Red Bull to investigate parity
April 2012
The Red Bull team is to carry out an investigation to establish why Mark Webber has managed to score almost as many points as his team mate so far this year. Christian Horner and Adrian Newey are reported to be holding an emergency team meeting at Monaco to discuss this alarming parity between the two cars.
Last season the team managed to give Vettel a car capable of winning 11 races on his way to a second consecutive title, while Mark Webber was given hand-me-downs and told to sit in the corner quietly during technical de-briefs. This year, however, Vettel has managed only a single win while Webber has finished 4th in every race. As a result, Webber is barely 5 points behind in the championship.
When asked why his drivers were so much closer, Christian Horner replied “Obviously we need to look into this issue. We have worked hard over the last two seasons to make Seb’s car superior to Mark’s so we need to analyse the data to see why Mark is so much closer this year. Adrian and I will be discussing the options, including the possibility of replacing Mark’s Red Bull with an HRT for the rest of the season.”
When asked why he was so much closer to his team-mate, Mark Webber said “Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh”.
