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[myownalias]

Why would the driver leading the world championship deliberately crash to take someone else out? [unless your Michael Schumacher of course] That makes absolutely no sense; it really does not add up; deliberately crash to give his team mate the incentive, I think that Mark would rather walk away from F1 than do that!!! I believe it was a simple momentary lack of concentration; got a tyre on the white line and lost it bouncing off the wall; there was plenty of force to pitch his car back across the track.

Seriously what's with all the conspiracy theories about Red Bull this season; so they are conspiring to not win the world title(s)?

[vaptin]

Why would the driver leading the world championship deliberately crash to take someone else out? [unless your Michael Schumacher of course] That makes absolutely no sense; it really does not add up; deliberately crash to give his team mate the incentive, I think that Mark would rather walk away from F1 than do that!!! I believe it was a simple momentary lack of concentration; got a tyre on the white line and lost it bouncing off the wall; there was plenty of force to pitch his car back across the track.

Seriously what's with all the conspiracy theories about Red Bull this season; so they are conspiring to not win the world title(s)?

To be fair with the OP, he's not saying that, he's saying after Webber lost it, he tried to ensure it slid over the race circuit to try and take out a title contender. Sounds very unlikely.

[What's Burning?]

So poor Nico his WDC 2010 dreams are over because of Webber's plan.

[myownalias]

To be fair with the OP, he's not saying that, he's saying after Webber lost it, he tried to ensure it slid over the race circuit to try and take out a title contender. Sounds very unlikely.

I did address that in my post; with the amount of energy going on hitting the wall at the speed he did; I don't believe that any driver could have manipulated the car in such a way to take another driver out on purpose. The only driver to perform such an action after hitting the wall in my time watching F1 is Michael Schumacher in Adelaide '94!

[Mr.Conte]

Why would the driver leading the world championship deliberately crash to take someone else out? [unless your Michael Schumacher of course] That makes absolutely no sense; it really does not add up; deliberately crash to give his team mate the incentive, I think that Mark would rather walk away from F1 than do that!!! I believe it was a simple momentary lack of concentration; got a tyre on the white line and lost it bouncing off the wall; there was plenty of force to pitch his car back across the track.

Seriously what's with all the conspiracy theories about Red Bull this season; so they are conspiring to not win the world title(s)?

His crash was not deliberate.
He allowed his car to roll back across the track to "obstruct" his title contenders.
The crash was a spin and the spin was not intense enough to cause failure in the brake system.
Webber knew what he was doing.
Maybe I would of done the same thing in his position but, I strongly feel it was deliberate.

[f1ea]

Its not completely out of this world to think he did on purpose. From the in-board footage it looks as if he could have done it. And obviously he had reasons, it was Alonso right behind him; he knew he was already out, and taking alonso out would have eased his problems.

BUT looking from the outside view you see he doesnt have all wheels on the ground. Cars do exactly that when on 2 wheels.

I dont think he did anything special to try and get the car into the track, and also, dont think anyone would like to get hit from the side. VERY dangerous.

[hipcheck5]

Why would the driver leading the world championship deliberately crash to take someone else out? [unless your Michael Schumacher of course] That makes absolutely no sense; it really does not add up; deliberately crash to give his team mate the incentive, I think that Mark would rather walk away from F1 than do that!!! I believe it was a simple momentary lack of concentration; got a tyre on the white line and lost it bouncing off the wall; there was plenty of force to pitch his car back across the track.

Seriously what's with all the conspiracy theories about Red Bull this season; so they are conspiring to not win the world title(s)?

His crash was not deliberate.
He allowed his car to roll back across the track to "obstruct" his title contenders.
The crash was a spin and the spin was not intense enough to cause failure in the brake system.
Webber knew what he was doing.
Maybe I would of done the same thing in his position but, I strongly feel it was deliberate.

Why have you chosen to not address any of the salient points made in this thread that refute your theory?

[FRAFPDD]

yeah we dont agree so lets call him a troll... is it really that far fetched that webber knoeing that alonso and hamilton were behind him tried to take another one out, again. i dont but let discussion go on instead of banning it

[stonemonkey]

It does seem strange that he went to full lock on the steering as he was travelling backwards that would only ever take his car back across the track and I've said previously Webber has a very aggressive mindset this year and isn't afraid of putting or leaving his car in position where there's a big chance of contact and leaving it up to the other guy if they hit. As for if it's actually the case in Korea, I don't know, only Webber does.

[Amanda]

Sounds ludicrous to me. You'd have to be mad to take a risk like that, especially when you're leading the championship. An act like that would surely be worth a race ban at the least.

[vaptin]

Another ex-Formula 1 driver, Gerhard Berger, who drove for both Ferrari and McLaren, has accused Mark Webber of trying to take out his title rivals during the race in Korea.
In an interview with Austrian TV, Berger said: "He took out Rosberg, but it was the wrong one. I think in his mind he would have preferred Alonso or Hamilton." Asked to clarify whether he thinks Webber's move was deliberate, Berger added: "Yes, I think that's very clear."
(Full story: Servus TV)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 126809.stm

[nish2280]

Also it would have put his own life in danger, had there been a pile up, a tough carbon tub isnt going to protect you from a front wing/wheel to the side of the head.

[hounddub]

Nope...not buying any of this.

What an absolute pile of steaming....110 degree.....hairy.......stinking......freshly laid.......horse crap!

[scotty]

If you watch the replay you can clearly see Webber took his hands of the wheel just before impact, which set his trajectory from then on. How can he steer the car without his hands on the wheel? When he puts his hands back on he is already in the middle of the track, so if you consider that then you will see why he was merely just trying to get to the grass without impact, so that he could properly turn his car around and limp back to the pits.

[kerc]

If you watch the replay you can clearly see Webber took his hands of the wheel just before impact, which set his trajectory from then on. How can he steer the car without his hands on the wheel? When he puts his hands back on he is already in the middle of the track, so if you consider that then you will see why he was merely just trying to get to the grass without impact, so that he could properly turn his car around and limp back to the pits.

Easy. Newey mind-controls the car.