Mark Webber stormed to victory in today's German Grand Prix, his first race win in 130 attempts.

The Red Bull driver, who broke his leg last winter, pushed his team-mate Sebastian Vettel into second place while Ferrari's Felipe Massa was third.

Webber started from his first pole position and overcame a drive-through penalty for a first lap collision on his way to a spectacular win at the Nurburgring

"It's incredible," Webber said. "The only thing I thought could beat me was the rain. I lost Rubens completely off the start and banged into him.

"It's not normally my style, so I had to take the drive-through and recover from that. It's a great day for me. It was a difficult winter, but I had great people around me."

The 32-year-old driver from Australia, came home 9.3 seconds clear of Vettel as he raced to a victory that threw the fight for the world championship wide open.

The two Red Bulls finished first and second ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who grabbed his first podium finish of the year, with German Nico Rosberg fourth for Williams.

Jenson Button, the world championship leader, battled through to finish fifth ahead of his team-mate Rubens Barrichello, the Brawn pair resisting a late charge from two-times world champion Fernando Alonso of Renault.

Heikki Kovalainen came home eighth for McLaren Mercedes. Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton finished 18th and last after an attack on the opening lap saw him involved in a collision with Webber that cost him a puncture.

Webber bashed into Barrichello's car on the run from the start to the first corner, a collision for which he was punished with his drive-through penalty, but he overcame that with a dazzling drive to victory.