{"id":16492,"date":"2012-08-04T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=16492"},"modified":"2012-08-04T08:30:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T12:30:01","slug":"red-bull-controversies-boring-tactic-webber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/red-bull-controversies-boring-tactic-webber\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull controversies ‘boring tactic’ – Webber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Webber has described the high profile of technical controversies involving Red Bull as a “tactic” deployed by rival teams.<\/p>\n

\"Mark-Webber-1\"This week, a reportedly “furious” Ferrari hit back at Helmut Marko’s claim that the Italian team was also caught with a hand-adjuster in its 2012 single seater.<\/p>\n

Marko’s claim followed the most recent technical controversy involving Red Bull, with the sagas so far in 2012 involving hand-adjusted ride heights, engine mapping, holes in the floor, and others.<\/p>\n

Team driver Webber, however, said there are plenty of similar stories up and down pitlane, with those involving the reigning champions always getting the attention.<\/p>\n

“I know – I know – other teams have been asked to address things with their cars,” he is quoted by Australian news agency AAP.<\/p>\n

“But they’re not for general consumption and some of ours are for general consumption.\u00a0 Red Bull ones always seem to make the media.”<\/p>\n

Webber said the high profile of the Red Bull controversies is a “tactic” deployed by the team’s rivals.<\/p>\n

“It’s a pretty boring tactic from them, isn’t it?” he said.\u00a0 “Quite predictable.<\/p>\n

“In their little bubble, if they want that, that’s great.”<\/p>\n

And Webber, currently second in the 2012 points standings behind Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, predicted there would be more Red Bull controversies in the near future.<\/p>\n

“There’ll be something else, I promise you, but we will always pass every single test,” he said in London, where he is taking in some Olympic action during F1’s August break.<\/p>\n

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