Constructors for Red Bull Racing

At last the Constructors’ World Championship for Red Bull Racing in only their sixth year of competition!

The one two finish for the team provided the points needed to confirm there first Constructors title.

The current Red Bull team can trace its origins back to the Stewart Grand Prix outfit that made its debut in 1997. Jackie Stewart sold his team to the Ford Motor Company late in 1999, and Ford made the decision to re-brand the team Jaguar Racing, with little success over the next 5 years.

2010 Constructors for Red Bull Racing

Four drivers are now left in the world championship battle as it goes down to the final race in Abu Dhabi next weekend. It’s notably the first time in F1 history that four drivers go to the last race with the chance of becoming champion.

The race wasn’t a spectacular by any means as each driver settled into a position that kept the championship open. Sebastian Vettel took no time at all to take the leas from pole sitter Hulkenberg and was closely followed by team mate and rival Mark Webber. Fernando Alonso had to settle for third place after an early overtake of Hamilton and Hulkenberg, with Lewis Hamilton in his McLaren Mercedes staying in 4th and just keeping his championship hopes alive. Jenson Button stormed from 11th to 5th, a tyre change working in his favour.

Alonso admitted that he ‘would have signed’ for third place in the Brazilian Grand Prix after Saturday’s qualifying session, “All things considered, I am pleased with this result”, knowing that it would send him to Abu Dhabi in control of the title battle. Alonso retains an eight-point advantage over Webber with only the twilight showdown in Abu Dhabi remaining. The result means that Alonso can afford to finish second to Webber next Sunday and still be crowned champion, after Red Bull appeared content to allow its drivers to finish with Vettel ahead.

Alonso confirmed, “We have only lost three points to our closest rival and, given how things turned out yesterday in qualifying, it went well. If, this morning, I had been told it would finish like this, I would have happily signed for it!”

Nico Hulkenberg who started on pole and finished 8th told us “I am happy with that result because I gave it everything today; there wasn’t anything left in me to give! I was struggling quite a lot with the car, it really wasn’t easy to drive, but I kept Kubica behind me all the way. The team did a great pit stop and chose the right strategy; we just needed some more car pace. Even though we started on pole, my expectations for the race were to finish between fifth and tenth, so P8 is fine and it means we are now sixth in the constructors’ championship.”

The final results for Brazilain Grand Prix 2010

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired

1 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 71 1:33:11.803
2 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 71 +4.2 secs
3 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 71 +6.8 secs
4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 71 +14.6 secs
5 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 71 +15.5 secs
6 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 71 +35.3 secs
7 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 71 +43.4 secs
8 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 70 +1 Lap
9 11 Robert Kubica Renault 70 +1 Lap
10 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 70 +1 Lap
11 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 70 +1 Lap
12 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 70 +1 Lap
13 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 70 +1 Lap
14 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 70 +1 Lap
15 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 70 +1 Lap
16 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 70 +1 Lap
17 22 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber-Ferrari 70 +1 Lap
18 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 69 +2 Lap
19 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 69 +2 Laps
20 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 69 +2 Laps
21 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 69 +2 Laps
22 20 Christian Klien HRT-Cosworth 65 +6 Laps
NC 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 62 +9 Laps
Ret 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 49 Accident

So history was made at Sao Paulo this weekend on 3 occassions

Nico Hulkenberg’s first pole position in the Williams
The first time 4 drivers head into a final race with the ability to win the F1 Drivers Championship
Red Bull Racing team take their well deserved constructors title

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