Red Bull Racing team advisor Helmut Marko has responded to Mark Webber’s comments at the end of the British Grand Prix by claiming that the Australian ‘is on the wrong track’ if he feels team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who has suffered a number of technical problems this year, is being favoured by the team.
After the first ten races of 2010, Webber is 3-2 up on Vettel for race wins and runs ahead of the German in the Drivers’ Championship; however, with the Queanbeyan man having commented, ‘Not bad for a number two driver!’ via car-to-pit radio after winning in Britain, Marko has responded in the German press.
“If Mark believes there's a conspiracy against him between us and Vettel, then he’s on the wrong track,” he told Auto Motor und Sport at the end of last week. “If I were Vettel, I would have suspected the opposite.
“Which car is constantly breaking? Has Mark had a defective spark plug in Bahrain, a loose wheel in Australia, a failed brake disc in Barcelona, a defective chassis in Monte-Carlo, transmission problems in Montreal and now a broken nose at Silverstone?”
However, although Webber won with Vettel’s previous chassis – described by Marko as ‘defective’ – at Silverstone, the Austrian advises the former Minardi, Jaguar and Williams driver to review his own situation.
“Mark is having a great season and has improved big time, but he shouldn’t forget that he also owes much to this team,” Marko continued. “Where was he two years ago? Back then, he couldn’t even dream of Grand Prix victories. Today, we are able to give him a car with which he can win on his own.
“For us, it really doesn’t matter who is Champion - the main thing he that he is sitting in a Red Bull.”
Also on Tuesday: Vettel: Always a certain distance between team-mates
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