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Red Bull continued to dominate and Daniel Ricciardo continued to impress on the second and final day of Young Driver Testing at Abu Dhabi, with the Australian setting the fastest lap of the day once more. The Red Bull protégé Ricciardo smashed the Yas Marina circuit’s previous fastest lap, setting a time nearly nearly 1.4s [...]

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Red Bull continue to dominate the world of Formula 1 as Daniel Ricciardo impressively set the fastest time of the day, a time which would have put him right up in third on last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid. The Aussie impressed greatly, beating drivers with decent F1 experience, including Force India test driver [...]

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“There is not one bit of me that feels I will ever want to drive for Red Bull,” Lewis Hamilton was quoted as saying yesterday in The Mirror newspaper. “It doesn’t have the character, the history or the appeal to me that McLaren has. “My hero Ayrton drove for this team and I have always [...]

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Red Bull must have been pretty happy with how the infighting and the Helmut Marko affair was swiftly brushed under the carpet and forgotten about. That is until Mark Webber brought it all back up again in a sensational press conference yesterday. It was suggested to the Aussie that the team were emotionally behind him. [...]

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Mark Webber is back on top of the World Championship after a 6th place finish in Italy. Webber had a horrible start for the second race in a row but fought his way up to fourth with an excellent drive. Vettel finished 4th but did report engine problems during the race. Luckily for him the [...]

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Mark Webber won Red Bull’s 100th Grand Prix in style after a great tactical decision from team principal, Christian Horner. Horner decided not to pit Webber under the safety car and it turned out to be the right choice. Webber was leading as the safety car came back in and team mate, Vettel was, illegally, [...]

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Red Bull continued their poor record from pole position as Vettel came home in 3rd place. Mark Webber suffered oil consumption problems but finished the race  in 6th. The team still trail McLaren in both the drivers and constructors standings, and both drivers are now joint 3rd both with 136 points. Sebastian Vettel lost two [...]

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1. Mark WEBBER (Red Bull), 1h24m38.200s 2. Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), 1h24m39.560s 3. Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes), 1h24m59.507s TV UNILATERALS Q: Mark, you were very angry yesterday after the team switched the front wings. After the race today you said on the radio race ‘not bad for a number two driver.’ Was today all about poetic justice? [...]

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Mark Webber has said that it is great to win at Silverstone and that it has been a special and incredible day. Webber put in a dominating display from 2nd on the grid, and added that that he and the team can put the ‘unique’ circumstances of ‘winggate’ yesterday behind them, moving forward. “It’s great [...]

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Following yesterday’s incident when Mark Webber had the better Red Bull front wing taken off his car and given to his teammate, speculation has arisen as to whether the Aussie will stay at the Austrian team next season. Webber had signed a contract earlier in the year to stay with Red Bull for 2011, but [...]