A well-known friend of team owner Dietrich Mateschitz, Mosley believes the Australian driver should have done the only logic thing – from his perspective – he could have done in Istanbul, which was letting the 22-year old German pass him. Interestingly enough, this was the same stance adopted by Red Bull's advisor Helmut Marko, none other than Mateschitz' right-hand man on motor racing matters. Can anyone see a pattern here?
“From my perspective. I do not think that Sebastian Vettel should receive the blame for the collision. At the time of the accident Vettel was clearly faster than Webber. At this stage he (Vettel) had the right and the duty to overtake,” said Mosley in an interview with German newspaper Die Welt.
“It can be clearly seen that Vettel had already passed Webber before the collision, and at that time Webber should have given him more space – especially as they were already on the far left side of the track. Now you could argue (about the blame) if it had not been Webber's teammate, but as it was, he (Webber) should have respected his responsibility to the team.”
“Remember, both cars were doing almost 300kph, so considering the risk, he (Webber) should have taken a chance to improve his position at another point in the race,” added Mosley, who ruled out team orders were at the bottom of this situation. Instead, he believes what happened in Turkey was only a racing matter handled irresponsibly by Webber.
“Vettel was under pressure from Lewis Hamilton, he was faster than Webber, and to shake off the McLaren he needed to pass the slower Webber. Even if this situation was declared to the drivers by radio, this would not be a team order or a manipulation of the drivers' championship, but rather an explanation of a particular situation – (it is) necessary information for the drivers.”
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