British Grand Prix 2009 – Friday

At a packed Silverstone circuit, the two Red Bull’s of Sebastien Vettel and Mark Webber dominated both Friday practice sessions.

The tiresome politics between FOTA and the FIA doesn’t seem to have dampened spirits or discouraged people from attending the event and showing their support to Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.

In the second practice session of the day, Webber set a quick lap early on and managed to hold on to the top spot for most of the session until his car slowed to a halt at Stowe corner with unspecified mechanical issues. 

But, at the end of the day it was Webber’s team-mate, Vettel who had his name at the top of the time-sheets.

Championship leader, Jenson Button, having won six out of seven races this season didn’t even manage to breach the top ten, languishing down in 14th place at the end of P2 along with the Ferrari and McLaren pairings.