Mark Webber to leave Formula 1 / Sports / 4w Forums

Belly

Thu-27-Jun-2013 16:10:55 · 877 comments

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After a public fall out about the whole incident with Vettel in Malaysia, I expected Webber to leave Red Bull at the end of the season to be honest, but I didn't expect him to leave Formula 1 entirely...

Sky Sports wrote
Mark Webber will leave Red Bull and Formula 1 at the end of the season, switching to Porsche's new World Endurance Championship project.
"It's an honour for me to join Porsche at its return to the top category in Le Mans and in the sports car World Endurance Championship and be part of the team. Porsche has written racing history as a manufacturer and stands for outstanding technology and performance at the highest level," Webber said
"I'm very much looking forward to this new challenge after my time in Formula 1. Porsche will undoubtedly set itself very high goals. I can hardly wait to pilot one of the fastest sports cars in the world."
As for who could replace the 36-year-old at Red Bull, Sky Sports F1's David Croft feels Kimi Raikkonen is the favourite to partner Vettel. The Finn currently drives for Lotus, but his contract expires at the end of the season.
Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo, who both drive for Red Bull's 'junior' team Toro Rosso, will also be seen as candidates.
"Kimi Raikkonen has been talked about a lot probably because he is the best driver out of contract for next season and you can understand why people would put him together with Red Bull - after all they sponsored him during his rallying days with Citroen," Crofty said.

Raikkonen to Red Bull could be a great move for both manufacturer and driver aswell

Belly

Mon-2-Sep-2013 19:33:02 · 877 comments

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Ricardo has been announced as the driver to replace Mark Webber

Imty

Tue-3-Sep-2013 12:58:46 · 109 comments

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Raikonnen will be off to Ferrari I reckon, with Massa going the other way.

Belly

Tue-3-Sep-2013 13:23:58 · 877 comments

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I honestly thought Raikonnen would have gone to Red Bull, but I think he could do well at Ferrari, and manfucaturer wise, it would be a good move for them having Alonso and Raikonnen together.

Imty

Thu-5-Sep-2013 17:59:05 · 109 comments

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I think it could be a massive disaster for Ferrari, if Raikonnen went there. Both would want to be the #1 driver and will not back down when things don't go their way. I still think they will be together but it will end up in one of them leaving at the end of the season, empty handed as well.

Mercedes look dead certs for the title next year.