The Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya has obtained today his first victory of the season, and first since he competes in escudería McLaren Mercedes, after defining great part of the race in a spectacular amble on Fernando Alonso in the first curve of Silverstone.

Juan Pablo visited podio for the first time, he did and it in the highest step. Its better result had been a fourth position in Malaysia

Montoya, absented during two races this season, and who underwent problems of adaptation in his new machine during the first races of the year, has been able to revert the situation, and to give back a smile to him to the English equipment, that indeed was not with the best spirit, after the well-known terrorist events occurred in London the day Friday.
“First victory with the equipment McLaren Mercedes Is a great sensation to obtain my. My exit was perfect, I managed to be wheel wheel with Fernando and soon to surpass it in the second curve. He was determined and he knew that he had more to lose - I looked for to gain the race. Soon I stayed to the front and our strategy combined to the two excellent haltings, really helped me to obtain it. The equipment carried out a great work, especially to call a return to me before my first halting to avoid the traffic, thus it was the correct decision and I managed to increase the advantage with respect to Fernando. Nevertheless, it was not a easy race, since Fernando pressed to me until the end. I feel alleviated by to have gained my first race of the year, especially for being the GP of house for McLaren”, ended up saying Montoya, that it did not win from the Great Prize of Brazil of 2004 with Williams.

Enormous deception of Kimi Saturday in the morning. The Mercedes motor returned to fail, and the Finn had to overcome to culminate third party

McLaren always was the favorite to remain with the east victory Sunday, but the hopes of the equipment vanished when the motor of Kimi Räikkönen was broken for the second time consecutive in the waiting room to the classification. Of this Kimi form it was penalized with ten positions of delay in grilla. Montoya happened to be unique the referring one of the equipment, but pole of Fernando Alonso the day Saturday, hard struck the pride of the British equipment.
The race began of exciting way, with Montoya doing a shining starting from the third place equaling to Alonso in the difficult Copse curve. Both pilots fought side to side, but the Colombian was finally who prevailed.
On the other hand Räikkönen also did a good game, winning three positions, being located immediately behind Jarno Trulli and Michael Schumacher.

A postcard that was repeated during all the race. Alonso closely together of Montoya. The Spanish never managed to match it and to try an amble

The dispute by the leadership between Montoya and Alonso always was very even, with a difference that fluctuated between the second and average second and. Both pilots, like the majority, decided on two resupplies, but it was Montoya that paused first in turn 22. Alonso remained a turn in track more, trying to trim difference to him to Montoya, but when Alonso left boxes, Montoya returned to take the leadership by little meters.
Räikkönen, that could not fold to the Ferrari de Schumacher during the first 24 turns, chose to stretch his to the maximum first in excess one and obtained the result that hoped: it returned to track in front of Schumacher and of Trulli. From the Finn it forced there to the maximum recovering a pair of positions more.
Between first and the second resupply, the dominion of the McLaren was made feel. Montoya managed to be distanced in almost four seconds of Alonso, whereas Räikkönen marked the best time turning in 1 ' 21 " seconds, faster than any other pilot in track.
Shortly before its second resupply, Räikkönen could snatch the fourth place to him to the premises Jenson Button, and gain another position as well but when Giancar it Fisichella it underwent a mishap in boxes. The third position already era of Kimi, and until would arrive the Finnish blonde there from McLaren.

Great handling of Kimi. It did a great one released and it overcame several positions until culminating third party. Not yet it loses the hopes to fight by crown 2005

“I believe that today I did the best thing than I could and we managed to finalize in Silverstone with two places in the podium. If it had not had the problems of and losing 10 positions yesterday, the result would have been different, but thus it is motoring. Nevertheless, we lost solely two points in the fight by the championship and hoped to be able to fight by the victory in the next races. During the competition, I wasted long time behind other cars. He was complicated to be close in the fast curves, since much adhesion was lost. When I managed to surpass to Michael and Trulli in the haltings in boxes, it was very behind schedule since the difference with the pilots who were ahead, was very great. There is no doubt that we have the speed, since I established the best time of the race, in the last return, so I hope that in Hockenheim we manage to have a weekend without problems”, commented Räikkönen.

