held at Valencia, Spain Sunday,remains unchallenged from start to finish.

Vettel drove smoothly than his opponents on a very hot track, saving his tires better than the rest, crossing the finish line nearly 11 seconds ahead of second-place Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari. The strategy to make the pit-stop, and all the coordination has a very good result for Vettel.

Vettel extracted every bit of performance from his Red Bull RB7, balancing between speed and conservation, driving perfectly in each turn to maximize pace while minimizing tire wear. He told the post-race press conference on BBC that the challenge of driving the car perfectly made this his most satisfying victory of the season.

“Maybe from the outside it looked like a boring race—but I tell you, I enjoyed it so much. When it is between you and the car every single lap—pushing hard but judging the tires, trying to foresee the strategy, and every single lap between you and the car. The team has done a phenomenal job preparing the car. This track is not made for us 100 percent, with no real fast corners. Still we manage to put everything together and were faultless this weekend.”

Fernando Alonso who drove Ferrari, battled with Mark Webber, but prevailed as the Australian's RB7 misbehaved in the closing stages and prevented him attempting to regain the second place he had held on two occasions.

For Michael Schumacher from Mercedez GP Petronas team didn't make it well when he had a collision with Petrov on lap 15, resulting in running a full lap with one broken wing!

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2011 European GP (Valencia): Formula One Race Results
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	57	Winner	1	25
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	57	+10.8 secs	4	18
3	2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	57	+27.2 secs	2	15
4	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+46.1 secs	3	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	+51.7 secs	5	10
6	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+60.0 secs	6	8
7	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	+98.0 secs	7	6
8	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	56	+1 LAP	18	4
9	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1 LAP	10	2
10	9	Nick Heidfeld	Lotus-Renault	56	+1 LAP	9	1
11	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 LAP	16
12	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	56	+1 LAP	13
13	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	56	+1 LAP	17
14	15	Paul Di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1 LAP	12
15	10	Vitaly Petrov	Lotus-Renault	56	+1 LAP	11
16	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 LAP	14
17	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	+1 LAP	8
18	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	56	+1 LAP	15
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	55	+2 LAPS	19
20	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	55	+2 LAPS	20
21	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	55	+2 LAPS	21
22	25	Jerome dAmbrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	55	+2 LAPS	23
23	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	54	+3 LAPS	22
24	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	54	+3 LAPS	24