Good luck Mark :up: I wish you to finish on the podium in each race left of this season... ;)
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Good luck Mark :up: I wish you to finish on the podium in each race left of this season... ;)
I'm cheering for Mark as well, it would be so sweet to see him take the title!
Well, I'm willing on anyone over Mark at the moment because I want a McLaren driver to take the Championship and will do until the title is won.
Saying that, if it isn't a McLaren driver that wins the WDC, I would be overjoyed if Mark wins the title. He has had the best car this year but has performed solidly.
Webber's career is a great story of an underdog driver. If he caps it off with a WDC in a tightly-fought season after a miserable start into the season (a'la Massa 2008) and an alleged status of a #2 driver, it would be a memorable achievement. Not to mention that he is quite an interesting character. My second preference for this year's WDC.
Then RBR had better take heed of Briatore's advice at Monza that from Marina Bay onwards they had better decide to support Webber because the championship is close and they have to stop the RBR drivers from taking points off each other.
Yes, he is Webber's manager, but he is also a former team principle that engineered consecutive world titles for Schumacher and Alonso - this man knows what he is talking about.
I reckon that given the RB6 advantage, if RBR do NOT win, then there will be seismic movements at RBR - with Adrian Newey, there is at best weak excuse WHY titles will not be won.
Mateschitz will not be happy to put it mildly and in my view if RBR fail, it will be a disgrace.
I agree with you, but following RBR's very vocal and public statements on team orders it simply will not happen. At least not until one driver is mathematically out of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote
My personal view is that it should be left for a race, maybe two, before the team throws it weight behind Webber. After all under the old points system Vettel is less than 10 points behind, which is peanuts.
Ferrari hold the advantage in this area - it's like the good old days.
You are right, RBR will leave things alone for a while longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
And one forgets that the first five drivers are actually pretty close under the old scoring system.
And since Silverstone both Webber and Alonso's rate of point scoring have been higher - especially the Aussie's - than the three other title contenders.
As much as I want to see RBR throw themselves behind Webber there is also a certain level of satisfaction if they end up doing it at a point where Vettel is absolutely gawn.
Should Vettel DNF and Webber win at Singapore then at that point absolutely RBR need to sit down with Vettel and deliver the bad news.
There are degrees of support, I guess. Does support mean Vettel is asked to duel with Webber in a manner where he does not steer his car into Webber or does it mean he runs behind Webber preventing opponents from attacking him?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ari
I can see the first option being agreed to, but the second option ??????????????????????
Vettel will have no problem with that because he will know that in 2011 if the situation is reversed, then Webber will be required to reciprocate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
And it will not stop vettel doing what he knows he can do so well, and that is winning from pole position - remember he is still the quickest driver in f1 and has won 11 out of the last 31 pole positions and has won 5 out of 7 victories from that position.
Anyway, when the RB6 runs well, the only competition is between Webber and Vettel.
The most important thing is that they not take points off each other. At the recent scoring rate, Alonso would quickly move into the title lead.