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Mark Webber gets taken out by a tram


You’re messing with my electrics, man!

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Red Bull believe Mark Webber’s Singapore Grand Prix may have been ended to a tram. The Australian was on course for a podium finish when he had to be rolled into the garage with transmission problems - his first mechanical retirement of the season.

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Posted: October 3rd, 2008 by Rob Parker

Video: Giving a new meaning to Red Bull Racing?


Mark Webber and David Coulthard eat your heart out 

Now these are real Red Bull cars! This is a short clip from the Red Bull Soapbox race tour where you make your own car and race against fellow amateurs. Most of them could probably do a better job than Coulthard at the minute!

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Posted: September 23rd, 2008 by Ollie Irish

McLaren expressed interest in Sebastian Vettel


Young German on the Woking-based team’s wish list

Sebastian Vettel

According to  Bild, hilariously-named Red Bull supremo Dietrich Mateschitz has already ‘brushed off’ an inquiry from McLaren (or as the Germans call it, ‘Mercedes’) for Sebastian Vettel’s services. Understandably, the German tabloid says they won’t let the Monza winner go for ‘all the money in the world’.

Vettel has, of course, been confirmed as a driver for Toro Rosso’s bigger Brother in 2009, but it is expected that a number of big teams will be chasing his signature the following year. Could he fulfill his Championship winning potential with McLaren?

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Posted: September 15th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey