Mark, very proud of your drive 18th to 3rd. Is same as the great drives of Stirly Moss and other greats of the past. Perhaps greater as the cars now are very similar. Brought tears to my eyes. If you never drove again that would be enough.

Congratulations on your 3rd place. Great drive but I object to some of your supporters bagging Vettel. He obviously has talent.

Mark’ what a brilliant drive. from 18th to finish 3rd must have been one of your most satisfying races. from a spectator point of view, it was most entertaining for the whole race.

CONGRATS! You can prove somemore!!!

YES YES YES WELL DONE FANTASTIC

Garage to Button “Watch out Webber is behind you.” Quote of the day from Coulthard “The only thing scarier than hearing that was if it was said in the dark.” Congratulations on one of the best drives ever. Keep up the great work mate, 1st will be very soon.

Sweety! You have won! What a race! You have shown every one that you are a fighter and a winner! Now everything is yours! Now party time!!! This is the best race and the best month for all of us!!!

Mark the best drive by you to finish 3rd and at such a rate of knots man that was Brilliant now BRING IT ON

Well done everybody (and Mark of course) we got him home!

18th -3rd fighting the dodgy kers, not bad for a No2 driver.

It’s drives like that that make F1 worth watching … congratulations Mark.

Just so everyone is aware, in a post qually interview, when asked who chose the tyres, Horner admitted that it was a TEAM decision.

Mark,the team is shafting you for that no good punk kid Vettel.
Do us Aussies proud in tommorows race.

I am looking forward to seeing come through from the back – you always do your best when you are under pressure – you have true grit!

The plan should be hard tyres and than soft and soft. Should eb east enough to pass most the back markers with your hard tyres than the soft to catch all the tops guys look after your hard tyres hope your close to the front by than and all the front have to change tyres around lap 15 to 20 it is cold there you should reach 25 to 30 laps than see hwat happens.

This is not lost, go, Webber!!!!!!!!

I agree with all the comments. Christian Horner has lost all credibility. Do all you can tomorrow – we’re all rooting for you. If necessary, destroy the car…let’s see what they do then! Or better still, stay at the back and have an unfortunate accident with Vettel when he tries to overtake you. Then, let’s look at the face of Marko – what, no smile????

Swap cars! Red Bull are just in the grooming process. Like Ferrari did for Schumacher, Red Bull want to do for Vettel. Vettels talented. I can get past that. But let the competition be raced on an even keel. It is so sad to see Mark, in the best racing years of his life, be weighed by the politics of the heirarchy. There is clearly more sponsorship $, marketing ability and future growth/grooming to get out of Vettel so Mark gets thrown to the wayside. I wont support Red Bull anymore if I smell a rat in 1 more race. Poor Mark. Keep your chin up. You’ll always be the champion in my eyes.

Mark ignore the crap do your best and like the rest consider another team next year It appears that red bull are two one driver teams anyhow.

Hang in, Mark. Everybody should be observing that the problems are not about you. The way you deal with them enhances your reputation & just makes the Team look bad. Best wishes & positive vibes.

Good luck with the first lap today. I’m sure if you can survive that and fight as great as you did last week you will show us all what a true champion you are……everything happens for a reason …I’m sure a drive at Ferrari next year is that reason !!!!

REDBULL, MARKO, HORNER & AND THAT SOOKY LITTLE GERMAN….. IT’S A DISGRACES AND ALL I CAN SAY IS I HOPE IT BACK FIRES ON THE 4 OF YOU! GOOD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON MARK, YOU ARE A TRUE CHAMPION AND YOU MAKE US ALL PROUD TO BE AUSTRALIAN. YOU MAY NOT HAVE A TITLE ON YOUR WALL BUT I THINK YOU WOULDN’T WON’T ONE EITHER WHEN IT’S HANDED TO YOU ON A PLATE. HEAR THAT VETTEL!

Hi Mark. Have watched you for many years. You are a gifted and talented driver that works hard at all aspects of your proffesion. You don’t loose those talents with age, they jsut mature like a good wine. YOu are getting better with age and I know that you will be on a stratagy to get you into clean air ASAP and go racing from there. Good luck, and hope your car gives you a chance.

I’ve never seen a bigger smile on Marko’s face! Equality….not likely. Anyone would understand if you taught them a lesson (bin the car) but that would bore your fans, unless you send it through the air upside down like last year!

