Mark Webber took pole position for the German Grand Prix by the slenderest of margins after a fast and furious qualifying session. The Australian posted a stunning 1m 30.079s to take P1 but Lewis Hamilton rung everything from his McLaren to park on the front row with a 1m 30.134s. It was a brilliant lap… [Read more…]
July 9, 2011
Mark Webber has stormed to pole for the British Grand Prix, beating team mate Sebastian Vettel for only the second time this season. The Australian set his time early in Q3 as showers swept across Silverstone. He was second over the line and immediately pipped Vettel to the top spot. It was a brilliant lap… [Read more…]
May 21, 2011
Mark Webber has broken the 2011 stranglehold on pole position held by team mate Sebastian Vettel with an excellent qualifying performance. The Australian laid down a 1m 20.981s to beat the world champion by a tiny margin but it was an important marker. Barcelona was the beginning of a great run for Webber last season… [Read more…]
January 20, 2011
The introduction of moveable rear wings this season is likely to be flashpoint for a number of reasons. First and foremost because the very introduction will remain controversial: I’ve never been a fan because it risks making the racing artificial. Giving a driver the ability to suddenly go much faster when trailing a car down… [Read more…]
October 10, 2010
Sebastian Vettel sealed a sublime Suzuka victory after dominating the field for his third win of the season. The result leaves him tied on points in second place with Fernando Alonso behind Red Bull team mate Mark Webber – and it is very much looking a three horse race for the drivers’ title. McLaren had… [Read more…]
August 20, 2010
Happily, Formula One is finally set to race back into all of our weekends and potentially with one of the most exciting Grand Prix of the year. Spa. Who among motor racing fans doesn’t dream of shooting, flat, up Eau Rouge? It’s a wonderful corner of a spectacular track. Last year produced a brilliant race.… [Read more…]
August 1, 2010
Mark Webber has stormed to the top of the drivers’ championship with a brilliant drive in the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Australian took full advantage of a mechanical failure for McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and made a risky strategy work with a series of pulsating laps after a safety car intervention. Webber did not stop during… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
Mark Webber has responded in the strongest way to claims his team mate is Red Bull‘s best championship prospect with a dominant victory in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The Australian seized the lead from pole sitter Sebastian Vettel on the first lap before the young German suffered a puncture and dropped to the… [Read more…]
June 27, 2010
Sebastian Vettel cruised to victory in Valencia in a race marked almost exclusively by a horrific crash. Mark Webber crashed into the back of Heikki Kovaleinen’s Lotus, after the Australian apparently missed his breaking point, firing his Red Bull up into the air, landing upside down before spinning into the barriers. Fortunately both drivers walked… [Read more…]
June 7, 2010
Mark Webber has signed for a further season at Red Bull as the team continues its efforts to draw a line under its disaster in Turkey. Webber, 33, said the one year extension was mutually beneficial given the stage of the championship leader’s career. The news ends, for now, speculation linking the Australian with other… [Read more…]
May 31, 2010
Little this season has sparked more discussion and debate than the Turkish crash of Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Both drivers seem to be blaming each other for the incident on lap 40, when Vettel dived up the inside of his teammate and appeared to drift right to try and force a… [Read more…]
May 16, 2010
Mark Webber sealed back to back race wins after cruising above the fray in Monaco, claiming a lights-to-flag victory in an incident packed race. Three big accidents brought out the safety car on to the streets of the principality but Webber never lost the lead in 78 laps, pulling away from the field easily at… [Read more…]
May 15, 2010
Mark Webber stormed to pole position in Monaco, pipping a sensational Robert Kubica with a 1m 13.826s lap. It ensured Red Bull continued its unbroken run of pole positions in 2010 and Webber has now got to be the favourite for tomorrow’s race if he can keep it out of the barriers. But it was… [Read more…]
July 23, 2011
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