After beating Vettel to top spot yesterday, Alonso warns Red Bull that he will be back for more
After beating Vettel to top spot yesterday,u00a0Alonso warns Red Bull that he will be back for more Fernando Alonso delivered Ferrari's long-awaited first win of 2011 yesterday when he made the most of unpredictable conditions and rivals' errors to triumph at a thrilling British Grand Prix.
The 29-year-old Spaniard, winner of the British race for Renault in 2006, secured Ferrari's first win since last year's Korean GP with a controlled drive ufffd and some luck ufffd to exploit the controversial revised technical regulations.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso celebrates after winning the British Grand Prix
in Silverstone yesterday. PIC/AFP"I knew we had enough pace to fight for the victory and it came to us. We stayed calm when we had to and we knew our opportunity would come later in the race," said Alonso.
"After passing (Lewis) Hamilton for the second time, I attacked the Red Bulls. From now on, it will be like that. All we will do is try to win every race, be aggressive and keep our strategy at the maximum."
It was Alonso's 27th career victory, drawing him alongside three-times champion Briton Jackie Stewart in the record books and a clear signal that the newly-revised technical rules, on the use of off-throttle exhaust fumes to improve rear grip, favoured Ferrari.
His win came on an afternoon of drama that saw defending champion and runaway leader Sebastian Vettel's race undone by a slow pit-stop.
Vettel finished second ahead of his Red Bull team-mate and pole-sitter Mark Webber, with McLaren's home favourite Lewis Hamilton fourth after a rousing race from 10th at the start.
Vettel was more than 16 seconds adrift of Alonso, but extended his title race lead to 204 points with Webber on 124 and Alonso, who is third on 112.u00a0 In the constructors' championship, Red Bull now have 328 points ahead of McLaren on 218.
Red Bull had to use team orders to stop Webber passing Vettel on the final lap.
Team chief Christian Horner said Webber respected that order. "It's a team result. I can understand Mark's frustrations, but we cannot give away a load of points," said Horner.
"We did not want to see our drivers in the fence at some time in the last two laps, which is how it would have ended up," he added.
