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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.