22 June 2024
Webber hits back at Petrov’s Mugello jibe
Webber had raved about Mugello
![Webber hits back at Petrov's (…)](IMG/logo/arton41367.jpg?1521388228)
Mark Webber has hit out at F1 rival Vitaly Petrov.
Last week, as the sport tested at Mugello, Russian driver Petrov suggested the high speed Ferrari-owned layout is too dangerous for modern grand prix cars.
"You get very close to the walls and it’s maybe a bit small for the cars now," said the Caterham driver.
Australian Webber, however, had raved about Mugello, likening 10 laps there as akin to 1000 tours of Abu Dhabi’s heavily-criticised Yas Marina layout.
Posting a photo on Twitter of Jim Clark driving unprotected past houses at the Aintree circuit in 1962, Webber remarked: "I wonder if Vitaly Petrov was there".
Search
Formula 1 news
22 June 2024
Briatore can turn Alpine around in ’two years’
22 June 2024
Aston Martin owner’s son says ’everyone’ wants Newey
22 June 2024
Wolff calls police amid Hamilton sabotage claims
22 June 2024