Mark you are the great fighter of F1. It makes us all so proud back here in Qbyn to watch you no matter what happens. When times are bad dig deeper and you will find what you need. Forget all the politics mate, you have made the sacrifices more than most, you are the great man and you inspire us all. Now go nail the Bastards. Go CKRC

The same bloke that stuffed Lowndes crack at the big time is in charge at red bull, is this there way of pushing mark so that he will jump ship early in the season

Id say the team chose the tyres, or maybe vetted chose marks tyres. Perhaps vetted should swap cars with mark

Lots of your fans are praying for you Mark. What else can we do for you?
Good luck and show them rock`n`roll

mark lav this taam now thy are a disgrace no loyalty to a prson who has given all sit out th sason goto a tam that has rspect rd bull can go get f//////

Mark as an aussie who has followed you since formula holden in adelaide I know the true aussie toughness your made of.As martin Brundle once said you meet a better class of people at the rear of the grid just show the 17 in front what true driving is all about
You have my support no matter what happens you have more than proven yourself to this aussie from adelaide and now in los angeles grit those teeth and give them the cold aussie glare
Show em all your rear tires as you pass them by go for it mate..

Have to agree with a lot of the comments, how come Seb has no problems with Kers or tyres? Really feel for you Mark, drive tomorrow like you did at Silverstone last year! We are all rooting for you and know you deserve a lot better than 18th!

It’s just a dirty game of the Red Bull game to get Vettel ahead in the championship. This (RED)bullshit will go on for a couple of races, so it will be impossible for Mark, to catch up in the standing. What a dirty game Red Bull team is playing.

Just find me somewhere to sleep Mark and I will come and spanner for you free of charge. An Aussie head mechanic/strategist/race engineer in your corner. Horner wouldn’t know what hit him. The marketing people at RB must be loving all the publicity though. Chin up mate. Just remember this, if you need someone you can rely on in your corner, just give me a call, I’ll come fly with you

Ich hoffe es gibt morgen eine extremes Rennen von hinten aufgerollt mit Kampfgeist und präzisen Überholmanövern vom Besten Driver –> Webber…!!!

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Keep pushing, we know you´ll never give up.
A little sense of humor could be help.
Smile and enjoy as many overtaking as you can.!!!

Mark, if anyone can give a lesson of good driving is you, so I am pretty confident that despite of all the issues, you will do your best tomorrow as always and rewards will come in the near future.
I do not know what is really going on in RB, but I hope to see you fighting for the WC as last year, you have the quality and spirit to do that.
Wish you all the best.

if they want Hamilton for #2 let them take him and go to a team that will respect u. This is not local championship, is F1 and u deserve the same car. Once is bad luck, second is but third in a row is coincidence but third is “on purpose” I think. Anyway good luck for tomorrow and try to be focused to what u know to do best. You are not alone

Must be terribly frustrating, for not only you but all the people on your side of the garage, all that skill and talent being stifled for some reason. We saw this stuff with poor Fernando under Ron Dennis a few years back, very disenchanting.

Whatever the Red Bull agenda, they overdid it today and looked very silly indeed. Look forward to witness your great skill and talent in the race tomorrow.

Hi Mark, Hi Sitemanager… It’s getting boring, that so many fans are shouting at the RBR team. Mark is driving for this and he trust in his engineers according his interviews. The season is so so long. I’m quit confident, that he will get a reliable car and can perfectly drive like last season. GOOD LUCK for tomorrow Mark! I have no doubt in RBR.

Some times it naturally won’t always go your way Mark, and that’s just racing. However it does look obvious to everyone that the team have engineered more reliability into Vettel’s car. You have been the better driver at every race so far, and are a true champion.

No matter what comes I’m with you and you alone have all my support!!!! It’s extremely hard to see this way but we both know everything that dosen’t kill oneself makes you harder!! You’re a fighter and for me you’ll always be the best!!! Best for tomorrow and a huge embrace !!!!

wtf!!!!!!!
For crying out loud Mark…Australians are fed up with this crap,Start looking to go to Ferarri,at least Massa’s kers works..

Good Luck Mark Three Races and your car is no good then i cannot understand why you signed again with this red bull team again they started this last year about four races from the end so that you did win the Drivers Championship and they are still doing it now just do one lap and stop and walk away from them P.S GO AN FIND A TEAM STRAIGHT AWAY AND MOVE Best of luck very proud of you last year

There is no-one on the circuit better equipped to make the best of a bad job. AussieGrit rules!

