Gerhard Berger accuses Webber of unsportsman like conduct !!!!!
Christian Horner on Wednesday said it is "ridiculous" to suggest Mark Webber tried deliberately to take out his rivals after crashing in Sunday's Korean Grand Prix.
Former Grand Prix winner Gerhard Berger said on Tuesday that the Australian "could have hit the brakes" after crashing out of second place during the rain-hit race in Yeongam.
"Yes, I think that's very clear," said the Austrian. "It's very obvious, you can see his wheels are not locked up."
Webber collected the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg, but – according to Berger – he "would have preferred" to wipe title contenders Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton out of the race.
Red Bull team boss Horner responded: "As with every incident in Formula One, opinions will always be made without all the facts.
"Just to be absolutely clear - Mark's intention was not to take out another driver after his crash and it's ridiculous to suggest otherwise," he told the Telegraph.
Horner admitted that Webber's RB6 was "badly damaged" after his initial contact with the wall, but his attempt to keep the car going was a "natural and immediate instinct" to get back into the race.
"It's absurd to suggest that Mark would ever deliberately take out another driver," Horner said.
After Webber crashed in the last rain soaked F1 race ex F1 ace Gerhard Burger launched an attack saying Webber tried to take out either Alonso or Hamiliton deliberately , What a load of I believe this is Burger trying to play with Webbers mind & trying to rattle him in the final moments of the world champion fight .I may be wrong about this but I believe Burger is Vettels & Rosbergs manager Let the dirty tricks & mind games begin .
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Last edited by shakespeare; 02-11-2010 at 12:06 AM.
Reason: Added news article
Wow, that's some pretty disappointing comments from someone I used to respect as an F1 driver
How completely idiotic to even entertain that notion.
Hmmm I'm number one on the championship leaderboard with a chance of earning good points in this race. If I drive consistently like I have been all year, I'm still a great chance for the championship.
Nah to hell with that I'm going to intentionally crash out on the faint glimmer I can take Alonso with me....
What a load of
Back under your rock Berger you absolute f$cking troll
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Somebody with the name "Berger" should not make negative comments about a guy with the surname "webber"
Think about it.......
Completely agree with the above comments.
Just because mark is managed by a tool that is know to order his drivers to crash, doesn't mean weber will too.
Webber being the Aussie that he is, is still going to give it his all, and if he goes down, he'll go down trying
Now the constructors championship is wrapped up, hopefully Red Bull will start throwing a bit more support behind Webber than Vettel. Webber still the better bet for world champ out of the two just out of sheer consistency let alone points tally
While I'll be wrapped if webber wins (take that all the doubters) I'll be just as happy for him to come second if he does it on his own. I'll be disappointed if he wins because of team orders.
No matter what the result is, he's done it the hard way, just like how he's got to where he is today.
Win or lose he should be proud of what he's achieved, and so should everyone else
When was the last champion to win on his own without the need of his team mates assistance?