‘No Webber conspiracy’

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner angrily dismissed talk of a conspiracy against Mark Webber as “complete rubbish” after the Aust­ralian’s dismal weekend in Shanghai.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner angrily dismissed talk of a conspiracy against Mark Webber as “complete rubbish” after the Aust­ralian’s dismal weekend in Shanghai.

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“Forget conspiracy. It is all about trying to get two cars to finish as high as we can. Anybody that thinks there is a conspiracy here against one, or either, driver doesn’t know what they are looking at,” he was quoted as saying.

Concerns dismissed

Shanghai: F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed concerns over this week’s Bahrain Grand Prix after pro-democracy protests escalated and a militant group blew up a car in the capital Manama.

Ecclestone said he could see “no reason” why the race should not be a success.