Formula One - Red Bull drivers rivalry makes them pay dearly
As the 2010 season started nobody could have predicted it to be such an exciting and thrilling one. In decades such an awe-inspiring and nail-biting situation had not been witnessed in points’ tally. There are only five more races to go before the season
would see its ‘Champion’ and yet one cannot predict any name.
The top five drivers of the season stand fortified at each other with only a difference of twenty four points. The top three teams with their five drivers have stringed thousands of race lovers in an intriguing situation, as each and every one of them is
putting in their best to pull the title as strongly as they can. The war is not only limited among the teams, rather the envy is equally visible among the team members as well. Though the contention is surely present in all the teams yet it is once again the
Red Bulls, where this resentment is more visible than anywhere else.
Now as only five races are to go this season, Mark Webber has said in one of his recent interviews that he is ready to crush all hopes of Sebastian Vettel for the title in the upcoming race at Singapore this weekend.
The two Red Bull drivers, Webber and Vettel hold first and fifth place of Drivers’ Championship with a total of one hundred and eighty seven and one hundred and sixty three points respectively. The second and fourth positions have been taken by the two McLaren
men, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, having bagged one hundred and eighty two and one hundred and sixty five points each, whereas Fernando Alonso of Ferrari is sandwiched between both these teams, at third place, with one hundred and sixty six points.
At the Italian Grand Prix Webber took back the throne as Hamilton slipped down from top position after packing his day pointless in first minute of the race.
The Australian driver has undergone a lot of ups and downs all through the season. Though Red Bull provided him with the fastest car on track, equipping it with F-Duct and some other technical modifications far before the other teams did, he had been served
with a good share of troubles all through the season. The team was badly infected with rivalry and infighting, and was accused time and again for treating both its drivers differently. The other team driver, Vettel who stood fourth at Monza earlier this month,
has been accused of taking the better share of support and backing from the team all though the season.
The hostility of the two deprived the team from a one-two finish at the Turkish Grand Prix as they crashed into each other in the chase of first place finish. Another disappointing show of team rivalry was witnessed at Silverstone, when the new front wing
of Webbers’ car was replaced by old one giving his to Vettel. Much disappointed driver, when finished the race at first place on the podium exclaimed in all frustration, “Not
at all bad for a number two driver.”
However, air was said to be cleaned following that race, as it was announced by Webber later that there was a misunderstanding on his part, which had been removed subsequently.
Although no more rivalry displays have been seen by the two since then, nor has the team presented any biased behaviour yet the air has never seemed to be as clean as they claimed.
One last day to go and the drivers would be standing head to head once again. Fans are all eyes to watch who would get the better of each other in the much awaited finale.
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