HEIKKI KULTA - Turun Sanomat 12.4 2010
Speculations about next season's drivers are going on strong in Red Bull's camp. There aren't many experts who believe that Mark Webber would drive as Sebastian Vettel's team mate in 2011.
The Australian is the world's best 2nd driver but the bosses of the racing team, Dietrich Mateschitz and Helmut Marko, are for recycling.
In the Australian The Age-magazine Webber's girlfriend and manager Ann Neal gives out the impression that Webber might withdraw from F1 when he is on the top.
– I don't think that Mark wants to just drag along year after year. Because it took him so long to get into F1 I doubt he wants to go through the same long process when withdrawing. Mark wants to retire when he is in a good position, Neil said.
Webber's plans after retirement is to climb Mount Everest and start managering young drivers.
A satisfied Vettel is the most important thing
In rumours they have put in Webber's place both Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastien Buemi.
Vettel is the scale who Mateschitz and Marko listen carefully to. Red Bull is nowadays more and more clearly a one man band and as long as Vettel feels his position is strong he will continue in the team.
Vettel's contract covers also next season. It's clear that Mateschitz would want to continue it straight away.
Vettel is very positive about the idea of Räikkönen coming. It would be different if the team mate would prove to be stronger than him. Then the young German would feel that his position is threatened and the harmony would be bound to break.
That's why Buemi along Vettel would more surely guarantee the working peace of the one man band. On the other hand when thinking of market values Buemi is a choirboy at the most in Mateschitz's orchestra compared to Räikkönen.
It's going to get crowded at Toro Rosso
They need at least one empty seat in Toro Rosso because after Webber the Australian quota in this F1-organisation will be filled with Daniel Ricciardo who drives in the Renault World Series this season.
Jaime Alguersuari has proved with his last performances that he will drive at least to the end of this season.
Source: Turun Sanomat
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Jerez: Kamui on top as Button brings it to a close
A late charge from Kamui Kobayashi saw the Sauber driver steal the honours at Jerez while Jenson Button continued the latest trend of ending session five minutes early with a red flag.
Despite some concerns in the morning that the rain, which caused havoc to the teams' programmes on Wednesday, could again come down, only a few drops fell, leaving the drivers a dry track on which to test.
Buemi made the most of the conditions as the Toro Rosso driver posted a 1:20.026, the fastest lap time of the week, to top the timesheets ahead of Button.
It was an impressive showing from the Swiss driver as it wasn't just a one-off lap, he managed a few, each quicker than the other, to keep Button's challenge at bay.
And while it appeared as if Buemi would finish the day at the top of the timesheets, an extremely late charge from Sauber's Kobayashi had the Japanese rookie taking the honour.
While all eyes were fixed on Button's stricken McLaren, which had stopped out at Turn Six for as yet undisclosed reason bringing the session to an end five minutes ahead of schedule, Kobayashi crossed the line, the first driver to break into the 1:19s.
The Sauber rookie recorded a 1:19.950 to pip Buemi by 0.076s.
Button was therefore knocked down to third place while Nico Hulkenberg, whose running was cut short in the morning with a hydraulic problem, finished fourth place, ahead of Tonio Luizzi.
Michael Schumacher, who took over from Nico Rosberg for Thursday's action, finished in sixth place with a 1:21.304. However, the Mercedes driver was not concentrating on low-fuel qualifying stints.
Instead, Schumacher conducted a long run in the afternoon, completing 35 laps in one stint, during which the German was lapping in the late 1:24s.
Schumacher wasn't the only driver putting in long runs as Fernando Alonso, who finished seventh on the timesheets, put together a run of almost 50 laps.
And although the Spaniard finished behind Schumacher on the timesheets, he was quicker than the German on his long runs, lapping in the 1:23s and early 1:24s
Robert Kubica, who was called up to replace Vitaly Petrov as Renault wanted their lead driver in action on what many believe will be the only dry day of testing for the week, was eighth overall ahead of the morning's early pace-setter, Mark Webber.
