--the German star gained 0.4 second in the previous two laps--Webber asked the team to tell Vettel to back off.
Still not .4 seconds faster?, then Horner must be a liar.
Am I reading it wrong? It says that the German star gained .4 seconds over two laps..which would be .2 per lap which is a gain easily accounted for by Webber backing off. Vettel had the entire race to overtake and didn't...but he just happened to find the extra pace when Webber was told to conserve fuel? Strange timing don't you think? Where was he the previous majority of the race? Biding his time? Vettel took advantage of his team mate, and that is fine...happens all the time, so be it...but he then made a mistake and took his team mate out....which is bad.
No arguing over who's fault, but Vettel gained .4 seconds
BEFORE Webber was asked to turn down his mixture, Vettel gained another .1 after Webber turned down his mixture. If Vettel was faster because he had more fuel, faster because Mark was conserving, or because tires came into play at the end of the race, we can debate this on forever but the fact remained, Vettel found his speed at the end of the race. We see this all the time, one driver may have a great car the first half and another driver will have a better car the second half and Vettel found what he needed at the end. If we agreed on Vettel gaining on Webber and the time sheet proved it, then as team principle would you let a faster teammate sit behind a slower teammate? And if you said yes then you are lying to yourself. Which brings me to the second point, Webber asked the team to tell Vettel to back off, why? I find it odd that people have a problem with Vettel trying to pass his teammmate and not with Webber pleading with his team to hold Vettel, what would you do as team principle, hold Vettel and let Button and Hamilton bunch up with both Red Bull and have a four way fight or let the faster car go and let Webber fight his own fight instead of pleading for help. No doubt Vettel hit Webber but circumstances leading up to the accident could have been avoided if the team would have just give clear directions to both drivers and that's IT, no conspiracy theory, no favoring either drivers, you try to bring home the faster car.
