Mark Webber believes racing has become less exciting for experienced drivers – Formula 1 news
Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber has said that racing has become less exciting for the experienced drivers in Formula 1 because of some changes in the sport.
Webber insisted that tyre management has been playing a very important role in the 2013 F1 season and expressed that degradation issues have hindered the performance of many drivers, especially the experienced ones.
“I think as a group, especially for the guys north of 100 grands prix, we've seen a different make-up of how grands prix are run these days,” said Webber, when asked by AUTOSPORT about how satisfying the racing is this year.
Besides, he said that racing has become quite different as compared to the past, but the drivers have to perform in every kind of situations.
“It's in our skill set to have to deal with some of these challenges, as we always have, whether its V10s, V8s, refuelling, one-lap qualifying; Q1, Q2, Q3,” he said. “It [the racing] is different. Monaco was quite an extreme case for that in terms of pace,
as I think it around GP2 pace, and that's getting quite extreme you'd say.”
It will be important to note that Webber’s future is still unclear at the Milton Keynes-based team and there are many speculations that he may leave the sport at the end of this year. On the other hand, his teammate, Sebastian Vettel has successfully extended
his contract with Red Bull for one more year.
Nevertheless, the Aussie has expressed that he is not feeling upset and is positively looking forward to perform well in the forthcoming races.
Presently, he is standing at fifth place in the drivers’ championship with 69 points. Moreover, he is ahead of Nico Rosberg of Mercedes and behind his major rival, Lewis Hamilton. Although, his start to this season has not been as impressive as his performance
in the first few races of the preceding year, he has managed to secure two podium finishes until now.
It will be really exciting to see how he performs at the Silverstone Circuit where he scored an incredible victory during the last season.
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