Team tactics for RB?posted in F125 | 10 | 2010
AUSSIE MARK WEBBER is close to getting the full weight of Red Bull behind him in the final two grands prix of the season as the team considers whether it will implement team tactics.
After the disaster of Korea, when neither he nor team-mate Sebastian Vettel finished the race, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso now leads the championship by 25 points from the German and is 14 ahead of Webber. Allowing Vettel to take points off Webber in Brazil — where he won last year — and Abu Dhabi would clearly not be constructive for Red Bull.
Now Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has admitted the outfit may need to work out the benefits and pitfalls of using tactics from the Interlagos event; and he could also consider orchestrating a swap of positions in the race in order to ensure Webber gets a bigger points haul.
"I haven't had time to look at all the mathematics and scenarios, but it is something we will look at pretty closely between now and Brazil," the Englishman said. "Obviously the objective for both of them is to be ahead of Fernando and Lewis, as we achieved in qualifying in Korea." but Horner stopped short of confirming Webber as his No 1 driver
"As you saw in Korea, the championship leader changed between three different drivers at three different points of the race, and we gifted Fernando Alonso 25 points, which is obviously frustrating.
"This championship will go to the last lap in Abu Dhabi I believe. Mark retains P2 in the championship and Sebastian has now dropped to fourth, but there is still only a race win between Sebastian in fourth and Alonso in the lead.
"And how many times have we seen this year the championship to and fro? So it is impossible to predict what will happen in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
"Sometimes motor racing can be cruel. We saw the highs of it two weeks ago in Japan and we have seen the lows of it here and, as a team, we win together and we lose together. We will fight back strongly in Brazil."
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Jim McGill