VETTEL BREAKS BRAWN STRANGLEHOLD AGAIN; YES, THERE WAS EVEN A RACE, TOO!(NEWS)

Byline: Nigel Roebuck

Jenson Button wanted to win his home race, the British Grand Prix, more than any other event. For only the second time this season, he did not get his wish.

In reality, Button, who won six of the year's first seven races, suspected that Silverstone, with its many ultrafast corners, would suit Red Bull Racing's cars to a tee. He was right.

Sebastian Vettel took pole position and dominated the race, losing the lead only momentarily on each of his pit stops. In the early laps, he pulled away from Button's Brawn GP teammate, Rubens Barrichello, by a second per lap, and the only man who might possibly have threatened himteammate Mark Webberwas stuck behind the Brawn until the first pit stops. By then, Vettel was effectively out of reach.

No one could touch the Red Bulls. Webber leapfrogged Barrichello during the first pit stops and thereafter had an untroubled run to the flag.

Button finished where he started, sixth, but a disappointing afternoon began badly when he was held up immediately by a slow-starting Jarno Trulli. That dropped him to ninth. Button was on the heels of Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg during the closing laps but could do nothing about it.