Anyone thing Webber should call it a day at the end of the year and go into TV work?
Can anyone really see it getting better for him next year?
Hi Rasputin,
I think performance is all relative.
I think if you look at it objectively you have to say that it *
can* get better for these reasons:
1. There has been an element of "poor luck" for him this year - with KERS and the like and also with starts (which aren't 100% his fault according to some pundits (it's partly their clutch system but no one can say exactly what/why)) - just like there was an element of poor luck for Vettel last year...and an element of poor luck for Hamilton this year as well;
2. I think he has a chance *
if* he continues adapting to Pirellis. Tyres have been a weakness this year in relation to Vettel vs 2010.
I don't think Webber's a poor driver and I think Horner, Newey and Mateschitz know this. They probably also know that Vettel is having an unusally superlative season that doesn't come along every year and, so, in relation to Vettel Vintage 2011, Webber's
looking poor.
I personally feel they also re-signed Webber for 2012 because Webber's been there from almost Day 1 and he may know some things about Newey's work (secrets and the like) that they (Newey/Horner) don't want getting into the hands of Ferrari (or McLaren.)
I mean my theory that RBR don't want Webber taking secrets to other Grandees is probably not a bad theory. (And from Webber's perspective he re-signed because he'll likely have a fast car for 2012 and is liked by the Neweys and the Mateschitzs).
I think his hunger to win Grand Prix races is still there and that's an important feeling to have.
Makes sense?
