Pirelli case, Webber: “Vettel was right to be angry”

Words that are worth double considering the certainly not idyllic relationship between Sebastian Vettel, current Ferrari driver, and Mark Webber, his (certainly not) faithful squire at the time of the world titles won with Red Bull.

Knife brothers, the two, with Webber more than once coming into head-on collision with the predestined talent, suffice it to remember the Turkish GP in 2010, Silverstone 2010, or the controversies in Malaysia in 2013. Yet, regarding the explosion which affected the tire right rear of Seb in the recent Belgian GP, ​​Webber publicly took the German's side, proving that on the issue of safety there is a certain solidarity between the drivers, even if they are adversaries.

“A blowout of that kind cannot be considered a punishment for wearing the tire too much – said Mark -It's right that you are slow, that performance declines, but as a driver you have the right to know that the tire holds up. It doesn't have to be the penalty for using a tire for too long. Then Pirelli cannot accuse Ferrari for the strategy; if Vettel had finished third wouldn't they have said their tires were strong? They said 40 turns of life for the tire and it blew out 12 laps before, too many".

Antonino Rendina

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