Red Bull's Mark Webber will be at the Chinese Grand Prix, in three weeks. Webber will not just walk away from Formula One as suggested by the press, after the
Controversial Malaysian Grand Prix. That is what Mark Webber's dad has been telling the press today.
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On Sunday Vettel ignored the team's orders, which even resulted in the normally level headed Christian Horner (The Red Bull Team Principal) branding him stupid. Horner was heard over Vettel's radio saying ""This is silly Seb, Come on". Yet the German ignored the calls and continued to pass his team mate.
In the aftermath of the GP Webber told reporters that in the final laps of the race, he had "
thought about many things." Alot of speculation came from that, the main one was that Webber would not of turned up to the next Grand Prix in China.
"We'll be up in China for the next one." Alan Webber told the press. "I think it will take a while to earn the respect and trust again, Sebastian disobeyed team orders and most, if not all the team, are disappointed with him. Up and down the pit lane Mark has not lost any credibility at all. It's probably Sebastian who has lost an awful lot,"
The Red Bull team are far from happy at Sebastian Vettel, The Triple World Champion.
Bernie Ecclestone Expressed concern for the Triple World Champion, saying that Vettel has made his bed, he must now lie in it. The F1 Supremo is referring to the next time Vettel needs Webbers help. Say if it's a crucial World Championship decider, Webber could refuse to help Vettel.
Ecclestone spoke to
Guardian:
"Let's assume these two guys are in a position to win the championship at the end of the year, then there is no way Mark is going to help Sebastian," said Ecclestone. "So Sebastian has to think about that. Maybe there will be a stage when he would like Mark to help him, but I don't think Mark is going to come up front and do it."
Ecclestone also added that he believes no team orders should be called early in the season, adding:
"At this stage of the championship, I do not believe there should be any team orders. It does not matter who it is,"
That applies to Mercedes who also made
Nico Rosberg stay behind his team mate Lewis Hamilton, who was slower than Rosberg. Unlike Vettel though, Rosberg adhered to the team orders.