Fresh footage shows fuming Webber cutting up Red Bull team-mate Vettel in dangerous move after Malaysia mayhem
By PHIL DUNCAN
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Dramatic new footage has emerged revealing just how serious the feud is between Red Bull team-mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber after the Australian pulled a shockingly dangerous maneouvre after the Malaysian Grand Prix had finished.
Red Bull are in turmoil today after Vettel ignored their clear instruction not to challenge Webber at the climax of the race, and the German was forced to issue an apology for undermining the order which has left his colleague considering his Formula One future.
VIDEO: Scroll down to watch the astonishing footage
Chequered flag: Sebastian Vettel slows down after crossing the finishing line in Malaysia
Who's that coming up? Mark Webber's car zooms into the corner of the camera
Dangerous: Webber steers into the path of Vettel at a furious pace as the German slows down
Best of enemies: Webber then speeds off into the distance leaving Red Bull red-faced
New footage reveals just how angry Webber was in the aftermath of the race as he dangerously cuts across Vettel at high speed to display his fury, only missing his team-mates car by a matter of inches.
Former McLaren driver John Watson, a winner of five grands prix, believes Red Bull must take immediate action against their three-time world champion.
‘The question is, what are the team going to do to sanction Sebastian Vettel? And the only solution I would find is suspending him for next grand prix,’ Watson told BBC Radio 4.
Dangerous: Mark Webber (left) swerved in front of Sebastien Vettel to show his anger
Leading the way: Webber was ahead of Vettel until his team-mate's late surge
VIDEO: Watch Webber's dangerous move
Out of options: Watson says a fine would do nothing and removing the points is not viable
‘You can’t take the points away from him and give them to Mark Webber, a fine would be irrelevant, so the only purposeful way to bring him to book is to say “you will stand out one race”.’
‘I know that if other drivers in other teams disobeyed a team order they would be suspended or even fired.’
Red Bull cancelled their victory photo in the aftermath of yesterday’s controversy while it has been reported that Webber needed to be persuaded to participate in the podium ceremony.
Usurped: Mark Webber would have won the race had Vettel not disobeyed team orders
Watson says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner must take action or risk his position being undermined by Vettel.
‘If Christian Horner doesn’t reassert his authority in the team - because he has been totally subjugated by Sebastian Vettel yesterday - then his position in the team is not exactly the role it is designed to be,’ added Watson.
‘The only conclusion I can reach is that Vettel should be suspended for the next grand prix.’
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Wound-up Webber considering his F1 career after controversial Vettel victory in Malaysia
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Mark Webber will use the next two weeks to take stock of his Formula One career as the rift with Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel grew increasingly fractious.
Webber was left seething after Vettel deliberately ignored team orders to take the chequered flag at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Leading at the fourth and final pit stop 13 laps from home, Webber and Vettel were under instruction to hold station to the line.
Racing rift: Mark Webber (left) looks unhappy on the podium next to Sebastian Vettel
World champion Vettel, however, tarnished his reputation as he blatantly defied team principal Christian Horner and went on the attack and won the 27th race of his career.
The duo, who previously clashed in the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix when Vettel attacked Webber only to crash out of the race, went wheel to wheel before the 25-year-old German passed the Australian on lap 46.
In the green room, where the top three drivers cool down post race, on the podium and in the main press conference the tension between them was palpable.
Although Vettel apologised it cut no ice with Webber who, when asked whether the situation had made him consider his future with the team and in F1 on the whole, said: 'My mind in the last 15 laps was thinking that many things, yes. Many, many things.'
As to how Webber will respond to an order in the future should he be in a position where he is chasing Vettel for a win, he said: 'That question is not going to be answered right now.
Not a Champagne moment: Webber reluctantly drinks from the bottle while Vettel watches on
'Let's just say there were a lot of things going through my mind in the last 15 laps of the grand prix, lots of different reasons, not just from today but also from the past.
'We'll see what happens. We've got three weeks before the next race (in China on April 14).
'Right now it's very early days, it's very raw, but we need to work out how the team best goes forwards from here.
'That's obviously going to be discussed this week. I will be in Australia on my surfboard, the phone won't be engaged, so let's see what happens.'
Vettel, who had initially shown no remorse for his selfish actions when interviewed on the podium, changed his tune several minutes later when he fielded questions in the press conference.
Leading the way: Webber was ahead of Vettel until his team-mate's late surge
'I can see now he (Webber) is upset, but yeah, I at least want to be honest and stick to the truth and apologise,' said Vettel
'I know it doesn't really help his feelings right now, but I should have behaved better.
'As I've said, I didn't do it deliberately. I didn't realise I had made a mistake. It was only when I came back and saw the team's reaction I realised.'
Horner claims clear-the-air talks were held immediately afterwards, but there is no doubt Webber will head back to his homeland feeling deeply aggrieved and with his mistrust of Vettel exacerbated.
Behind them Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were also involved in their own team orders controversy, although in this instance the latter obeyed the call from team boss Ross Brawn.
Fuming: Nico Rosberg wanted to overtake Lewis Hamilton but was told to hold back
Clearly faster than Hamilton in the final stint, Rosberg twice asked to be let by only for Brawn to tell him to hold fire, much to the embarrassment of the Briton who believes he should have given way.
Jenson Button, meanwhile, should have finished at least fifth, only for a pit-stop error by his McLaren crew to ultimately wreck his race from which he retired a few laps from home.
As for Fernando Alonso, the Spaniard crashed out in his Ferrari at the start of lap two after the team opted not to call him into the pits for a new front wing damaged on lap one.
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