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Red Bull have no fear of the unknown
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October 11, 2010, Monday
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MARK Webber, Sebastian Vettel and their Red Bull team have no fear of the unknown as they lead Formula One into unfamiliar territory after a dominant one-two win in Japan.
South Korea, with a new and barely-completed circuit being inspected by the governing body today and tomorrow, poses a fresh challenge next week but Red Bull expect some things to stay the same.
"We think that we can be competitive at all remaining tracks," team principal Christian Horner told reporters after Vettel led championship pacesetter Webber to the chequered flag at Suzuka yesterday.
"There's nothing that we fear in the remaining three races."
Australian Webber increased his outright lead to 14 points, with Vettel and Ferrari's Spaniard Fernando Alonso tied behind him, but it will be his young German team mate he will be most worried about.
Vettel, dubbed 'crash happy' by some of his rivals not so long ago, has revived his challenge and roared back into contention.
Webber has continued to bank the big points with admirable consistency.
Two more similar one-two finishes would see Vettel and Webber equal on points going into the season-ending Abu Dhabi race with the constructors' title in the bag and a winner-takes-all battle for the drivers' crown.
"The dream scenario would be to be able to pull out a big enough gap to all those behind that it was just down to them on track," said Horner, whose team are 45 points clear of McLaren. "Whether that is possible or not, who knows?
"There are three other drivers in contention and it's wrong to write off any of those three."
MCLAREN GLOOM
McLaren's champions Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button would agree with that, even if their post-race defiance and determination to fight on sounded more like rage against the dying of the light than true belief.
Hamilton is 28 points off the pace while Button, the reigning champion, is 31 points behind Webber with the Australian seemingly playing down his rival's chances.
"As we've seen this year, five of us are capable of winning races," the Australian said on Sunday.
"Well, four in the dry. Jenson's had a few races in the wet conditions but in the dry conditions it's been four of us who can win."
Even if the Australian drops points, the chances are that Vettel or Alonso will be poised to cash in just as much as the two Britons. The British media certainly left Suzuka wondering whether it was all over.
"We go away from here 28 points behind, 75 points in play and three races to go," said McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh, putting on a brave face.
South Korea, with a new and barely-completed circuit being inspected by the governing body today and tomorrow, poses a fresh challenge next week but Red Bull expect some things to stay the same.
"We think that we can be competitive at all remaining tracks," team principal Christian Horner told reporters after Vettel led championship pacesetter Webber to the chequered flag at Suzuka yesterday.
"There's nothing that we fear in the remaining three races."
Australian Webber increased his outright lead to 14 points, with Vettel and Ferrari's Spaniard Fernando Alonso tied behind him, but it will be his young German team mate he will be most worried about.
Vettel, dubbed 'crash happy' by some of his rivals not so long ago, has revived his challenge and roared back into contention.
Webber has continued to bank the big points with admirable consistency.
Two more similar one-two finishes would see Vettel and Webber equal on points going into the season-ending Abu Dhabi race with the constructors' title in the bag and a winner-takes-all battle for the drivers' crown.
"The dream scenario would be to be able to pull out a big enough gap to all those behind that it was just down to them on track," said Horner, whose team are 45 points clear of McLaren. "Whether that is possible or not, who knows?
"There are three other drivers in contention and it's wrong to write off any of those three."
MCLAREN GLOOM
McLaren's champions Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button would agree with that, even if their post-race defiance and determination to fight on sounded more like rage against the dying of the light than true belief.
Hamilton is 28 points off the pace while Button, the reigning champion, is 31 points behind Webber with the Australian seemingly playing down his rival's chances.
"As we've seen this year, five of us are capable of winning races," the Australian said on Sunday.
"Well, four in the dry. Jenson's had a few races in the wet conditions but in the dry conditions it's been four of us who can win."
Even if the Australian drops points, the chances are that Vettel or Alonso will be poised to cash in just as much as the two Britons. The British media certainly left Suzuka wondering whether it was all over.
"We go away from here 28 points behind, 75 points in play and three races to go," said McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh, putting on a brave face.
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