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Australian Mark Webber won a sunny British Grand Prix on Sunday for Red Bull to deny Fernando Alonso a second successive victory and slash the Ferrari drivers lead to 13 points.
Alonso,winner last year,had led from pole but was powerless to prevent Webber powering past six laps from the end and take the chequered flag with a three second lead. The victory was the 35-year-olds second of the season,after Monaco,and left him with 116 points to Alonsos 129 after nine of 20 races.
Webbers Red Bull team mate and double world champion Sebastian Vettel was third on a dry track while Brazilian Felipe Massa was fourth for Ferrari ahead of the Lotus pair of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.
No points for Force India
Force India returned empty-handed from the British Grand Prix as Nico Hulkenberg finished 12th and Paul di Restas retired in the opening lap after a car collision. Hulkenberg was in contention till the last 10 laps but could not maintain his position.
