Silverstone, 30 June

Scuderia Ferrari finished the British Grand Prix in third and sixth places with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa respectively. There was plenty of drama linked to the tyres before a thrilling climax, when both Ferrari men made up several places with some aggressive passing moves.

The Safety Car came out two times to allow tyre debris to be cleared away and Massa was one of the unfortunate victims of a tyre failure.When the lights went out, Felipe made a brilliant start going from eleventh to fifth but his race took a turn for the worse on lap 10 when, coming out of turn 5 his left rear tyre let go, sending him into a spin. He returned to the pits, rejoining last, before stating a thrilling climb up the order to come home sixth.

Alonso lost a place off the line, dropping to tenth but the Spaniard soon made up ground, to go sixth before his first tyre change. In the final stages, he rejoined after his third and final stop in eighth place, before reeling in and passing five cars to finish on the podium in a brilliant third place. After this race, Alonso is now on 111 points in the championship, second at 21 points off the leader Vettel. Massa remains seventh on 57. Nico Rosberg won the race for Mercedes.