Impeccable fight enters Red Bull both and the Sauber de Villeneuve. It was Coulthard that gained the duel and culminated 13º far from the rest very

Other people's to the forward positions, an interesting squad conformed by Red Bull de Coulthard and Klien, the Sauber de Villeneuve, and the Williams de Heidfeld, did the delights of the British public battling meter to meter by nonpuntuables positions. The delivery and the spectacle offered by these four pilots significant and were applauded by the fans.
But very many other people's to all the circumstances, were the two Ferrari de Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher. The present equipment champion never found neither the putting end nor the strategy adapted in race. To Barrichello they entrusted three haltings to him that took finally it until the seventh position. However Schumacher made two resupplies, and as soon as yes it finished in front of his companion, to more than 1 ' 15 " seconds of the winner Juan Pablo Montoya.

Schumi contemplates its car trying to understand that it is what happens to him. Barrichello was not much more far and finished seventh

“Obvious I cannot be in favor contented of to have finalized sixth, especially observing my times of return in the race. Clearly at this moment we are not sufficiently fast. If it had not been plugged by Trulli, perhaps it could have fought with Button. If our yield with the races in North America is compared, we have had a reverse. We did not go superiors to the rate of our rivals. I have many desire to compete in my race in house, in Hockenheim, but desire to be able to promise to the fans a little more”, said the Schumacher champion.
In the turn 44 Montoya second visit to boxes did his, whereas Renault made its last letter to try to snatch the victory to him to Montoya. Alonso remained during five returns in track, more trying to discount the distance separated that it of the Colombian. The last resupply of the Spanish was perfect, it delayed 4,9 seconds, and only it returned to right track when Montoya recovered the leadership.

Alonso always pressed to Montoya and was closely together to clear the leadership to him in boxes. The Spanish increased to 26 points his advantage

The certain thing is that Montoya could have lost the first plugged position but for one that Jarno Trulli offered Fernando to him Alonso, when this it tried to reduce a turn to him. The incident finally happened in turn 44, when Trulli maintained to the Spanish his behind during almost half turn, yielding to him the step in the main straight line. Alonso subsequent to did not hide to its annoyance with Trulli in the conference the race.
“The truth is that it did not hope to finish to me secondly here, although also has been a pain not to have won I have had because it close in a pair of occasions. But I am contented because itself thinking that my objective is the championship and this result it has been very good”, said Alonso.
Finally Montoya was able to maintain to ray to Fernando Alonso during the last turns, crossing the goal almost three seconds of advantage. His Räikkönen companion made third party to 14 seconds of the Colombian.
The premises Jenson Button finished in fifth position, after starting off from forward edge of grilla. His companion in BAR, Takuma Sato, was less lucky because a button mistaken in the steering wheel of direction in the formation return beat, forced which it to begin the race from the street of boxes in the second return.

Thus was seen it of demanded Jenson Button to secure the fifth position. It has not been a consolation since the English started of second

“Naturally, I am not contented with this result in the race of my country, but it is clear that we cannot hope more of the car at this moment. We arrive here with the hope to take advantage of our advances, but they have not been sufficient and we followed a little delayed. Both better equipment is in another dimension with respect to the others at the moment and turned out amazing to see the extraordinary one takes hold in the curves of high speed of the cars located ahead and behind me. We are strong in comparison with the rest of the equipment. I finished more than half minute in front of Michael, who was sixth”, Button expressed.

Trulli made good a first part, but it crumbled like almost always in the end. His Ralf companion snatched the last point to him

Toyota has been able to return to finish in the points in the Great Prize of Great Britain of today, after Ralf Schumacher secured to a unique point by his eighth position.
“After a as hard race as this, I must feel satisfied with to have secured a point. I did the election of tires hoping that outside an advantage, but I have had problems with the adhesion and the car slid. It was difficult to maintain the car in the track and to mark constant times”, showed the smaller brother of Michael Schumacher.
For want of eight races, Alonso has 77 points against the 51 of Räikkönen. Renault continues leading the classification of constructors with 102 points against the 87 of McLaren.
Before the beginning of the race a minute kept from silence in memory to the victims of the attacks of London.
The next competition of Formula 1 will be in Hockenheim, where Sunday 24 of July the Great Prize of Germany will be disputed, twelfth date of the championship.