Mark Webber escapes grid penalty to retain third position ? Formula 1 news
Red Bull?s Mark Webber escaped a grid penalty for ignoring a weight check requested by the FIA during the qualifying ahead of the United States Grand Prix.
It was being anticipated that Webber will be facing a punishment by the stewards for his ignorance but they let him off with a warning and the driver will retain his third slot on the grid for the race.
?I'm pretty happy with qualifying actually,? Webber said. ?It's a very tricky venue in terms of tyres, circuit conditions and all those type of things together so it's easy to be out of the window here and not be super competitive if you don't get everything together. So I was pretty happy with the last part of Q3; we had to manage a little problem in the car which in the end I don't think would have cost us a position because the guys obviously were pretty quick and both did very strong lap times.?
A statement given by the stewards said that the Red Bull driver failed to fulfil the FIA request and did not bring his car to garage for the weight check at the end of the first round of qualifying.
However, the team realised their mistake soon after and the car was brought in. Their immediate action saved them from the penalty.
Webber stated that he was extremely satisfied with his position on the grid and that it was a very good place to start the race. He added that their main focus for the race in Austin was to secure the constructors? championship for the team. It will be a brilliant achievement for their base back in Milton Keyes and their engine providers Renault.
Webber?s teammate, Sebastian Vettel, who is leading the drivers? championship against Ferrari?s Fernando Alonso, was also of similar opinion over the constructors? title. He has stated that they are more focused on scoring points for Red Bull than worrying over Alonso?s eighth position on the grid. The team is currently leading the constructors? grid with 422 points while Vettel will be starting the race from pole, already ten points ahead of his rival.
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