Webber To Stay At Red Bull For 2011
F1 points leader continues with Red Bull, despite Turkish GP controversy
Ordinarily, signing up a driver who has got you four poles and two wins out of seven races - and leads the drivers' points table - would be a no-brainer. But the crash at the Turkish Grand Prix between the two Red Bull cars, which put Vettel out of the race and pushed Webber down to third, must have made for a tense and murky atmosphere at Red Bull.
Until last Thursday, when the team met for a 'clear the air' meeting to draw a line under the incident, blame for the crash had been laid at Webber's door. That meeting absolved Webber, but Vettel is refusing to accept blame - though many observers think it was at least partly his fault.
"You do at the time what you think is right, and in that case you would do it again because you thought it was right," he told the BBC. "I had already passed Mark and then tried to come slowly back to the right. At that time I was the leading car and then usually the leader dictates where to go. We made contact and that was the end of the race for me."
But despite obvious intra-team tensions, Webber is clrearly chuffed to be staying at Red Bull: "The decision to extend for a further year was a mutual one; it's widely known that I'm not interested in hanging around in Formula One just for the sake of it and at this stage of my career, I'm happy to take one year at a time.
"I continue to feel very comfortable here - I have a fantastic relationship with the whole team and the factory at Milton Keynes feels like home. It's been incredible to be part of the team as it's moved forward from a mid-field competitor to one that is challenging for the Championship."
"The decision to retain Mark was very straightforward. He is an important member of our team and is currently in the best form of his career, as the current leader of the Drivers' Championship," said team principal Christian Horner. "The team is extremely happy that the driver pairing of Mark and Sebastian will remain unchanged for a third season in 2011."
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Also, "this moves shores up..."
Doesn't make sense. You could use either "these moves shore up..." or "this move shores up..."
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Quote: 'Sebastian Vettel is to stay with Red Bull for at least another two years after negotiating a new contract.
The 22-year-old, third in this year's world championship with seven races to go, has signed a new deal until the end of 2011, with an option for 2012.'
and recently they (the team) were looking for another extension - till 2015
I'd be livid if the blame was passed on to me.
I'd say Webber could have threatened to leave over this saying he had a contract from another team and that if they wanted him to stay on that it was now or never.
I'd be livid if the blame was passed on to me.
Its the teams responsibility to control those situations, look at Hamilton and Button they had a go it got a bit hairy and the management stepped into make it all sensible again and stop it getting silly, that was the 3rd lap in a row Vettel had a look coming into that corner, it was obvious he was going to try it as he was under immense pressure from Hamilton who was driving a blinder all day, and was going to pass Vettel otherwise.
Its the teams responsibility to control those situations, look at Hamilton and Button they had a go it got a bit hairy and the management stepped into make it all sensible again and stop it getting silly, that was the 3rd lap in a row Vettel had a look coming into that corner, it was obvious he was going to try it as he was under immense pressure from Hamilton who was driving a blinder all day, and was going to pass Vettel otherwise.
End of.
There is no other way to look at it. If Vettel had to do that to get past (and ended up taking himself out in the process) then he should have backed out of the move and tried later in the lap/on the next lap.
Hamilton and Button had a go, both of the moves were fair and they didn't take eachother out.
If Hamilton was going to catch the RBs and if the team treats the drivers equally, then it doesn't matter who is in 1st and who is in 2nd. What matters is the 2nd place driver makes it more difficult for Hamilton to get through.
It's not rocket science, but I can supply a NASA badge if you would like?
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