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Australian Mark Webber won the Hungarian Grand Prix to reclaim the Formula One world championship lead from Britain’s Lewis Hamilton.

Webber’s Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel had been hot favourite to win in Budapest after qualifying in pole for the seventh time in 12 races.

But the German again failed to convert the advantage, falling foul of the safety car rules and finishing third behind Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.

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Mark Webber might be the second driver on the Red Bull team, but he certainly did not offer up a second-rate performance at the Formula One British Grand Prix on Sunday.

“Very special victory for me,” Webber told  “I have won here in Formula Ford, Formula 3000, sports cars and now Formula One.

So it has been a very special track to me. To get the victory for me in Formula One in the company of these guys is something which will be a highlight.

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Mark Webber and Red Bull are at least singing from the same song sheet again after a controversial British Grand Prix, team principal Christian Horner said on Tuesday.

Horner told Reuters that he would sit down with the Australian driver later in the week to talk through some of the things Webber said at Silverstone before and after he won Sunday’s race.

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Mark Webber might be the second driver on the Red Bull team, but he certainly did not offer up a second-rate performance at the Formula One British Grand Prix on Sunday.

“Very special victory for me,” Webber told Formula1.com. “I have won here in Formula Ford, Formula 3000, sports cars and now Formula One, so it has been a very special track to me.

To get the victory for me in Formula One in the company of these guys is something which will be a highlight.

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Ahead of the British Grand Prix Formula One racing’s great and good traditionally come together for an annual party held in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. This year’s event took place at London’s Natural History Museum on Monday night, and with such a breathtaking venue and priceless charity auction lots on offer, the guests were more than willing to put their hands in their pockets for a worthy cause.

Now in its sixth year, the official F1™ Party celebrates the official launch of this weekend’s Silverstone race, whilst simultaneously raising funds for the London hospital's new heart and lung centre. The event is hosted by Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of the Formula One Group, and supported by Santander, title sponsor of the 2010 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX.

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Question: Apart from driving a Formula One car, what is your favourite buzz?

Mark Webber: Probably riding a motorbike.

Question: Who is your dream date?

Mark Webber: If it were a female date, I’d say Pink. If it was meeting someone I always wanted to know, it would be Muhammad Ali. For sure I would learn a lot that evening. What would I ask him? The secret to survival!

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The UK’s Goodwood Festival of Speed always attracts a plethora of Formula One drivers and machinery, and with an impressive 2010 line-up, this year will be no different. The annual event, which this year celebrates the 60th anniversary of the FIA Formula One World Championship, takes place in the grounds of Sussex’s Goodwood House.

McLaren team mates - and 2008 and 2009 world champions respectively - Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are among those at the top of the bill. Button is looking forward to driving one of Alain Prost’s classic McLarens, the MP4-2C, as well the more recent MP4-23 on Saturday, while Hamilton will also take charge of an MP4-23 - the car with which he won his title - on Sunday.

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Martin Whitmarsh has had a spring in his step of late, and not just because his McLaren team are leading both Formula One championships into next week's British Grand Prix. After a tough 2009, the battle-hardened Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) chairman is enjoying a season where the main focus is the contest on the track rather than the fighting in the grand prix paddock.

A year ago, the teams were split and the threat of a breakaway series hung over the sport but that seems like ancient history now, even if some participants are still wary of tempting fate. The departure of Max Mosley as International Automobile Federation (FIA) president, replaced by former Ferrari boss Jean Todt last October, has changed the landscape as has a new commercial deal with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

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Ferrari’s rage at Formula One  stewards and governing body showed no signs of abating on Monday after a European Grand Prix they denounced as a “false race“.

The Ferrari website (www.ferrari.com) reproduced a range of headlines from the international media to highlight.

Formula Chaos’ and how McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton had cashed in at their expense in a safety car incident.

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Sunday's European Grand Prix produced a brilliant drive to victory from Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in Valencia. The German controlled the race at will after a hairy first couple of corners and it was a pivotal win. The German can taste a potential world championship again - "We're back on track," in his words.

Vettel delivered a slow and strategic formation lap, and then got off to a perfect start.But he was cautious into the braking zone of Turn Two and a fast-starting Lewis Hamilton tried to seize his main chance to take control of the race.They touched, Vettel was fortunate not to spin, and Hamilton damaged his front wing, which he would be lucky enough to change 'free of charge' under the safety car.

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