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Webber's relationship with Vettel fractured beyond repair: Briatore

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/webbers-relationship-with-vettel-fractured-beyond-repair-briatore-20130327-2gt83.html#ixzz2Oig5mmP2

 

[MrBurns]

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[pavilion103]

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Lol I saw that one on Facebook yesterday. So funny (even as a Schumi fan )

 

[Whiskers]

Tune in for what should be an eventful weekend in Shanghai.

Red Bull team boss said earlier in week they didn't want to hear any more comments about team orders. Not sure whether to interpret that as there will be no more team orders, or whether he expects such things to be kept quite.

Now Vettel has said he believes Webber didn't deserve to win the last race.

With Webber earlier saying Vettel has lost his trust... I suspect it will be on for young and old this weekend.

I understand many other drivers didn't think Vettel did the right thing by his team last race and I suspect with webber more respected and having more friends on the race track, Vettel is likely to have a pretty tough time from here on.

Now, you just have to look at how ordinary Schumacher is without his team and co-driver supporting him as no 1 driver. Now we'll see how Vettel does without Webber playing the supportive team role.

 

[MrBurns]

Not on till midnight Sat

 

[MrBurns]

Not on till midnight Sat

Wrong - it's 4:30 Sunday...............

 

[pavilion103]

Lol Vettel isn't 43 like Schumi. Slight difference there.

 

[Whiskers]

Lol Vettel isn't 43 like Schumi. Slight difference there.

That's true, but what I think is more important is his temperament. Vettel is a hot head who openly admits he will defy team orders again. Not the attitude to win team confidence or friends on the race track.

The Age

'Payback' in Vettel victory
Date: April 13 2013

Oliver Brown, Shanghai

Sebastian Vettel has admitted that his decision to overtake Mark Webber, his Red Bull teammate, for victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix, had been an act of pure retribution.

''After all that happened in the past few years, Mark didn't deserve to win,'' he said with astonishing candour.

The triple world champion, underlining the irreparable feud between the pair, argued that Webber had failed to help him throughout their tense five-year partnership at Red Bull and was not entitled to the win at Sepang.

''He didn't deserve it,'' Vettel said. ''There is a conflict, because on the one hand, I am the kind of guy who respects team decisions, and on the other, probably Mark is not the one who deserved it at the time.''

Utterly unrepentant, Vettel argued that if he found himself in a position again to flout team orders at the Australian's expense, he would do so.​

With regart to my own earlier question...

Given such defiance, it was little wonder Helmut Marko, director of motorsport at Red Bull, had expressed his preference this week for a ban on team orders by the reigning constructors' champions.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/moto...-of-revenge-20130412-2hp4c.html#ixzz2QFggapyw​

So, it's oooon!