Nah - In my head I've drawn the conclusion that Vettel is in with a better shot than Webber at the title. I don't care about the statistics. Performance-wise, Vettel is more experienced at leading Grands Prix. Vettel can lead a race from start to finish. I think it would be too risky for Red Bull to throw all their trust in Mark Webber.
However, if Webber is still second behind Vettel in the last few laps at Brazil then I could justify the Red Bulls swapping positions. But if Mark Webber wants to backed by Red Bull he needs to be on pole and Vettel needs to give him space at the first corner.
So basically he needs to lead the Brazillian Grand Prix without any extra help from Vettel, and prove that he can do it, in order to justify Seb's help in Abu Dhabi.
In the below news article Webber shows an arrogant side to him that I have never seen before:
http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/motor-sport/mark-webber-i-dont-even-know-sebastian-vettel/story-e6frg26l-1225918307364AUSTRALIAN Formula one star Mark Webber has lifted the lid on world sport's most intriguing relationship by making the extraordinary claim that he does not even know his controversial Red Bull Racing teammate Sebastian Vettel.
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Telegraph on the eve of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, Webber gave an ice-cold account of his relationship with Vettel, describing the 23-year-old German whiz kid as "no mate".
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"We don't hang out," Webber said. "We work for the team and we work professionally. We have a big age difference so we didn't have much in common even before we began racing each other at this level.
"I would say he is not a bad guy but I don't know him particularly well.
"I don't know him at all away from the racetrack."
Webber and Vettel created headlines around the world earlier this year when the Aussie screamed "Not bad for a No. 2 driver" after winning against the odds when the team had secretly pinched his superior front wing and placed it on the German's car to give Vettel a better chance of victory.
Speaking before the battle resumes today with qualifying at Monza, Webber admitted he feared the team was favouring the kid who has already been compared to Formula One great Michael Schumacher.
Webber declared yesterday he was the team's No. 1 driver and, in a veiled shot at Vettel, warned the new kid on the block could be out of a job if he failed to live up to his potential. "If you get creamed by your teammate constantly then you won't be in this business long," Webber said.
"The team wants to have guys driving at the same level.
"He had a tough weekend last race. Any teammate is your first comparison and first benchmark."
Webber also questioned Vettel's reputation and admitted the hype about his teammate had fuelled his desire to win the world championship, which is now a live possibility with the Aussie trailing leader Lewis Hamilton by just three points with six races remaining.
Against the odds, Webber has clearly outperformed his young teammate who has speed but a penchant for taking extreme risks, which have more often than not led to costly errors.
"Well, at this stage of my career and when you get somebody who is arguably or supposed to be world class on paper - in some people's eyes - you have to be on top of your game so you don't get steamrolled," Webber said. "You can be the No. 2 driver after a couple of races very easily. You have to be in there and it is a serious sport protecting your corner. I feel sensational in the team right now and I have rarely felt like a No. 2.
"I have had times when I have felt like I was a No. 2 and I reckon Seb has had times where he says, 'Oh, I am No. 2 now'.
"I feel like I am No. 1 at the moment, but it ebbs and flows."
Webber does not know - or care - if he is the bad guy in the controversial relationship but admits he has had a staunch rivalry with the superstar in the making.
"He is the new kid on the block and pulling trees up to a point," Webber said. "It was inevitable that he would become my rival. If it is not me, then it will be Lewis or Jenson Button.
"Rivals in sport, well, that is what it is all about and it happens to be me at the moment.
"The rivalry has been pretty decent and it has been great for me to lift the bar to another notch.
"I have been doing better on my side and I can't control what he is doing.
"We sit across from each other at team meetings, but a large degree of our rivalry is natural.
"If your teammate is doing better than you, or is constantly quicker than you week in and week out, you have to work out why he is doing that because he has the same equipment.
"That is an incredible challenge."
With the incident left in his all-conquering dust, Webber played down the part-swapping fiasco and now with Vettel all out of the championship race, is confident his team will be putting all its resources behind what would be Australia's first Formula One championship win in 30 years.
"It was an exceptional circumstance where the team only had one component," Webber said.
"Up until then they have had enough to prepare things to the same specification.
"I think the cars will be prepared identical in future, but the tactics might change at some stage."
Having overcome the challenge presented by Vettel, Webber, 33, now has his dogged sights set on former world champion Hamilton, starting with another against-the-odds win at Monza tomorrow night.
"Lewis is for sure I think one of the main guys," Webber said.
"If you finish ahead of Lewis in the championship you are going to have a good championship. We need to fight against McLaren as best we can. It's going to be great for the fans to watch. I'm looking forward to the challenge."
The Red Bulls will be giving away straight line speed to both McLaren and Ferrari. Team boss Christian Horner says they will be underdogs at the fast Monza circuit, which he has described as Red Bull's weakest track on the calendar.
But Webber said: "I think we can still do well at Monza."
I really don't want Webber to get all cocky after he wins a WDC and claim how he has won the title and the team has done nothing to support him....
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