Gerhard Berger, the former co-owner of Red Bull’s sister team Toro Rosso, has accused Mark Webber of deliberately taking out Nico Rosberg during the Korean GP.
However, the Austrian suggests it wasn’t Rosberg that Webber had aimed to hit, but rather one of his title rivals; Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton.
“He could have hit the brakes and stopped the car at the wall. He took out Rosberg, but it was the wrong one. I think in his mind he would have preferred Alonso or Hamilton,” Berger told Servus TV.
When he was asked to clarify if he thought Webber’s failure to brake was on purpose, the former F1 driver replied: “Yes, I think that’s very clear.
“He goes off and he knows it’s over. In this moment you’re frustrated and a thousand thoughts go through your head. It’s very obvious, you can see his wheels are not locked up. Perhaps he had a brake problem, but I don’t think so.”
Rosberg, in principle, agreed. The German, who held fourth before the incident, also questioned why Webber didn’t slam the brakes on when he hit the wall.
“I don’t understand why Webber didn’t hit the brakes,” he said on Twitter. “It was crazy to roll back across the track like that.”
(Berger quotes via ESPN)
