Red Bull victim of unfortunate F1 mistake as Sebastian Vettel makes history

In its 74th grand prix start, Red Bull finally claimed its first F1 win on this day in 2009 as Sebastian Vettel won a torrentially wet Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. 

For added satisfaction, Mark Webber had also steered his RB5 through the lakes on track for a one-two finish for the Milton Keynes team with boss Christian Horner joining his drivers on the podium for the celebrations. 

But there would be one minor mistake, which has only happened once in F1 history. 

The wrong national anthem was played on the podium. 

Vettel duly received his honours for the victory with a rendition of the German national anthem, but the expected tones of Austria's "Land der Berge, Land am Strome" did not ring out, instead replaced by the British "God Save the Queen."

The only trouble with that was Red Bull were racing, and still to this day, do so under an Austrian licence despite being based in the UK having taken over the old Jaguar factory when Dietrich Mateschitz brought the team ahead of the 2005 season.

Ironically, the team's next win came in July 2009, at the British Grand Prix, where the only rendition of the errant "God Save the Queen" came before the race as Vettel took his third career win, and first in dry conditions.

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Although Vettel's win was the first for Red Bull in F1, it was not the first for a Red Bull team.

He famously won the 2008 Italian GP for Toro Rosso, in a year it finished above the senior team in the constructors' before he was picked to replace the retiring David Coulthard for 2009.

After roaring to pole, Vettel led the field around behind the safety car for the opening eight laps, so bad were the conditions and, once the race got going, he even survived minor contact with Sebastien Buemi in the Toro Rosso.

That was the only scare as Vettel earned the first of 38 wins for Red Bull, with Jenson Button completing the podium in third for Brawn, whilst reigning champion Lewis Hamilton was sixth for McLaren as their poor start to the season continued.