Mark Webber fears Lewis Hamilton will cause an accident if he fails to temper his aggressive driving style.
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Mark Webber fears Lewis Hamilton will cause an accident if he fails to temper his aggressive driving style.
Grand Prix Drivers' Association chairman Webber and F1 rival Jarno Trulli are to raise recent incidents involving Hamilton at Friday's drivers' briefing at the Shanghai International Circuit ahead of this weekend's
Both Webber and Trulli insist they are not picking on Hamilton, who has faced a storm of criticism in relation to his on-track performances.
Robert Kubica last week sparked the furore by slating Hamilton for a number of moves in the rain-hit Italian Grand Prix last month.
Hamilton then caused his own downfall in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix with a late braking manoeuvre into turn one after seeing Kimi Raikkonen overhaul him on the run down to the first corner.
Raikkonen was forced off the Fuji Circuit, resulting in Hamilton incurring the wrath of the stewards for the sixth time this year as he was hit with a drive-through penalty.
The outgoing world champion then slammed Hamilton's error as "an inexplicable mistake," while former three-times champion Sir Jackie Stewart felt the 23-year-old was being "slightly arrogant".
It means Webber will now raise the late-braking matter with race director Charlie Whiting in front of all the other drivers.
The Australian is looking to make clear the situation, not just for Hamilton, but all concerned in the hope of avoiding a future recipe for disaster.
"The braking areas are an issue because you cannot move around in the braking areas like that," asserted Webber.
Braking
"We lost a marshal at Monza (2000 Italian Grand Prix) when there were guys moving around in the braking areas.
"It is very hard to change your line if you don't know what is going to come. That is the only thing that we need to look at.
"This has all happened because the braking points have become so short and it is over so quickly.
"If any guy moves two or three metres left or right then you have contact and you have tethers (on the wheels) going off, so that is what we want a chat about.
"When you look at the first corner in Fuji it was pretty wild. He (Hamilton) was having a crack.
"But if someone had been sitting on his right rear when he pulled out there, then that was a crash.
"There was also no way he was going to make the first corner, and whilst it is not illegal to outbrake yourself, we want to have a bit of a chat about moving around in the braking areas."
As for Trulli, he will highlight Hamilton's failure to allow the Italian by when he was leading in Fuji and the Briton was trailing at the back of the pack.
"I am definitely unhappy with Hamilton," said Trulli.
"I was leading the race and he was lapped, but for two laps he held me up. Lewis did not even watch the mirrors.
"He probably should have paid more attention because he was more or less out of the race. He was dead last, and I don't understand why he did what he did.
"I feel it is unfair to talk about it with him personally. It is better to discuss it with him and tell him (at the briefing), as I will do tomorrow.
Fighting
"I will go into the drivers' briefing and I will tell Charlie what happened and say I believe Lewis could have handled it a different way because it was not fair.
"I am not going against anyone. I am not the kind of person who if I don't get on with them I make it a war of words.
"I just want an easy life without fighting. I just want to make the sport fair for everyone.
"I don't care if you are driving for a top team or are in the last car, I expect everyone to be treated the same."
Webber maintains Hamilton is "a phenomenal talent," and recognises he is on a steep learning curve as it is still only his second year in Formula One.
However, the Australian believes Hamilton could show greater regard for his fellow drivers than he appears to be doing at present.
"I haven't seen what he did with Jarno," added Webber.
"But Monza was a tough race for him in terms of what he did to me, to (Timo) Glock and to Fernando (Alonso).
"He didn't get a penalty in Monza, so he didn't do anything wrong in anyone's eyes, so that was fine.
"But his respected colleagues are sometimes saying, 'mate, it doesn't need to be like that all the time.'
"I am not smashing Hamilton, but it is about how you move on. Tiger Woods learns. Roger Federer learns, and Lewis is going through that."
