Webber's In Deep Trouble After Hitching A "Shocking" Ride Back On Alonso's F1 Car
Mark Webber has been given a 10-place grid penalty for the next race of the 2013 season in Korea, after he was handed his third reprimand of the season by stewards in Singapore.
Webber retired from the last Singapore Grand Prix of his F1 career in spectacular style with flames erupting from his Red Bull RB9. He then hitched a lift back to the pits with good pal Fernando Alonso, but in doing so ran onto the circuit during the slow-down lap despite marshals instructing him to do stay put.
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The FIA Sporting Regulations state that if a driver is given three reprimands during a season, an automatic 10-place grid penalty for the next race is dished out. Webber's previous two reprimands were for a collision with Nico Rosberg in Bahrain and for failing to slow for yellow flags during first practice for the Canadian Grand Prix.
CCTV footage from turn seven, the corner where the incident happened, shows the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg having to take avoiding action to steer clear of the stationary Ferrari. Webber was narrowly missed by both drivers in what was a very dangerous move, which Hamilton described as "shocking." He also explained that had he decided to go to the left of Alonso's car rather than the right, he would have collected Webber.
A statement from the stewards on the reasoning behind Webber's reprimand read: "The driver of car 2 entered the track without the marshal's permission between the commencement of the formation lap and the time when the last car enters parc ferme."
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Fernando Alonso was also given a reprimand, his first of the season, for stopping his car in a dangerous place. Stewards deemed that he "drove the car in a manner which could be deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers or any other person. In this case, two cars had to take avoiding action as a result," which breached rule 30.13 of the Sporting Regulations.
Check out the video below featuring on-board camera views from both Alonso and Hamilton's cars, then watch the CCTV footage.
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