Sebastian Vettel stormed to victory at the British Grand Prix as Red Bull enjoyed a one-two at Silverstone with Mark Webber finishing second.

Rubens Barrichello claimed third for Brawn GP, but Jenson Button, who leads the drivers' championship, could only finish in sixth place.

The Briton had six wins from the opening seven races, including the last four in a row, but his lead in the standings is now 23 points ahead of Barrichello, with Vettel 25 points down.

Vettel dominated the race despite losing his lead briefly to Webber after making his second and final pit stop on lap 45 but, when his team-mate came in two laps later, the lead was his again, and the German set about reeling off the final 13 laps to victory.

Jarno Trulli's stop on lap 46 gave Button the chance to take seventh place from the Toyota, the Briton's long middle stint on hard tyres allowing him the chance to run for much longer than his rivals.

Button finally started heading in the right direction after his second stop on lap 50, the 29-year-old's Ross Brawn-inspired strategy allowing him to take places from Trulli and Kimi Raikkonen as he moved into sixth place with ten laps to go.

And better was on the cards for Button in the closing stages as he received a radio message with eight laps to go informing him that Massa and Rosberg, running fourth and fifth respectively, were over a second slower than the Brawn as they struggled on hard rubber.

The Englishman had the gap to Rosberg down to under three seconds with six laps to go as Button set up a grandstand finish for the British fans.

Up at the front, however, there was no doubting who was going to win this race. Vettel swept across the line to take the win after 60 hugely impressive laps, the German leading home Webber by 15.1 seconds.

Felipe Massa claimed an impressive fifth for Ferraro while Niko Rosberg held off the late charge of Button.

Trulli took seventh ahead of Raikkonen, while Lewis Hamilton's eventful day ended with 16th place at the chequered flag.