Red Bull, We go into the break 53 points in the lead in the Constructors..

30th July 2012

and second and third in the Drivers Championships with nine races to go
 
Car 1 SEBASTIAN VETTEL, Finish Position: 4th, Start Position: 3rd
 I think our overall speed was better than the actual result we got today. I was stuck behind Jenson in the first stint; he was slower and we lost some time there, but of course you cant just pit and come out in clean air, theres traffic, so theres not much we could have done. The tyres were not too bad at the end, but we thought that we should try something, the tyres on the cars in front could have fallen off, but it didnt happen. The race pace was very good, so now its up to us to do better in qualifying and at the start; then its a different race.
 
Car 2 MARK WEBBER, Finish Position: 8th, Start Position: 11th
We were hoping people would be in a bit more trouble with their tyres at the end. We were in fifth place and had a nice cushion, but weve had plenty of times this year where the tyres had stopped working towards the end of the race. Today it didnt really work out that way and we lost places through trying something different. I was quicker in the closing stages, but its hard to overtake here and I couldnt get the job done. Still, we moved up three places from the start, we have good points and its very open for the rest of the year.
 
CHRISTIAN HORNER, Team Principal: In the heat of the afternoon, it was a long and tough race. Seb challenged Grosjean around the outside into Turn 1 and got high on the kerb, which allowed Button to get a run round the outside into Turn 2. Thereafter we lost quite a bit of time behind Jenson in the first and second stint. Mark also made a good start on the hard tyre and going into the race it wasnt clear if it would be a two or three stop strategy. Jenson pitted early and we managed to use track position and good pit work to get Sebastian out ahead of him. Coming back out Sebastian had good pace, but then got caught in traffic behind Grosjean and we decided to go onto a three-stop race. Mark had made good progress, but we felt it was a better option for him to also go onto a three stop once he had cleared Alonso. It was great work today by the pit crew and they managed to get Sebastian in and out again ahead of Alonso; he then chased down the leaders over the last ten laps, but unfortunately there werent quite enough laps left. With Mark we started to develop signs of a differential issue around lap 45 and although he closed in on Senna, he was unable to find a way past. Nonetheless we go into the Summer break 53 points in the lead in the Constructors Championship and second and third in the Drivers Championship with nine races still to go and an awful lot of racing to do. I think everyone deserves a well earned break and will come back in Spa in a months time fully re-charged.
 
CYRIL DUMONT, Renault: Of course we would have preferred to have finished higher at this last race of the first half of the season. It was tough today; I think the race win for Seb was more or less over after the first corner when he got stuck behind Button. For Mark he had a mechanical issue and we saw again here that its pretty difficult to overtake. Now its time to have a good rest. I would like to thank everyone involved with our engine package and especially my team for the work they have done in the first half of the season. Were leading the Championship and well be back full of beans soon. 

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