Sébastien Buemi appointed Red Bull reserve to Vettel and Webber
• Lifeline for Buemi after being discarded by Toro Rosso• Swiss driver appointed test and reserve driver at Red Bull Red Bull Racing have thrown a Formula One lifeline to Switzerland’s Sébastien Buemi by appointing him as their test and reserve driver after he was discarded as a race driver by their sister team Toro [...]
Mark Webber says team orders saga will not affect Red Bull future
• Webber ignored instructions during British Grand Prix• Australian says he has had ‘positive’ talks over new deal Mark Webber has insisted Sunday’s team orders saga will have no bearing on his future as he is already in “positive” talks with Red Bull regarding a new contract. Webber ignored repeated instructions to maintain a gap [...]
Lewis Hamilton: I could make a go of it at Red Bull
• ‘Vettel would have to learn to take losing graciously’• McLaren driver still has two years left on contract Lewis Hamilton would be prepared to drive for Red Bull but only if Sebastian Vettel could learn to be a better loser. That was the clear implication from the McLaren driver’s comments on Friday following remarks [...]
Ferrari’s Luca di Montezemolo accuses Red Bull of a lack of respect
• Red Bull ‘don’t know quite how to behave as champions’• Responding to claim Vettel would be stupid to join Italian team Luca di Montezemolo, the president of Ferrari, has accused the Red Bull team of a lack of respect towards the sport’s most successful marque. Red Bull won the drivers’ and constructors’ championships in [...]
Martin Whitmarsh believes Red Bull will get ‘defensive’ in title race
McLaren’s team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, says the Red Bull drivers are likely to get ‘defensive and tight’ in Korea It is only five races since Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button arrived in Hungary leading the drivers’ championship but after a devastating sequence of results another poor weekend here will, realistically, kill their title ambitions. Button [...]
Mark Webber tells rivals to stop looking for faults in Red Bull design
• Red Bull’s new front wing has come under scrutiny• ‘You should never penalise things that are ingenious’ Mark Webber has told his rivals to stop trying to find fault with Red Bull and concentrate on resolving their own issues. Red Bull’s latest front wing design concept has come under considerable scrutiny due to its [...]
Mark Webber and Red Bull dominate practice at new-look Silverstone
• Fernando Alonso is second fastest for Ferrari• Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button both off the pace Mark Webber dominated the second practice session of the British grand prix here, with the Australian posting the fastest time of the day ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and his Red Bull team-mate, Sebastian Vettel. On a day [...]
