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Webber possibly puts Hamilton under pressure

Karen — 2007-10-04T19:13:52Z

Its being reported today that after Webber being knocked out of the race by a member of the red bull sister team ...stewards are now looking into the way Hamilton was controlling the stream of cars behind the 2nd safety car after his team mate Alonso had crashed out... We all know that the lead driver will back the cars up and then sprint on ....to me personally the way he was controlling the race behind the safety car at the start of the Japanese GP was more risky with Alonso all over the back of him....... With all the politics and the way the Mclaren/Ferrari saga continued over the last few months and Mclaren already punished for having Ferrari documents was one thing...I can see those who are not enjoying the lifeline Hamilton has brought back to the sport will say if he wins this and that its a false world championship....and ofcourse Alonso is backing Webber in this argument....Personally I think the sooner Alonso stops spitting out his dummy and acknowledges the fact that for the first time hes actually got a team mate who is equally if not better than him is beating him fair and square then a lot of issues will be sorted... I hope that the stewards dont penalise Hamilton.....Webber was obviously paying attention of what was happening in front but considering Vittel being inexperienced and driving in those conditions ADMITTED he was watching Hamilton and not Webber...so surely the fault is there.. And yes folks I am still alive... Im so sorry ive not been on here....but being made head chef at work my time off now is so little and now Im off with total exhaustion and the flu.....Was it really this year Freddie I came over to see you LOL...feel like Ive worked a whole year with no day off as it is... and even had a bit of time to get my predictions in this week....AT LEAST !!

Red Bull Racing Turkey Prixview

crazycaz — 2007-08-23T08:26:12Z

You’ve had two weekends without a grand prix so here is a handy Red Bull Dictionary to remind you what all those Press Release quotes really mean: a useful Red Bullshitometer to keep with you throughout the race weekend. And don’t blame the press officers, because you have to remember that the Press Release is the only thing they produce that their team bosses and you, the media, actually recognise as work! So, without even pausing to optimise our issues, please read on: “We have no plans to change any of our drivers in the near future.” Means: “We plan to change one of our drivers on Monday after the race.” “The car retired with an electrical failure.” Means: “The engine seized, threw a piston and con rod through the side of the block where it cut through the electrical wiring loom, causing an electrical failure.”* *If you run a customer engine, under no circumstances can you have an engine failure. “We do not know what fuel loads the other teams were running in qualifying.” Means: “We are in deep trouble because we are slower than the others, but actually it’s worse than that because we are much, much slower than them, as they have enough fuel to run ten laps more than us at the start of the race.” “But the car has very good pace in race trim, so we should be okay for the race.” Means: “Our car is just plain slow, but if we are stuck in the middle of the pack with no chance of overtaking, we can claim we had a competitive car and no one will know we are lying.”

“We knew our car would struggle on this type of circuit.” Means: “Our car would struggle on any type of circuit made up of a tarmac road surface laid out with straights and corners.” “I have a very good relationship with my team-mate.” Means: “I am comfortably quicker than my team-mate.” “I have a good working relationship with my team-mate.” Means: “I hate my team-mate. I call him my ‘team-hate.’ He can’t even remember the names of his mechanics, he does hardly any testing, and yet he just turns up and drives the car and is quicker than me. He also has a much prettier girlfriend.” “A difficult first day of practice which saw us struggle to find the right balance on the car. We still need to complete our tyre comparison programme.” Means: “The car is a complete pig and the only balance I’m ever likely to find is the one in my bank account. As for the tyre choice, we’ll toss a coin in the hotel bar tonight to decide which one to use.” “Next year, we should be able to challenge for race wins on a regular basis.” Means: “We said exactly the same thing last year, but hope no one will notice that we are repeating ourselves.” Of course, none of these comments refer to Red Bull Racing or Toro Rosso press releases, which are always honest, decent and truthful.

