Mark Webber's father says his son will race on for Red Bull at the Chinese GP

Mark Webber's father has insisted the Australian driver will compete as normal for Red Bull in the Chinese GP and has been 'assured' of his position at the team by owner Dietrich Mateschitz.

Having not yet publicly accepted his long-time team-mate's apology, what was already a strained relationship between the two drivers has now what some observers have suggested might be a terminal blow. Former drivers turned Sky Sports F1 pundits have already suggested that there are likely to be trust issues between the pair going forward and Alan Webber has now admitted: "I think it will take a while to earn the respect and trust again." Nonetheless, he believes it's Vettel's standing in F1 that has been damaged by the whole affair. "I thought on the podium he [Mark] was very, very good. His body language said a lot of course, we all saw that, and up and down the pitlane I even had FIA people come up to me and say they felt sorry for him," Webber Snr added. "Up and down the pitlane Mark hasn't lost any credibility at all, it's probably Sebastian [who] has lost a awful lot."