Has Pirelli gone too far this year?
Amid all the fuss over the Red Bulls in the aftermath of the Malaysian Grand Prix, there were also complaints at the high level of wear with the new 2013 tyres. Edd Straw investigates
Almost unnoticed among the team orders controversies that dominated the headlines after the finish of the Malaysian Grand Prix was a comment that Mark Webber made in the post-race press conference.
It came in response to a question about Sebastian Vettel's defiance of team orders, its incongruity revealing that this was less answering a question than lobbying in the court of public opinion.
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