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The controversial contract ends at Red Bull
After the incident that took the two pilots of the Red Bull team in the Turkish Grand Prix, Mark Webber, current leader of the Formula One World has renewed its contract with Red Bull for next season.
Mark Webber has stated that: “has been an easy decision to continue with Red Bull Racing. We started talking very early years and we were able to sign at the Grand Prix of Spain.”
He added that “the decision to extend for another year was mutual, it is widely known that I am not interested in staying in Formula One on any computer. I am happy to renew every year. I feel very comfortable here I have a fantastic relationship with the team and with people from the factory in Milton Keynes, I feel at home.
For its part, the team principal, Christian Horner, said that “was an easy decision to renew Mark. He is a member of our team and is currently in the prime of his career, and is the current world leader. “Finally she pointed out that the team “is very happy to maintain in 2011, for the third consecutive year, the same two drivers, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.”
Alonso: “We are approaching the one hundred percent”
Fernando Alonso was “satisfied” with the result that the day of testing conducted Friday Ferrari in Jerez, where the Spaniard was able to perform extensive work on a dry track.
The Spanish driver, who did 132 laps at the track and had the second fastest time of the day (1:20.115), after Red Bull’s Australian Mark Webber (1:19.299), said on Ferrari’s official website that ” results are positive, “because this long session on a dry track has helped him become better acquainted with the new car.
“I’m happy because we have done many miles short. The result is positive because we could learn more about the new car. One can say that, step by step, we approach the one hundred percent,” he said.
“Also my place in the team is improving every day, like my feeling with the F10,” said Alonso, who hoped that the day Saturday, which completed its testing in Jerez, is also in good weather , which, according to weather forecasts, will be well in the morning, more unstable.