Formula One: Red Bull Driver, Webber clutched the lead in Hungarian Grand Prix
The Hungarian Grand Prix is hot and full of happenings these days. So far, the circuit has been conquered by the Australian Star driver, Mark Webber. Mark made his way to victory in a sensational manner by thrashing the speed of champ racer Fernando Alonso and it seems that the stage of Hungary is offering all the good luck to the Aussie driver.
As it is proved that the platform of Formula One is always surprising, the Hungarian event of it is also going beyond the people’s expectations. It was total unexpected from the Australian star driver to take a lead over the champion star racers like the Spaniard Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel but it was a lucky day for Webber, who showed his class quite well. The racer from the Red Bull team; Webber got lucky when Sebastian Vettel suffered a drive through penalty. Mark Webber finished the race with an explosive time of 1:41:05.571 and Alonso gave him a strong challenge by grabbing the second spot finishing at 1:41:23.392. The German Racer seemed pretty sleepy and frustrated still managed to finish at the third spot with the time of 1:41:24.823.
On one hand when the top spot holders were approaching fast towards the finish line, the British star racer Lewis Hamilton seemed to be having a bad day. Hamilton suffered a gearbox problem in the 24th lap of the race and had to pull over when he was running at the 4th place. Hamilton’s stop made a paved way for the Ferrari’s star racer Filipe Massa, who finished at the 4th position with the time of 1:41:33.045. Massa was followed by Vitaly Petrov of Renault team. The British champ racer from the McLaren team, Jenson button seemed frustrated and sleepy, finished seventh.
With this sensational victory, Mark Webber has earned a lead of 4 points by topping the racer’s standings table. After the race, the Australian ace driver expressed his views happily by saying that it was a great gift to him and he was expecting nothing less. He said that he has worked hard for such a wonderful victory. He accepted the fact that it was a very lucky and an unbelievable day for him. Later he added that it is always special to top the table with the best points and he will love to clutch the special winning points again and again in his life. This victory has brought not only happiness to the Australian racer but it has also given a strong position to the Red Bull team in the top five positions. Now the drivers will have to fight even harder to secure the lead over one another because the point difference between the top 5 racers is very low.
The crucial point in the race emerged with an error by young and dynamic German driver Sebastian Vettel. Vettel got confused and fell short to keep his car within the 10 cars lengths. This resulted in a penalty by the race supervisors. This penalty made a strong way for the winner and Alonso as well, who kept the second position quite terrifically, in his hands till the end. After the race, Vettel expressed his views and told the media that he was not feeling fit and it was a very confusing time for him, as he suffered losing his focus towards the track. He added that it was a very crucial time for him but he is not happy with the way he finished and he will do his best to come back even stronger in the next race.
The race of Formula One needs focus and complete mental calmness. With the victory of Mark Webber, the racing circuit is going to get even more exciting and rapid. The racers are now even more eager to get the glory.
Who is going to be the next king of the racing track, only the time will tell.
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