The needle between the future Red Bull team-mates would come later, but their relationship started on a much more wholesome note ☺️ F1
Sebastian Vettel reveals how ‘kind’ Mark Webber helped him at first F1 testSebastian Vettel has recounted a story from his first-ever Formula 1 test, when future team-mate Mark Webber came to his rescue…
Part of his reward for this campaign was a test of the Williams FW27 F1 car, with the Grove-based squad enjoying a works relationship with BMW at the time. Both drivers appeared on Sky Germany recently as part of a segment reflecting on Vettel’s career, with the four-time World Champion revealing that Webber had to come to his aid after that Jerez test.
Due to the brutal physicality of the 2005 F1 cars, Vettel was exhausted by the test – something that the stocky and sturdy Webber could see at the end of the day. “Sebastian was not ready for that brutality of a Formula 1 car and he said to me at the time pretty much ‘I’m not sure if it’s possible for me to do this’.
With Red Bull increasingly revolving around Vettel during their tenure as team-mates, the relationship became tense as team boss Christian Horner attempted to keep control of his warring drivers – with flashpoints coming at the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix when the pair collided while leading the race, as well as the infamous ‘Multi-21’ incident at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix when Vettel ignored a team order to stay behind Webber.
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