Ed Straw
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And that became a manifestation of not a driver just being a bit careless with shoes.
It suddenly became, well, why is he allowed to do that?
That's clearly favouritism.
It's like, well, so you've got to be really careful.
And you can understand how that happens, particularly with someone with Mark Webber's psychology as well.
And that's for the better as well, because...
Mark Webber really didn't have much behind him to get to F1.
It's a miracle he got to Formula 1 and had the career he did.
He did that on ability because he didn't have the backing behind him.
So you can't separate the kind of negative effects of that from the positive.
So he is someone who I think benefited sometimes in kind of having enemies to fight as well.
And there was certainly...
a certain amount of legitimacy to the concern there.
But I think it also, the role got built as well, which sometimes would have helped him and maybe sometimes it went against him and just became too much of a thing.
And we all have.
Everyone's got these strengths and weaknesses and areas.
You can relate this.
I'm sure people will be able to relate this to situations they've been in and that kind of thing.
It's not often when we're talking about this is taken as some massive criticism, but it's just what you see happening.
And all drivers have some point.