Timo Glock completed the timesheets in tenth place, almost ten seconds off the pace. The German, though, only amassed 11 laps before a problem with the mounting of his front wing saw it fall off onto the track during the morning session.
Unfortunately for Glock and his Virgin team, a lack of parts meant they were forced to sit out the remainder of the day. "We're missing one or two spare parts which will hopefully arrive this evening, so we won't be able to run for the rest of the day," said tech boss Nick Wirth.
Unofficial Times
1. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29 1:19.950 103 laps
2. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5 1:20.026 +0.076 121 laps
3. J. Button McLaren MP4-25 1:20.618 +0.668 83 laps
4. N. Hülkenberg Williams FW32 1:20.629 +0.679 67 laps
5. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03 1:20.754 +0.804 80 laps
6. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01 1:21.083 +1.133 124 laps
7. F. Alonso Ferrari F10 1:21.424 +1.474 129 laps
8. R. Kubica Renault R30 1:22.003 +2.053 103 laps
9. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6 1:22.043 +2.093 99 laps
10. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01 1:29.964 +10.014 11 laps
Source: Planet-F1
Despite some concerns in the morning that the rain, which caused havoc to the teams' programmes on Wednesday, could again come down, only a few drops fell, leaving the drivers a dry track on which to test.
Buemi made the most of the conditions as the Toro Rosso driver posted a 1:20.026, the fastest lap time of the week, to top the timesheets ahead of Button.
It was an impressive showing from the Swiss driver as it wasn't just a one-off lap, he managed a few, each quicker than the other, to keep Button's challenge at bay.
And while it appeared as if Buemi would finish the day at the top of the timesheets, an extremely late charge from Sauber's Kobayashi had the Japanese rookie taking the honour.
While all eyes were fixed on Button's stricken McLaren, which had stopped out at Turn Six for as yet undisclosed reason bringing the session to an end five minutes ahead of schedule, Kobayashi crossed the line, the first driver to break into the 1:19s.
The Sauber rookie recorded a 1:19.950 to pip Buemi by 0.076s.
Button was therefore knocked down to third place while Nico Hulkenberg, whose running was cut short in the morning with a hydraulic problem, finished fourth place, ahead of Tonio Luizzi.
Michael Schumacher, who took over from Nico Rosberg for Thursday's action, finished in sixth place with a 1:21.304. However, the Mercedes driver was not concentrating on low-fuel qualifying stints.
Instead, Schumacher conducted a long run in the afternoon, completing 35 laps in one stint, during which the German was lapping in the late 1:24s.
Schumacher wasn't the only driver putting in long runs as Fernando Alonso, who finished seventh on the timesheets, put together a run of almost 50 laps.
And although the Spaniard finished behind Schumacher on the timesheets, he was quicker than the German on his long runs, lapping in the 1:23s and early 1:24s
Robert Kubica, who was called up to replace Vitaly Petrov as Renault wanted their lead driver in action on what many believe will be the only dry day of testing for the week, was eighth overall ahead of the morning's early pace-setter, Mark Webber.
Timo Glock completed the timesheets in tenth place, almost ten seconds off the pace. The German, though, only amassed 11 laps before a problem with the mounting of his front wing saw it fall off onto the track during the morning session.
Unfortunately for Glock and his Virgin team, a lack of parts meant they were forced to sit out the remainder of the day. "We're missing one or two spare parts which will hopefully arrive this evening, so we won't be able to run for the rest of the day," said tech boss Nick Wirth.
Unofficial Times
1. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29 1:19.950 103 laps
2. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5 1:20.026 +0.076 121 laps
3. J. Button McLaren MP4-25 1:20.618 +0.668 83 laps
4. N. Hülkenberg Williams FW32 1:20.629 +0.679 67 laps
5. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03 1:20.754 +0.804 80 laps
6. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01 1:21.083 +1.133 124 laps
7. F. Alonso Ferrari F10 1:21.424 +1.474 129 laps
8. R. Kubica Renault R30 1:22.003 +2.053 103 laps
9. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6 1:22.043 +2.093 99 laps
10. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01 1:29.964 +10.014 11 laps
Source: Planet-F1
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