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    Webber: I had help beating Alonso

    Although Mark Webber was able to overtake Fernando Alonso twice in Singapore, he admits it was more down to luck than skill.

    Webber finished the race at the Marina Bay circuit in third place, one position ahead of the Ferrari driver. However, the Aussie was made to work for it, overtaking Alonso on two occasions.

    However, Webber concedes that while those moves may have looked good, the first was down to tyres and in the second he was assisted by Jaime Alguersuari.

    "I had another battle with my old mate Fernando. I seem to have spent a lot of time in his company on the track recently," he told the BBC.

    "I had to pass him twice in Singapore. The first time was on lap 10, when he was running out of grip from his tyres. I got him into turn 15 after setting him up in turn 14.

    "The second time looked more spectacular, into the turn 10 chicane, which is not normally a passing place. I heard a few people saying I caught Fernando napping but, to be fair, he was blocked by the Toro Rosso in front of us.

    "I didn't know who it was at the time - I have since found out it was Jaime Alguersuari - but the Toro Rossos are traditionally the later cars to give way.

    "All the front-running guys have been similarly affected. In this case, I benefited and that's why I could pounce in turn 10. Jaime snookered Fernando a little bit and I was able to checkmate him.

    "It was a rewarding manoevure because I was on similar-age tyres to Fernando, which means, had it not been for Alguersuari, I would probably have had to take a few more laps to get past him, waiting for his tyres to go off."

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    No Mark the Torro Rosso's jump out the way for you
    Forza Ferrari

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    Yep but he can't say that openly...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hermann View Post
    Yep but he can't say that openly...
    Why not? Villenueve has said stuff much worst.

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    "The second time looked more spectacular, into the turn 10 chicane, which is not normally a passing place. I heard a few people saying I caught Fernando napping but, to be fair, he was blocked by the Toro Rosso in front of us.

    Very unusual to hear a driver disclaim is own genius in passing another driver. Respect to Mark

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alessandra View Post
    "The second time looked more spectacular, into the turn 10 chicane, which is not normally a passing place. I heard a few people saying I caught Fernando napping but, to be fair, he was blocked by the Toro Rosso in front of us.

    Very unusual to hear a driver disclaim is own genius in passing another driver. Respect to Mark
    +1

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    Yea, whats up w/Mark being so truthful? N theres those tires again...

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    Webber clearly respects Alonso massively, he's always singing his praises.

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    If Lewis ever admitted something like that, planet Earth would spin out of orbit.

    I was surprised and disappointed by how quickly our tires degrade though. Many times this season we've hoped that our tire degradation would help us, but that never happened.

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    Good old, straight talking Mark

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    Real Aussie-talk from Webber.
    Fernando will also respect him for it.
    You can run like the wind, but you'll never outrun the Prancing Horse

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hornet View Post
    If Lewis ever admitted something like that, planet Earth would spin out of orbit.

    I was surprised and disappointed by how quickly our tires degrade though. Many times this season we've hoped that our tire degradation would help us, but that never happened.
    I don't know about planet Earth, but Planet-f1.com certainly would!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alessandra View Post
    Very unusual to hear a driver disclaim is own genius in passing another driver. Respect to Mark
    Too true!! Too bad there aren't more honest and respectful drivers, eh!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hornet View Post
    I was surprised and disappointed by how quickly our tires degrade though. Many times this season we've hoped that our tire degradation would help us, but that never happened.
    Me too, it seemed like a return to early season form. No grip-->sliding--->destroyed tyres. I was hoping for a better result as we are supposed to be kind to tyres and good on the s/softs. Maybe they're trying new stuff for 2012 or something but it didn't seem to pay off whatever it was... :(

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