Absolutely gutted for you, team should have noticed the times the others were posting on the options & done the decent thing. I was going to have a right old rant about how it’s always your car that’s hit with problems, why the team seem to be able to do nothing about it, & that they should all get involved to figure out why – but then I heard Christian say that even Seb’s engineers were lending a hand trying to get you going, so I guess that’s me shut up for a bit. It’s still suspect that it’s always your car tho…. Best of luck for the race tomorrow anyway – just put your head down & crack on as usual. We’re all still rooting for you. x

Why do I get the feeling that Mark is more of a backup / test driver often running a backup / alternative strategy.
If your treat him like a No2 driver, then do you expect No 1 results ?

Mark!

Our Sweet Hero! We do not know what is going on and who is playing, but I tell you one thing this is your April and you will win and succeed in the end! You have special Angels with you!!!
We are waiting for the party on the 29th!!!

Is there really a conspiracy theory here? Come on people. Vettel had a few issues last season (along with driver errors). They have 3 weeks now to sort out Mark’s car. It’s not in Red Bull’s interest to sabotage Webber’s car. They want the constructors title again and they need two top performing cars to do that. It’s unfortunate that it’s happening to Mark – but these things happen and it will be sorted.

I love the fact that after the Malaysian debacle, I pointed out what a lot of people are saying now, about the treatment Mark’s car is getting, and the stratergy, and my comments were CENSORED on the Malaysian race comments. But here we have it, EVERYONE is now asking what is going on? Is there a concerted effort to keep Mark out of the way, ensuring the German wins the championship again this year? I wonder…

mark you can do it. its boring at the front with everyone behind, more fun to really battle it out and show what a real driver does.
aussie aussie aussie

Good luck Mark Horner already said they were going to build the car for Vettel this year anyway. Best of luck anyway I am sure you can overcome all the politics. The world already dont like Princess Petal look all the voting…lol.. badluck for Princess Petal.

No doubt you are a great driver, just hoping the team will resolve the issue asap! All the best with tomorrow xxoo

Hey Mark,
Just do it!
Go for it, get a bit close to those show ponies,nice and tight, show em how its done….”You can do it!”

I couldn’t agree more. Get your act together Red Bull. It looks like you are loosing alot of supporters. Mark can only get results with a 1st class car. How much more can he take? If the guy’s who work on Mark’s car can’t get it right, find new guy’s.

it doesn’t help anything to be angry with the team (although you should), tomorrow is another day am i’m sure we get some old school racing like we did it last race from you.

For fuck sake mark. That is 3 out of 3 that they have sabotaged you.

cant your fuck over Marko and his little kid Sebastian in someway. This is a joke. Bad mouth these cunts and move on.

Mark, your fans are with you no matter what. We all think positive and keep fingers crossed. You will show them all sooner or later! Keep on good work and stay strong. All the best from Poland, Agnieszka

If Webber was #2 two then he’d be in the top 5 every race and not qual 18th due to using the wrong tyres.
***SITE MANAGER*** ….and who picked the tyres?

Did the only reliable KERS end up on the number 1 car??? Just like the front wing in Silverstone?? Mark, dig deep tomorrow and show your team true grit!!! Aussies are behind you…. You are really not bad for a number 2 driver

1. I second that Mike. More info Please……
2. Does Mark have a say with the strategy? Hard Tyres?, No KERS?, Cold Day and Low track temperatures? Jesus!

Positive out of this is that Mark drives his best when he is Pissed Off! Go Mark!

Guttered at the quail result Mark but If red bull give you a decent car then you will be back on top. By the way, great pass on Massa last week. Good luck tomorrow!

Damper probs in Oz, KERS on warm-up lap in Malaysia and again in P1,2,3 & Qually in China. What is going on? Vettel seems to be having none of these issues. You have worked hard to develope RBR and get them to where they are now, and what is your reward? A second rate car. You are clearly a #2 driver and seemingly given little support from RBR. Why you re-signed with this ungrateful mob is beyond me. If RBR want to win the constructors title again they should start giving you FULL support. You risk your life and for what?
They should change thier name to Redbullsh*t. Anyway, hang in there mate

Hi Mark We have all faith in you driving and wish you the best tomorrow race

Hey guys,i am not a conspiracy type,but for god’s sake three in a row!!! the team doesn’t have a problem with KERS,Tyres,or stuff with Sebastian.do they want a clean sweep for the obviously talented protege.and slot Webber into just enough to win the Constructors?

How is Mark possibly coping with this, I feel terrible for him. Hard Tyres in Q1…Please. This is turning into the worst joke in the sports history. No more RB purchases by me!

Cut the crap Horner and come clean!!!!!!
Nobody is this stupid!!!!!!

Will Marks KERs be active tomorrow ? His tyre situation should be better than most of the top ten right ?

Why is it only your car Mark that has an issue with KERS?
***SITE MANAGER*** Everyone’s asking the same question!