Comments on: Webber speaks out about number two treatment

By: Adam Tate

Adam Tate — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:36:03 +0000

No one was complaining when Hamilton got preferential treatment over Kovalainen because Heikki isn’t as good as Lewis. Poor Heikki scored only 22 points in the MP4 24 whereas Massa scored that many points in his inferior F60 despite missing half the season!

By: Michael Taylor

Michael Taylor — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:26:39 +0000

Here Here on seeing Sir Stirling Moss on the podium!

By: richie675

richie675 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:54:26 +0000

No but it might have helped Kovy’s cause to keep up with Lewis once in a while!

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:23:23 +0000

You make a very interesting point Hugh, has Vettel done enough to establish himself as team no. 1 and be Red Bull’s best chance of a championship? I would agree this is rather too premature. Fortunatley for them (though they may not see it so favourably) they have a ‘No. 2′ driver who can still give it his all and deliver in not only less favoured status but to the cynical eye while being sabotaged. What will happen for the rest of the season remains unclear. Webber may well have signed a contract for a couple more years, however it wouldn’t be beyond the bounds of probability that he drive elsewhere next year, possibly with a number 1 on his nose.

By: shortsighted

shortsighted — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:50:52 +0000

I am so happy that Webber has the guts to say what he said after the race. I hope it will lead to more equal treatment of the drivers in RB.

In any case, RBR has lost popularity with the fans and Vettel a lot of respect.

If this continues, Adrian Newey has better found another team to show his talents and disconnect himself with a team with no integrity or justice to its drivers.

By: shortsighted

shortsighted — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:44:34 +0000

Vettel was helped by the deployment of the safety car so that he could pass the slower cars in front after they all bunched up.

The pass on Sutil was a bit rough, don’t you think so?

By: VicWeir

VicWeir — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:16:17 +0000

I’d guess not too…pity though, it would have made a loveley picture!!

By: Legend2

Legend2 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:35:59 +0000

Good point Valour. However, the real favouritism was the fact that Mark could not challenge Vettel for position once he emerged on fresh tyres. We saw the stunning times Kubica was doing on fresh tyres. Yet Mark’s pace went completely, matching Vettel’s slow pace, and allowing the leading trio to completely break away.

Unbelievable, not allowing Webber to challenge. Yet they allowed Vettel an unfair challenge with a better engine map setting in Turkey. If Webber was given the number one status he would have won in Australia, Malaysia and Turkey. So all this talk that Vettel should rightly be the number one is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. If anything Webber should be the number one. But what we want, is for all drivers to get a fair crack. Something Rubens Barrichello did not get at Brawn last year. If Barrichello got No.1 status last year, then he would have won the championship.

By: James Allen

James Allen — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:01:11 +0000

No, because the comments allow people to make the points they want intelligently. Forums just descend into name calling and exchanges of bias and I don’t want that here

By: James Allen

James Allen — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:54:09 +0000

Cool