A big weekend for Mark Webber…

[Davey Crocket]

I never mentioned anything about polishing guitars.....you could do a new segment....." cleaning blokes sheds"....you would double the magazine circulation......imagine cleaning Firko's shed or Geobore's or that world famous in NZ bloke "TMBill"?   what a job/life.....keep you busy for years.

[vmx42]

…what a job/life.....keep you busy for years.

Sounds like a life sentence, not a job. Next candidate please…

[firko]

imagine cleaning Firko's shed

You're psychic Davey....I've spent the last week giving my shed a makeover deserving of its own feature in Aussie Shed magazine. Inspired by the now legendary Jack Olsen and his famous Los Angeles garage,* I've been buying up a bunch of used Brownbuilt and Namco steel office furniture for the revamp. I'll have to buy more stuff just to fill the extra storage!
*http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55006&showall=1

Now....What about that Mark Webber eh?

[Davey Crocket]

Your on to it big fella......dont ya feel good when you've re-noed the garage!!

[Davey Crocket]

Well, wasnt that a fizzer.....didnt have the killer instinct I think. I dont understand the speed difference between his and Vettel's car and yet they where saying the Mclarens where the ones to watch. Oh well, theres always next year. I've got a funny feeling we might see a reign of championships to the hun for a few years.....has all that is required to be a arsehole/champion. Would be good to see Webber come back and wipe his arse though. Vettel new he had it won after  saturdays last quailifying when he smoked them....very confident.

[suzuki43]

What a terrible weekend for Aussie sport,losing the league,union, some tattoed Yank wins the SuperX and now poor old Webber falls at the last hurdle.

Shit, now you guys know how we feel!

[Lozza]

Webber's car just wasn't fast enough (insert conspiracy theories here) and used it tyres to rapidly.
Vettle put in good performances to win.

[vmx42]

Yeah, a bit of a bummer for Webber, but he has been at the centre of the most entertaining F1 season in decades. He did himself proud and it was great to watch - a top effort.

Unfortunately Vettel did deserve the title and good to see Ferrari weren't rewarded for their very clumsy scullduggery.

Bring on 2011 and the return of the turbos in 2012…

[bazza]

Simple good but not good enough

[firko]

He was never good enough. He'll be driving V8s for 888 in a couple of years, a bitter and disillusioned man.

[vmx42]

He was never good enough. He'll be driving V8s for 888 in a couple of years, a bitter and disillusioned man.

Bullshit 

[STW996]

Well he is the second best #2 driver going around.

Vettel does deserve it as he pushed all the way to the end and I must say good on the team for not having team orders.

Webber lost it at Korea and has no one to blame but himself for that mistake.

He did however have a great season and when you think he was within 1000's of seconds at most events to Vettel the now world champion it is not a bad effort.

[BAHNZY]

He was never good enough. He'll be driving V8s for 888 in a couple of years, a bitter and disillusioned man.

Mark was/is the No 2 driver, don’t ever think he was anything else. Christian Horner was severely embarrassed by Marks on track feats and whilst he showed the world that he was supporting Mark, it was all about Vettel. If Mark was even remotely being pushed as an equal then Horner would have made sure that Alguersuari's STR would have allowed Mark to pass and not be held up for as long as he was. F1 is all about 1 percenters and the general public don't see that. Horner played the game and Vettel came out on top as a result of this. If Mark had won the race and & Vettel didn’t even podium or place top 3 in the championship i could only imagine the bloodletting that would have gone on behind the scenes at RBR.

I certainly don’t believe Mark is a bitter and disillusioned man, far from it and if it had been at any other "RACE" track Alonso & Webber (along with Hamilton) would have given Vettel a fair shake. Whilst the Yas Marina track may be a "spectacle" for the punter it is rubbish for motor racing and rewards only the person who is on pole, typically the car with the best top speed. And this is not over yet, the protests with the engine allotment still has to play out but I am sure that Eccelstone will make sure that where the result is will stay, regardless.

[GD66]

Webber lost it at Korea and has no one to blame but himself for that mistake.

Dead right. It seems a shame that a 19-race career-defining season should come down to one ballsup on a wet, dodgy artificial circuit, but tyhis year, for him, it did.
Tough stuff....

[firko]

I certainly don’t believe Mark is a bitter and disillusioned man

I was taking the piss over something I wrote months ago about Webber not being good enough. I'm sure he's not that bitter and disillusioned, just a bit disappointed. I still think he makes too many dumb mistakes but he is showing signs that he may just have the right stuff. He just has to stop hitting things.