WE’RE OUTTA HERE… SEE YOU IN THREE WEEKS

crazycaz — 2007-08-06T22:05:55Z

DAVID COULTHARD: (Finish Position 11th, Start Position: 10th) “It was very inconsistent between sets of tyres out on track, so it was difficult to judge our out and out performance. Other than that, there wasn’t too much to report from this race.” MARK WEBBER: (Finish Position 9th, Start Position: 9th) “Regarding the strategy, we thought that if we could get some clear air between lap 20-something through to 30, we’d switch to a three-stop strategy, but it wasn’t enough for us to get a point today. The car balance improved as the race went on, and I had slightly better pace in the last two stints, but I don’t think there was much more we could have done today. I was happy with how I drove, we gave everything. It’s good now for everyone to have a break and re-group so we can finish the last six races as strong as we can be.” CHRISTIAN HORNER: “It was a frustrating race, as we were lacking a little bit of pace. With Mark we opted to run a three-stop strategy, which was the quickest way for him to complete the race, but we just missed out on a point. With David, we rolled the dice when we saw Davidson’s car beached in a precarious position on the circuit, as we thought the safety car could be deployed. David was out of the points, so we gambled on his position, bought him into the pits and fuelled him to the finish. Unfortunately it didn’t work out, but it was worth a try. On a positive note, we got two more finishes today and had 100 per cent reliability all weekend.”

Strong drive fails to reward Webber in Hungary

crazycaz — 2007-08-06T21:45:56Z

STRONG DRIVE FAILS TO REWARD WEBBER IN HUNGARY Ninth place in today’s Hungarian Grand Prix was scant reward for a good solid performance by Mark Webber at the Hungaroring, just outside Budapest. The Red Bull Racing driver who started the race in ninth position after Giancarlo Fisichella was penalized five grid positions following an infringement in qualifying, drove well throughout the 70-lap race but, although running in the lower end of the points for much of the race, was ultimately outpaced to the final point up for grabs by the quicker Renault of Heikki Kovalainen. Webber made a clean start, jumping ahead of Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and running side-by side with team-mate David Coulthard who briefly went ahead at turn one. Webber redressed the order at turn two and then benefited when Fernando Alonso ran wide onto the dirt. However, it didn’t take the reigning world champion long to recover and he repassed the Australian on the next lap. This left Webber in eighth position, 2.6s behind Robert Kubica who had also been quickly demoted by Alonso, and 2.9s ahead of Kovalainen. Nick Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg and Alonso triggered the first round of pit stops on lap 17, followed a lap later by Ralf Schumacher, and then race leader Lewis Hamilton, second-placeman Kimi Raikkonen and Kubica; all this promoting Webber into third. Webber pitted on lap 20 and rejoined the order in 10thwith only Kovalainen and Coulthard ahead of him still to pit. Once they had, Webber regained eighth position. With Webber adopting a three-stop strategy after his first pit stop and Kovalainen on a two-stopper, the race was now on to see who could complete the race the quickest. Webber moved into seventh when Rosberg. also on a three-stopper, pitted but dropped to ninth when he made his second stop on lap 40. Webber rejoined 10 seconds behind Kovalainen and although he began to narrow the gap, the Finn responded before pitting for his second and final stop on lap 49. Webber briefly held eighth but his fate was sealed when he pitted again on lap 59, handing the final points scoring position to Kovalainen who was eight seconds ahead of Webber at the chequered flag. “It was a long day at the office for no reward in terms of points although I was happy with the way I drove,” said Webber afterwards. “The start was pretty good; as usual it was a hectic first turn and I lost a spot to David (Coulthard) but I was able to repass him at turn two. Fernando made a mistake at the last corner of the first lap so I got ahead of him for a lap but he regained the position on the main straight. After that I settled into my first stint – we had two options at our first pit stop; either to two stop or three stop and we thought we’d give three a go. In the end, our race was solid but we just weren’t fast enough. It was between Heikki and me all day for the last point and he got it; maybe through tyre strategy and a slightly quicker car. This track rewards high levels of down force and we need more of it.” The FIA F1 World Championship now takes a deserved three week summer break before resuming in Istanbul on August 24-26 for the Turkish Grand Prix.