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I'm mostly surprised that Vettel apologized right after race. He's a clever guy and I bet he realized his unfairness already before the race ended. An apology after the race for something he did on purpose is not only not needed but also damaged his reputation. The better option - apart from not passing by at all of course - would have been to undo the unfairness by letting Webber pass him by again in one of the last laps. THEN an apology for endangering both drivers and cars would have made sense and would have been believable imo.

Yet, I still don't understand drivers like Webber. He is a good driver, he won and will win races, but he won't win the championship in this or any other car. He should have accepted by now that he's the number 2 driver in the top team, he's Red Bull's Coulthard/Barrichello/Massa/you name them. If he's not content with his role anymore (which didn't prevent him from becoming a millionaire), why didn't he leave prior to this season?

And, as I said before, Senna or Prost would have done the same as Vettel, with the difference that they wouldn't have apologized (but they would have thought instead: "Deal with it, no. 2! I put you where you belong."). Same for Lauda, Piquet, Mansell, Schumacher, Villeneuve, Hill, Alonso, Hamilton and other F1 champions. I wouldn't even rule out Häkkinen.