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A moment of misunderstanding as Mark Webber was telling Lewis Hamilton about his collision with team-mate Sebastian Vettel in the Turkish Grand Prix could have led to trouble in the McLaren team. "Mark said something about the move," said Hamilton "and I said, 'He did the same thing to me'. And Jenson [Button] thought it was about him. But I said, 'No, no, I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about the situation when I was trying to overtake Vettel."
Full story: The Guardian
Red Bull have launched an inquest into what Webber described as a "disaster" of a Turkish Grand Prix. Team principal Christian Horner said: "This will be dealt with before we go to [the next race] in Canada. I've spoken to both drivers. They are both grown-ups, they are both big boys. They must learn from it."
Full story: The Guardian
Although Red Bull's motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has blamed Webber for the incident, Horner has adopted a more balanced view - claiming both drivers have to share the blame. "You need a bit of co-operation from both, and they both played hard ball and we saw the net result," he said.
Full story: Autosport
There have been suggestions that while Webber had obeyed team orders to turn his Renault engine down a little to conserve fuel, Vettel may have disregarded a similar order, or even turned his engine up momentarily. "You guys need to dig more somewhere else," said Webber after the race.
Full story: The Independent
Some are beginning to question Webber's future at Red Bull. "The more he was probed about the situation, the more Webber may have been thinking of just what the events in Turkey could mean to his position within an Austrian-owned team that clearly adores his German team-mate and sees in him a future world champion," said The Independent.
Full story: The Independent
But Red Bull's motorsport advisor Helmut Marko insists that both its F1 drivers are treated exactly the same - even though he has publicly blamed Webber for trying to defend his position during the crash.
Full story: Autosport
Red Bull Racing may have the fastest car in Formula 1 this year, but the team has made a fundamental mistake. And the fact that the two drivers collided is not the problem. That was unfortunate. The real problem is that one of the drivers - the one leading the World Championship, no less - is no longer sure that he can trust his own team.
Full story: Joe Saward's grand prix blog
Lewis Hamilton has said he was surprised by team-mate Jenson Button's overtaking manoeuvre towards the end of the race as he believed both had been told to conserve fuel. "They set a target for me lap time-wise and I tried to stick to that. I was slowing down to keep that target and all of a sudden Jenson was right up my tail."
Full story: The Times
Double world champion Fernando Alonso has admitted Ferrari's lack of pace has taken the team by surprise, and he thinks the Italians are currently level with Renault. "Both in Barcelona and here we were not too competitive," he told Spanish television after the race. "All race Felipe fought with [Nico] Rosberg and I fought with [Vitaly] Petrov, so we are at Renault's level, which is obviously not enough.
Full story: Autosport.com
Ferrari are pinning hopes of a return to form on a major upgrade package that it is scheduling for introduction at the European Grand Prix in Valencia next month.
Full story: Autosport.com
Fernando Alonso had a lucky escape in Turkey when he ran the last four and a half laps of the race with a badly damaged left rear wheel.
Full story: speedtv.com
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