Webber Says Relationship with Vettel Is Good

Mark Webber hinted that the tough relationship he had with Sebastian Vettel – obviously, he did not use those exact words, as this would have meant he actually admits this was the case in 2010, but we can read between the lines – will not build up into a friction inside the Red Bull garage next season.

Now that the 2010 campaign is all water under the bridge, with his team having secured both F1 titles, there's no reason to dig up the past. So the 34-year old Aussie tried to put the tensed moments of 2010 on the championship rivalry between him and Vettel. Since both were trying to secure the world title, it was only natural for sparks to come out from time to time in their relationship.

More importantly though, Webber insisted he and Vettel discussed all differences between them after the season ended and both have learnt the lessons of 2010.

“I think it is inevitable when you have two team-mates pushing each other as hard as we were, and also people have to understand that it only happens once every 10 to 15 years where you have two drivers in one team going for a championship because quite often you have rivals going for a title, but to have them in the same team and under the same roof is unusual,” said Webber in an interview with BBC Radio.

“It also happened to be the first time that Red Bull has been through it, so all of us learned a huge amount. There were some growing pains, of course, and being two competitive individuals as we are, both wanting the same thing, it is going to be strained at times.”

“Our relationship is good now, at the end of the year it was good to have a chat about things now and push a few things away that happened, it is hard to talk closely to each other during the season in the heat of the battle and over the winter we will have more time to build for the season and do a better job without any friction.”