Christian Horner thinks Mark Webber still has a chance of winning championship – Formula 1 news
Red Bull Racing team principal, Christian Horner believes that their driver, Mark Webber still has a chance of winning the 2012 Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship.
Sebastian Vettel of the Milton Keynes based team is now leading the drivers’ championship after scoring his third consecutive win in the Korean Grand Prix. Moreover, he is now 6 points ahead of Fernando Alonso of Ferrari who was at the top of the standings
for most of time in the current season until now.
Even though, Vettel is now been deemed as the outright favourite for the title as he has a lead over other drivers and is 63 points ahead of his teammate, Webber, however, Horner has asserted that there are still four races to go and the Australian driver
has a possibility of winning the title. Therefore, he said that he will not give any kind of orders to the Aussie until he has a chance of scoring victories in the remainder of the season.
“Not yet,” Horner said. “Sebastian has moved into the lead [of the title chase] and Mark still has a chance of winning this championship. I think it would be wrong to impose team orders, while Mark still mathematically has a chance of winning.”
In addition, he said that both their drivers have a very good relationship with each other which they demonstrated in the preceding race.
“A phenomenal team result. It was our first one two of the season and a great performance. Both drivers executed excellent races. Sebastian made the better start and he and Mark ran side by side all the way down the straight to Turn 3, but gave each other
just enough room,” he added.
The defending champions are leading the constructors’ championship and have a strong lead over their main opponents, Ferrari and McLaren. Furthermore, they have been considered as the most favourite title contender as they have performed exceptionally well
in the season until now.
It will be interesting to see how they perform in the upcoming races and whether they will be able to defend their championship title or not.
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