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Glenn Freeman

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2211 total appearances

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The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

And he wouldn't have obeyed it.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

Good example, before the collision, this race is also a good example of a race where, on the surface, nothing's actually happened yet.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

There wasn't loads of overtaking, but just, as you say, seeing those four cars absolutely going at it, knowing that the drivers are pushing really hard, knowing that they're burning too much fuel, that's going to cause a problem later on.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

You couldn't take your eyes off it, even though up to this point there hadn't really been...

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

any overtaking.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

That's true, yeah, yeah, yeah.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

So while all this was going on, all the fallout was being handled between Turkey and Canada.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

The timing's brilliant.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

This was also the time when Mark Webber signs a new deal with Red Bull for 2011.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

In the middle of all this, I think it's absolutely perfect time, which is why I've included it.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

Webber and Horner said the decision was easy and straightforward.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

Webber was happy to agree a one year extension as it suited him to take things one season at a time at this stage of his career.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

career in his book weber said that although there was a bad smell after turkey i wasn't about to write off my own chances by announcing to the team i was off to pastures new in 2011 i already felt things were going to be stacked against me but they wouldn't they would have turned the tap off quick smart and the momentum would have swung firmly in seb's direction

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

So, Ed, was this actually good pragmatism from Webber?

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

Don't give up this great situation you're in with the best car just because there's all this tension going on behind the scenes.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

Before we move away from Red Bull and focus on McLaren's dramas in this race, let's pick up on Weber's comments about feeling that things were going to be stacked against him.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

Weber said in his book that after his back-to-back wins in Spain and Monaco that came before this weekend, his manager, Flavio Briatore, had told him that situation wouldn't be allowed to continue as Weber wasn't the chosen one at Red Bull.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

Webber felt that the Turkey situation had made it clear Marco was pulling the strings at Red Bull and that he had an agenda to make Vettel the centre of the team.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

He also wrote a letter to Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz outlining his feelings on everything that had happened.

The Race F1 Podcast
Bring Back V10s: Turkey 2010 - The dramatic fallout from big Vettel/Webber clash

And Webber said Horner went apoplectic when he found out about that.