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**Acrogeokickic** · 11-15-2010, 04:21 PM

Mark and Vettel are in completely different career positions.

Vettel is at the base of his mountain and will only get better.

Webber on the other hand is very near the summit of his personal mountain, and at some point age will begin to catch up with him.

Personally I think this may have already begun to happen. Webber for most of his early career was actually a bit like Vettel, only he was driving rubbish equipment unlike Seb, but Webber was always stunning in his qualifying ability, always making his team mates look a bit crap when it came to the qualifying performances, but his race performances had always left a lot to be desired. This is a lot like Vettel, Seb has been awesome, just AWESOME in his qualifying abilities both this year and last, but particularly last year and also this year to some extent his races had been a bit error prone, just like Mark's early career.

Now things have changed, Webber now is much better racer, sure he made two mistakes this year, and paid a heavy price for both, but generally I think he has been the better racer of the two Red Bull drivers this year, this is clear I think given that Seb massively out qualified Mark, but the race results where frequently the other way around. This was especially the case last year. But now Mark I think has lost that outright qualifying pace, he just can't consistantly live with Seb when it comes to qualifying, earlier in his career this just wouldn't happen! Mark was always quicker then his team mates in qualifying...

So things have come full circle, Mark can't beat Seb on pure speed, but he has shown he can still beat him by being the smarter and better racer.

I believe he can still do this next year and still have another good crack at the title, but he is running out of time, I think he still has next year, but 2012? 2013? At some point his body, his reflexes, his concentration, and his dodgy leg is going to prevent him from being able to live with Seb.

So its a battle against time, Webber needs to beat Seb before its too late, and 2011 could very well be his last shot

11-15-2010, 04:21 PM	#22
Acrogeokickic Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 398 Senior Member	Mark and Vettel are in completely different career positions. Vettel is at the base of his mountain and will only get better. Webber on the other hand is very near the summit of his personal mountain, and at some point age will begin to catch up with him. Personally I think this may have already begun to happen. Webber for most of his early career was actually a bit like Vettel, only he was driving rubbish equipment unlike Seb, but Webber was always stunning in his qualifying ability, always making his team mates look a bit crap when it came to the qualifying performances, but his race performances had always left a lot to be desired. This is a lot like Vettel, Seb has been awesome, just AWESOME in his qualifying abilities both this year and last, but particularly last year and also this year to some extent his races had been a bit error prone, just like Mark's early career. Now things have changed, Webber now is much better racer, sure he made two mistakes this year, and paid a heavy price for both, but generally I think he has been the better racer of the two Red Bull drivers this year, this is clear I think given that Seb massively out qualified Mark, but the race results where frequently the other way around. This was especially the case last year. But now Mark I think has lost that outright qualifying pace, he just can't consistantly live with Seb when it comes to qualifying, earlier in his career this just wouldn't happen! Mark was always quicker then his team mates in qualifying... So things have come full circle, Mark can't beat Seb on pure speed, but he has shown he can still beat him by being the smarter and better racer. I believe he can still do this next year and still have another good crack at the title, but he is running out of time, I think he still has next year, but 2012? 2013? At some point his body, his reflexes, his concentration, and his dodgy leg is going to prevent him from being able to live with Seb. So its a battle against time, Webber needs to beat Seb before its too late, and 2011 could very well be his last shot
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