By Christopher Hayes on Saturday, September 13, 2008Filed Under: F1 News
Webber takes fight to STR, but can’t stop Vettel
A late qualifying effort against the grain of worsening conditions, vaulted Mark Webber onto the second row of the grid in Monza giving the Red Bull family further cause for celebration ahead of Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.
Read the full F1 article 'Webber leads charge on Red Bull sisters'(480 words, 1 image, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)
By Forumula1.net on Monday, September 8, 2008Filed Under: F1 News
Toyota driver Timo Glock has been stripped of the final point in the Belgian Grand Prix after race stewards decided to award him a retrospective 25 second penalty for overtaking under yellow flag conditions. It is believed that the overtake occurred when Glock overtook Webber towards the end of the race when yellow flags were being waved for Kimi Raikkonen’s crashed Ferrari.
Read the full F1 article 'Glock penalised; Webber promoted to eighth place'(104 words, estimated 25 secs reading time)
By Forumula1.net on Friday, September 5, 2008Filed Under: F1 News
Red Bull Racing have confirmed that Sebastien Vettel, who has already been confirmed as one of their 2009 drivers, will be testing for the team in Jerez, Spain, later in the month.
Read the full F1 article 'Vettel to test for Red Bull Racing'(234 words, estimated 56 secs reading time)
By Christopher Hayes on Monday, August 25, 2008Filed Under: F1 News
Fernando Alonso has become the latest Renault-powered driver to attribute Toro Rosso’s performance edge at Valencia to the grunt of its engine, hinting that Renault and engine customers Red Bull Racing are being disadvantaged.
Read the full F1 article 'Alonso joins Webber in Renault-power fears'(394 words, 1 image, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)
By Forumula1.net on Saturday, August 23, 2008Filed Under: F1 News
Mark Webber admits Red Bull Racing have gone in the wrong direction with the development of the car after a disastrous outing at Valencia.
The Aussie, along with team-mate David Coulthard, both struggled with the handling and balance of the RB4 around the new street circuit, and wound up a disappointing fourteenth and seventeenth respectively.
Read the full F1 article 'Webber: Top six a distant memory'(365 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)
By Christopher Hayes on Friday, August 22, 2008Filed Under: F1 News
Nico Rosberg blamed Mark Webber for spinning off during practice ahead of this weekend’s European Grand Prix at Valencia.
The Williams driver lost control of his car at the final corner and spun across the path of Webber into the run-off area.
Read the full F1 article 'Rosberg brandishes Webber “stupid”'(420 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)
By Forumula1.net on Sunday, August 3, 2008Filed Under: F1 News
Mark Webber admits that starting on the dirty side of the grid is less than ideal, but remains hopeful of a good performance in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver once again hoisted his RB4 into the top ten and wound up less than tenth of a second shy of Renault’s Fernando Alonso in eighth place.
Read the full F1 article 'Webber hoping for clean getaway'(194 words, 1 image, estimated 47 secs reading time)
By Forumula1.net on Tuesday, July 22, 2008Filed Under: F1 News
Mark Webber has branded this season’s Safety Car rules a joke. Webber believes that Piquet’s podium place at Hockenheim was sheer luck, mainly thanks to the Safety Car rules.
“The safety car threw up a bizarre result and I think the rules are a joke,” Webber explained in his BBC column.
Read the full F1 article 'Webber brands Safety Car rules a joke'(183 words, estimated 44 secs reading time)