Red Bull Abu Dhabi Team Reaction
By Ian Lockwood
November 4 2012
Sebastian Vettel came through the pack twice to secure a podium from the back of the grid. Mark Webber had a scrappy race falling back from his excellent 2nd place in qualifying. He survived two overtaking attempt collisions before finally being taken out of the race in someone elses accident.
Car 1 Sebastian Vettel, Finish Position: 3rd, Start Position: Pit Lane:
“It was a good race for us today, a big chance for Ferrari and Fernando, but we didn’t allow it. I enjoyed it a lot today, more than anything. I damaged the front wing pretty early with Bruno, which was not ideal, but we were able to carry on and not lose too much. Then, during the safety car, maybe I didn’t pay enough attention. Daniel was slowing down, just as I was warming the tyres and I got surprised. I had to move to the right and hit the DRS board, which damaged the front wing. It was the worst time to have to pit from P13 and start again at the back of the field, then I had to do it all over again, passing everyone from the back. In the end, to finish third on the podium is just fantastic.”
Car 2 Mark Webber, Finish Position: DNF, Start Position: 2nd:
“Nothing really worked out for us today. I think we were strong, but we never got free air and it’s difficult here with traffic; we saw quite a few incidents where people were trying to pass. Ultimately, in the incident that ended my race, I tried to go down the inside when the cars ahead made contact, I thought there was an opportunity, but then Grosjean made contact with my car and that was the end for us. Whatever we tried today, it just wasn’t working out.”
Christian Horner, Team Principal:
“After the problems of yesterday, it was a remarkable comeback from Sebastian to finish on the podium. We elected to start from the pit lane, so we could make some set up changes to the car. After a promising start, despite picking up some damage to the front wing after an incident with Bruno Senna, Sebastian had another incident under the first safety car when Daniel Ricciardo caught him unawares and he finished off the frontwing on the DRS marker. That necessitated a nose change and a change to our strategy. Seb was at the back of the field and once again had to work his way through. He drove an unbelievable race today and his final move on Jenson was quite exceptional. To go from pit lane to podium was something we could only dream of before the race. For Mark, unfortunately after not a great start, he got involved in an incident with Maldonado that spun him around and cost him time, just as he was looking to come back at Fernando Alonso. He recovered well and we made our stop, which was the fastest of the day and got him ahead of Maldonado who he was racing at that stage. Then, as he was closing down on the cars ahead, an incident with Perez, Grosjean and Di Resta left him with nowhere to go and unfortunately he was a victim of their actions. Nonetheless we leave with important points for the Constructors’ and Drivers’ titles today and everything still to play for in two weeks’ time.”
Cyril Dumont, Renault:
“A fantastic result for Sebastian, but bad luck for Mark who had been having a strong race until his accident. It was a great team effort to keep us well in the hunt for both titles. Starting twice from effectively last position means you have everything to do, but everyone involved judged it right and we can look forward to even better next time out in Austin.”
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Mark had about as much good luck as you can ever ask for this weekend, it was all put out on a plate for him and he dropped it stunningly.
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Just great how some people love to diss on others.
The only way this could be better is if the other guy got a penalty, in the opinion of the stewards, for the incident you're describing.
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conversely this is the first time i have witnessed webber being involved in any type of contentious fracas this year or even longer..in my recollection that is.
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you, LH, can do whatever you please. if i so choose to label a driver ‘ a goose’ then it is because that, IMO, any driver who accumulates 35 incidents over a 5 year period warrants that title. that is not ‘dissing’ on a driver it is merely describing what i see as a complete failure WDC or not.
to become ‘ a goose’ you need to display greater talents than those already outlined. my research indicates that hamilton was involved in 14 separate incidents in 2011 of which only 10 attracted and penalties!!!
that to me is indicative of, in hindsight, 'a complete goose’. webber hardly makes an impression, comparatively that is.
glad to see your alter ego joining the combined ‘diss’. no doubt team orders at play here.
Rationalising that by going through some figures that have crossed an arbitrary, subjective, and to the rest of us impossible to determine line in your mind is completely irrelevant.
Quote:glad to see your alter ego joining the combined ‘diss’. no doubt team orders at play here.
2009 called, it wants it's awful joke back.
Thanks for reminding me though, I need to login to the Duffer account, it's falling a couple of posts behind this one.
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yes, he had a@#$%&race and he was involved in a couple of incidents but the fact that there were no penalties handed out reinforced the fact that it wasn’t webbers fault directly.
there is nothing hypocritical at all. he is not in ‘the gooses’ league. if he was i would acknowledge it, begrudgingly of course.
the facts that i quoted are written in the record books and not even you can change that.
yes, he certainly is average. two monaco GP’s to his name would seem to support your theory.
BTW crasher coulthard won monaco twice and he also was average at best.
Marks problem is you can spot a calamity a mile off. No wonder he is no2 at RBR.
yawn
Mark WEBBER 9
hit wonder :-)
Should have been 12 wins except vettel stuffed up
Japan 2007- vettel runs into back of webber during SC ...WTF
Turkey 2010- vettel decides to drive into webber
Malaysia 2013- vettel decides he is just too awesome for team rules
I am a proud Mark Webber Fan
I am also proud that we won the war
I am also a Carlton supporter
I think, therfore i am!