Mark Webber says that his successor at Red Bull, compatriot Daniel Ricciardo, must 'weather the storm', with the younger Australian finding himself in the midst of a sequence of tough races. Webber raced for Red Bull between 2007 and 2013 prior to his move to the World Endurance Championship, after which he was replaced by Ricciardo, who scored three wins on his way to third in the 2014 title race, beating Sebastian Vettel in the standings. This year Ricciardo has yet to finish on the […]

Former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber says that he is enjoying life in the World Endurance Championship - and believes that young drivers are now eyeing a route into sportscars rather than single-seater racing. Webber raced in Formula 1 between 2002 and 2013 and won nine races for Red Bull, before moving to Porsche in the WEC for 2014. "Of course yes, it’s [WEC] a lot more enjoyable," he told F1Zone.net when asked to compare the two series. "The last few years in Formula 1 […]

Mark Webber's honest clarity has been missed from the Formula One paddock in 2014. Amid the typical PR-speak, the Australian - having left Red Bull and the paddock for semi-retirement and Le Mans - was always relied upon for a blunt assessment. On his former teammate Sebastian Vettel's troubled 2014 season, for instance, Webber told Austrian broadcaster Servus TV this week: "Vettel is having problems with the new rules. "He has improved, but from the first race you could see he was making many mistakes," […]

Mark Webber has tipped his last F1 teammate Sebastian Vettel to eventually return to the top of the sport. Off the back of his four consecutive titles, German Vettel has struggled in 2014 in the wake of Webber's retirement and the arrival at Red Bull of the younger Australian, impressive Daniel Ricciardo. Dr Helmut Marko, the world champion team's outspoken director, has admitted to the BBC that amid Vettel's personal struggle earlier this year, he told the 26-year-old to "raise his game". "Sebastian was complaining […]

Mark Webber has praised the job that his Red Bull successor Daniel Ricciardo is doing so far this season. Webber, who is part of the Porsche team on provisional pole for this weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours, left Formula 1 at the end of 2013 and was replaced by fellow Australian Ricciardo. Ricciardo won his maiden Grand Prix in Canada last weekend, becoming only the fourth Australian to win a race in the sport. "To be honest, I've enjoyed the change in chapter in my […]

If Red Bull emerges from its early-season technical crisis, reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel will be a force to be reckoned with yet again. That is the view of Vettel's departed teammate Mark Webber, despite many believing the radically new 2014 regulations will finally end the German driver and Red Bull's run of dominance. Some think the 2014 rules have ended the utter dominance of aerodynamics, putting the 'power unit' and its technology in the spotlight. And early 2014 testing seemed to indicate the Red […]

Mark Webber has predicted an early retirement for his former teammate Sebastian Vettel. Throughout German Vettel's four-year championship-winning reign, Australian Webber was his teammate at Red Bull, where in 2010 they initially tussled for the first title. "Obviously the scorecards aren't exactly in my favour," Webber, who retired from F1 after 2013 and will now spearhead Porsche's prototype return at Le Mans, told the March edition of Motor Sport magazine. "Especially since we went to the Pirellis," Australian Webber, 37, told journalist Nigel Roebuck. "He […]

The Formula 1 community has emerged to send its support to Michael Schumacher, who is in a critical condition in hospital. Schumacher fell while skiing in the French Alps on Sunday and is in an induced coma in Grenoble. Personalities from the sport sent messages of support to the German, who claimed 91 wins and seven championships in a career spanning 19 seasons. 'Following the serious injuries sustained by Michael Schumacher in a skiing accident yesterday in France, the thoughts and sympathies of all at […]

Sebastian Vettel's new teammate thinks the reigning quadruple world champion is still getting better. Australian Daniel Ricciardo is replacing Mark Webber at Red Bull, but he said recently he hopes to be more competitive alongside Vettel than his retiring countryman. "As strong as Mark is," 24-year-old Ricciardo is quoted by Brazil's Totalrace, "Seb was better. "That was evident in the last two years. "He (Vettel) is still very young, so we can ask the question of whether they were both at their peak when they […]

Even with a 2013 contract in his pocket, Romain Grosjean has admitted he remained perilously close to seeing his now flourishing F1 career end. Banned for a race in 2012 and written off as the 'first lap nutcase' by Mark Webber, the Frenchman entered the winter period uncertain if he would be returning in 2013. Ultimately, having developed a close working relationship with a psychologist and no longer running into regular trouble in wheel-to-wheel combat, Grosjean ended the recently-concluded season as a standout of 2013. […]

Jean-Eric Vergne says that the 'big disappointment' at missing out on a Red Bull seat has led him to become a better driver. Mark Webber's retirement from Formula 1 opened up a seat with the world champions, but Red Bull opted to promote Vergne's Toro Rosso team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo. Vergne will continue with Toro Rosso in 2014 and believes that trying to understand Red Bull's decision has improved him as a driver. "It was a disappointment of course not to go to Red Bull. As […]

As part of our season review, here is the 2013 Formula 1 season from the mouths of those involved in the sport: the humorous, the memorable, the radio messages, and those, with hindsight, that some surely regret... “That competitiveness is going to keep growing and I guess we'll see more of it this year. But I'll try to contain it so I don't come across like a dickhead or something!” – Daniel Ricciardo reveals his intentions to improve in 2013. “This year's car is the […]