F1 News
Date: 21/July/2011
Will Sebastian Vettel back off and let team-mate Mark Webber win at the Nurburgring this weekend - Vettel's home grand prix - if asked to do so by the Red Bull team?
That was the question put to reigning F1 world champion and runaway title leader Vettel, in the aftermath of Webber being controversy told to 'maintain position' behind the second-placed German in the closing stages of the recent British Grand Prix.
The request - which Webber claims he ignored, despite subsequently failing to overtake Vettel - reignited both the debate on the use of team orders in F1 and also accusations of favouritism towards Vettel within the Red Bull team.
Vettel, seeing the trap laid ahead of him by reporters on Thursday, used the kind of skill he usually reserves for the race track to avoid a direct response.
Vettel said: "I think it always depends on the situation in the race. Obviously I know where you’re coming from. I don’t think there was anything for us to gain as a team in the last race.
"It depends, as I said, on the situation. On the one hand you want to race for yourself and on the other hand you try the best for the team. To be honest, I don’t think there’s much we have to talk through and go through again.
"On Sunday, obviously for that [scenario] to happen, first of all we have to have a lot of good laps to then be in a position to fight against each other for the victory, so I think that stage is quite far away."
Vettel has won six of the nine races so far this year and start's this weekend's tenth round with a massive 80-point advantage over nearest rival Webber, who is yet to win in 2011.
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