Sebastian Vettel has confirmed that his relationship with teammate Mark Webber is tense.<\/p>\n
In recent interviews in the wake of the Silverstone front wing affair, 33-year-old Webber has openly admitted that he is not friends with the younger German.<\/p>\n
The story dates all the way back to 2008, when an on-track collision caused the Australian to denounce Vettel, now 23, as one of F1’s “kids” who “do a good job and then f–k it all up”.<\/p>\n
Since Vettel gestured with his finger that Webber was crazy after their Istanbul crash in May, the German has been reluctant to talk about their relationship.<\/p>\n
But now he has told Der Spiegel magazine: “There is a certain distance.<\/p>\n
“The first priority is the team but racing drivers usually see things very stubbornly.\u00a0 It’s the same in this case.<\/p>\n
“We work together where we must work together to bring forward the team and develop the car.\u00a0 Otherwise, everyone is focused on himself to seek his own advantage,” said Vettel.<\/p>\n
And Webber has warned that the relationship could worsen as the fight for the 2010 title progresses.<\/p>\n
“Who knows, in the next few months, if we’re both still racing at the front, things could become more tense between us,” he said.<\/p>\n
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