EPIC European GrandPrix as Alonso becomes first repeat winner

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso came through from 11th on the grid to win an EPIC European GrandPrix in Valencia. Sebastian Vettel failed to finish the race. The German started the race from pole position but his RedBull car stopped on track. Meanwhile his teammate Mark Webber fared better as he started the race from 19th and finished in 4th just behind Michael Schumacher who took his first podium since his return to F1 in 2010.

It was a frustrating race for Romain Grosjean who was in second for a large part of the race but failed to finish due to a failed alternator. Despite Ferrari's win the Lotus team are still in third in the Constructors championship thanks to Kimi Raikkonen’s 2nd place finish.

It was an epic GrandPrix and who said that the European GrandPrix in Valencia was a boring race. Lewis Hamilton had a terrible day as he failed to finish the race following an incident with Williams Pastor Maldonado who went on to finish in 10th place.

Up until his retirement from the race Sebastian Vettel was dominating the race. Meanwhile the Sahara Force India team had a great race as Nico Hulkenberg managed his best result of the season as he finished in 5^th place just behind Mark Webber. His teammate Paul Di Resta continued his good form by finishing the race in 7^th place.

After two race’s out of the points in Monaco and Canada McLaren’s Jenson Button managed to bring his car home in 8^th place to salvage 4 points for the team in their battle with RedBull for the constructor’s championship.

It was another good weekend for Sauber’s Sergio Perez following on from his third place finish in Montreal the Mexican driver finished in 9^th place just ahead of the Williams of Bruno Senna.

Meanwhile Kamui Kobayashi in the other Sauber was handed a 5 - place grid penalty for the British GrandPrix following an incident with Felipe Massa.

Toro Rosso’s Jean Eric Vergne was also handed a penalty for causing an avoidable accident. He received a ten-place penalty for the British GrandPrix due to the severity of the incident with Caterham’s Heikki Kovalainen. He was also fined €25,000.

So as the team’s head to Silverstone for round nine of the championship Fernando Alonso tops the driver’s championship on 11 points, 20 points ahead of RedBull’s Mark Webber in 2^nd place.  Meanwhile in the constructor’s championship RedBull have a 39-point lead over McLaren.

Despite Fernando Alonso’s win at the weekend Ferrari are in 4^th in the constructor’s championship 4 points behind the Lotus – Renault team.