Aussie frustrated current tyre era is penalising hard-charging drivers
Thursday 21 November 2013 19:06, UK
Mark Webber says he is leaving F1 because the sport now has more negatives than positives for him.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, conducted at the start of the month, Webber also revealed his conviction that the current brand of racing was particularly penal on drivers of his style. "The young guys coming through don't know any different yet but it has been getting harder for me on Sundays," he remarked. "High-speed corners are one of my strengths but that's where you kill the tyres. It's so frustrating. The guys will come on the radio and say 'Don't push. Slow it down.' You just feel like there's a lot of stuff falling through the net in terms of what you could bring. "Vettel is seriously handy, don't get me wrong, but guys like Lewis have been hurt. He just wants to race every lap. And this, at the moment, is just not working for him. But I don't want to leave the sport bitching about how it was so much better in the old days. The guys who are successful deserve their success because they've worked it out."
