\u00a0Mark Webber is emerging as the favourite to win the 2010 world championship.<\/p>\n
That is the belief of Mercedes reserve driver Nick Heidfeld, after seeing Webber’s second pole position within a week on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Webber, 33, still lags his highly-favoured teammate Sebastian Vettel in the points standings, but won dominantly in Barcelona and is the favourite to hang onto first place in Monaco on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He is 3:3 in his 2010 qualifying battle with Vettel, and now has the momentum of recent success, Heidfeld told German television Sky.<\/p>\n
“We all know how strong Sebastian is,” said the German, “but Mark is now beating him.\u00a0 It’s his third pole position.<\/p>\n
“More and more he is evolving into the world championship favourite,” added Heidfeld.<\/p>\n
Also impressed with Webber is retired ten time winner Gerhard Berger, who is in the Principality this weekend and has spent time watching the cars from a trackside vantage point.<\/p>\n
“What is great is that the driver can still make a big difference here,” said the Austrian.\u00a0 “At the chicane Webber is really very good — very aggressive, fast.<\/p>\n
“We are seeing that it is not only the car but also the driver,” added Berger.<\/p>\n
And triple world champion Niki Lauda told Kleine Zeitung: “Right now he (Webber) is almost unbeatable.<\/p>\n
“Vettel’s problem is that suddenly his greatest enemy is within his own team, just as it was with myself at McLaren with Alain Prost,” added the Austrian.<\/p>\n
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