Vettel and Webber targeting strong weekend in Barcelona
6 May, 2012
Bahrain GP winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates with Mark Webber and the Red Bull crew
May 6 (Apex) Fresh from his triumph in Bahrain last month, Sebastian Vettel is in a positive frame of mind and expects an interesting weekend as the F1 World Championship heads to Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya for round five, while team mate Mark Webber is targeting a repeat of his 2010 victory at the venue.
Mark Webber during Mugello testing
Speaking ahead of the Spanish GP, Vettel said, “Of all the current GP tracks, Barcelona is the one that we know the most because we have done so much testing there in recent years. That said, the knowledge that you gain at the tests doesn’t always help due to the changing wind direction that occurs there, which can sometimes give you a nasty surprise, especially into Turn 1.”
“In general, a car that functions well aerodynamically in Barcelona will work everywhere – so it will be an interesting weekend. We have been working on the package for Barcelona at this week’s test, but we will still have set-up work to do there on arrival,” revealed Vettel who leads the championship standings after four rounds.
Webber said, “We head to Barcelona with good miles on the car and an understanding of some new avenues. I like the Barcelona track, we do a lot of work there and it’s a track that’s been good to me in the past. I got pole there for the last two years and converted it to a win in 2010, so I’m looking for a strong weekend. It’s tight amongst the teams, so we’re mindful that we need to get everything right to get a good weekend.”
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If at all there is bad blood between the two, it was created by Vettel and his engineer and Christian Horner.
1. Christian gets the nose from Webber’s car and installs it in Vettel’s car before the race.
2. Idiotic Vettel crashed into Webber during overtaking and not the other way around and Vettel had the audacity to denote with his stupid finger for all to see that Webber was cuckoo.
3. I think it was his engineer who should have kept his mouth shut and not make stupid comments to the media blaming Webber. The boss Christian Horner is there for that.
Indeed. All gestures/interviews of Webber indicate that he dislikes Vettel and wants to beat him at all cost.
This picture tells a lot about the two driver’s relationship. Pretty much all eyes are on Mark, as people do when they are watching someone who they know doesn’t like the other. They subconciously monitor peoples reactions, looking for public signs of feelings they know are there. I think their relationship is a lot frostier than we are led to believe in the press.