Mark Webber feels satisfied with his decision to stay at Red Bull – Formula 1 news
Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber has said that he is very much satisfied with his decision to stay at his current team for the next season.
Webber has recently made an announcement that he has signed a new agreement with Red Bull for 2013, after winning the British Grand Prix. Moreover, he admitted that before signing a new contract with his team, he had been into conversations to join Ferrari
after this season.
Even though, he said that the offer from the Scarlet team was very attractive, however, he asserted that he made the right choice to stay with the defending champions as he has established a very good relationship with them.
“Although I did have talks with Ferrari, staying with Red Bull was the right thing to do,” Webber said. “I pretty much told Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz and team principal Christian Horner two or three years ago that I would finish my career with Red
Bull. I'm sure everyone understands the lure of racing for Ferrari, but in the end there were just too many pros to staying at Red Bull Racing it was as simple as that. I've been there since 2007, just two years after the team was formed, and we have built
a fantastic team.”
In addition, he said that they have won two drivers’ and constructors’ titles in the last couple of years and are trying their best to keep on making the substantial advancements to enhance the pace of RB8 for the forthcoming races in order to win this year’s
championship battle.
The Australian driver has been one of the most consistent point scorers in the season so far and he is presently standing at the second place in the drivers’ rankings with 116 points. Additionally, he is 13 points behind the leading driver, Fernando Alonso
of Ferrari and 16 points ahead of his teammate, Sebastian Vettel.
Besides, after claiming victory in the British GP, he became the second driver who has secured two race wins in this season. Over and above, it will be very interesting to see how the Aussie comes up in the approaching races.
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