The Australian had been impressive enough in 2009, but now he came of age with a succession of blisteringly quick and confident performances which garnered him impressive victories in two of the most prestigious races on the calendar: Monaco and Britain.īut when he crashed out of the rain-soaked inaugural Korean GP it looked as though the slip would prove fatal for his chances.

The rivalry between Vettel and Webber also spilled over in a manner reminiscent of the Prost/Senna confrontations of the 1980s when they collided while battling for the lead at Istanbul.įor Webber, failing to win the title was a bitter disappointment after a year during which he led the points table for much of the summer. Red Bull Racing’s technical chief Adrian Newey presided over a brilliant design team which delivered the sensational RB6 challenger which, at most circuits, produced a performance cushion of around half a second a lap over its key opposition.Īnd yet the RB6 only managed nine victories out of the 19 races in the series, proving worryingly brittle on several occasions, but it was still the class of the field and should have added another four wins to its tally had it not been for these unwelcome setbacks. Yet the impressive Maranello challenge turned into a strategic disaster and the Spaniard could only limp home seventh ahead of the similarly luckless Webber. BTCC 2023: Cammish seals superb Donington doubleĪnd yet the dynamic young German Red Bull driver only took the lead of the championship battle in the final race of the season into which he had gone holding third place behind Alonso and his team mate Mark Webber.Īlonso was at this stage unquestionably the favourite having already won five races and was poised in many people’s minds to cruise to his third title crown.From the motorsport archive: on this day in 1968.BTCC 2023: Sutton stars as Turkington reaches milestone.2024 BTCC race season to begin at Donington Park.This weekend's Imola F1 race cancelled as heavy rain floods region.

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