Mark Webber admits he had support while overtaking Fernando Alonso twice at Marina Bay – Formula 1
Red Bull Racing team driver Mark Webber has recently admitted that he had support during his overtakes over Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso during the 2011 Singapore Grand Prix which took place last weekend at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
Webber finished in 3rd place ultimately after overtaking Alonso twice in a single race but he has admitted that the Spaniard was not in a good position during both of those overtakes.
“I had another battle with my old mate Fernando. I seem to have spent a lot of time in his company on the track recently. I had to pass him twice in Singapore. The first time was on lap 10, when he was running out of grip from his tyres. I got him into turn
15 after setting him up in turn 14,” Webber told BBC.
Besides that, Ferrari were nowhere near the pace of McLaren or RBR throughout the Singapore Grand Prix weekend and one has to credit Alonso for even finishing in 4th place right behind Webber.
The Italian team has had a disastrous season this year and dragging pace out of it has been the most difficult task for the two Ferrari drivers throughout the 2011 Formula 1 season.
The Spaniard has been criticised for not doing anything against Mark Webber during his second overtake but the Aussie claims that there was nothing he could do either as he was blocked by Jaime Alguersuari’s Toro Rosso.
“The second time looked more spectacular, into the turn 10 chicane, which is not normally a passing place. I heard a few people saying I caught Fernando napping but, to be fair, he was blocked by the Toro Rosso in front of us,” he added.
Nevertheless, it seems that the battle for second place in the drivers’ standings is getting quite fierce now as Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton want to be the best of the rest very badly in order to have the upper hand psychologically
before the beginning of the 2012 Formula 1 season.
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