Reigning champion Fernando Alonso cruised to his fifth win this season in Sunday's British GP at Silverstone from pole position to the top of the podium ahead of Ferrari's Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren) for his 14th straight F1 podium to extend his championship lead to 23 points.
"Victory today was quite ok for us," said the Spaniard. "Yesterday with winning pole position things became a little easier and then we saw that we had more fuel than the others and this helped in terms of strategy.
"This is good news for the rest of the season, but we have to take the advantage now - in the first two laps after the safety car Kimi was really quick.
"Winning in Spain Monaco and Silverstone is a dream come true. There is a great atmosphere at this circuit and to win in this country, 20 minutes away from my home in Oxford is a really great feeling."
Jenson Button's miserable home race ended after nine laps, when he spun off on oil from his broken Honda engine. Until that point, Button had looked as if he might salvage something from the disappointment of qualifying only 19th because of a team error. He made up five places on the opening lap and was up to 12th, and looking set to score points, before his untimely retirement.
- F. Alonso (Renault)
- M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
- K. Raikkonen (McLaren)
- G. Fisichella (Renault)
- F. Massa (Ferrari)
- JP. Montoya (McLaren)
- N. Heidfeld (Sauber)
- J. Villeneuve (Sauber)
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