Goodbye and thanks Mr Webber!

I will miss him even moore after this race.

The race was such typical Webber, really bad start, some great overtaking moves (one on Hamilton and two on Alonso nonetheless) and some great fast laps with the fastest lap, but unable to match or beat Vettel.

He went out in style, and in form. Unlike say Barrichello who never accepted when the time had come, or many others (DC etc) who crashed in their last race.

And let's not forget that he was *this* close to being WDC in 2010 and was ahead of Vettel for nearly all of the season. Alas...

He won't be remembered as one of the F1's greatest, but he certainly was a great driver who achieved more than most. His sense of humour and "straight" talk made him a very popular character in the paddock and among the fans, and he will surely be missed. Well done Mark, and good luck.

I never really warmed to this guy (you can say most Aussies in sport apart from Warnie and Gilchrist) but I must say he was a tough, honest and talented racing driver. Perhaps could have won more in a different era/team. Still a good F1 career even though it took a while to get going.

Horner could have curbed his lovefest with Vettel a bit at the end and perhaps given Mark a better send-off?

Gonna miss him. Looking forward to following him next year tho :)

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I never really warmed to this guy (you can say most Aussies in sport apart from Warnie and Gilchrist) but I must say he was a tough, honest and talented racing driver. Perhaps could have won more in a different era/team. Still a good F1 career even though it took a while to get going.

Horner could have curbed his lovefest with Vettel a bit at the end and perhaps given Mark a better send-off?

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I think Horner's behaviour at the end highlighted perfectly why Mark made his decision and I'm glad it ended that way.

I'm now starting to feel old. Mark is only a year older than I am and I was right there, at his first GP in Melbourne when he finished fifth in the Minardi and the partisan Aussie's almost dragged him to the podium. It was a great moment though, it doesn't seem almost 12 years ago, but sadly it is.

He is a good, ordinary bloke and his sound-bites will be missed from F1.

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Originally Posted by Storm

I never really warmed to this guy (you can say most Aussies in sport apart from Warnie and Gilchrist) but I must say he was a tough, honest and talented racing driver. Perhaps could have won more in a different era/team. Still a good F1 career even though it took a while to get going.

Horner could have curbed his lovefest with Vettel a bit at the end and perhaps given Mark a better send-off?

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I think Horner's behaviour at the end highlighted perfectly why Mark made his decision and I'm glad it ended that way.

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Yes, I thought the same but then Mark is the last of the "non" Red Bull drivers in the Red Bull team if that makes sense. That said, I'm sure it will be no different next year.

http://www.independent.co.uk/incomin...-vettel-gt.jpg

Ahhhhhh, wind in the hair :) At least he has hair. If it had been me it would have been wind on the ever expanding bald spot :p:

Get Clarkson in the second seat at RB! I want to see how mashed up his face would look driving that with no helmet :D