Formula 1’s Latest Rumours and Talk: Mark Webber, Russian Grand Prix and More

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Published: September 16, 2013

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Mark Webber has made a few ripples in the Formula One water in the last few days, in two different interviews, regarding his own career and the prospects of Sebastian Vettel joining Ferrari.

There are also doubts over the viability of the Russian Grand Prix and the prospect of an IndyCar team getting involved in F1.

 

Webber: F1 Motivation on the Wane

Mark Webber has admitted he has struggled with motivation in his final two seasons racing in F1.

The Red Bull driver, who is quitting the sport to head Porsche's factory Le Mans campaign in 2014, says he found it difficult to continue with the routine he had become so bogged down in.

He told F1 Racing magazine, as reported by Sky Sports:

I've been on the edge with F1, motivation-wise, for the past couple of years. You have to be driven. You turn yourself around each winter and the fire in the belly is not quite what it was when you were 24.

It does, in the end, force you to ask yourself the question: 'Do I have to be here, doing this?' And when Porsche came along, I could look myself in the eye and say: 'Well, you know what, I probably don't have to do some of those things any more.'

 

Russian Manager Doubts Sochi

The Sochi circuit that will host the 2014 Russian Grand Prix is commercially unviable, according to Russian F1 expert Oksana Kosachenko.

Kosachenko managed Vitaly Petrov, Russia's first F1 driver, and works as a market researcher for prospective race venues in post-Soviet countries.

According to her, most Russian families cannot afford to shell out at least 20,000 rubles ($600) needed for buying tickets and travelling to the Black Sea resort town.

Zeenews report her as saying the event may not run altogether.

People will not spend their money to go to Sochi. There are not that many families in Russia who can spend that ...
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