Webber: Not a reply to 'nonsense' changes

Mark Webber says forget about the constant rule changes, he just wants to race, and he's sure that's what the fans want as well

This weekend's British GP has been dogged by controversy as the FIA have opted to alter the rules. And not once, they've done it twice.

In the build up to the Silverstone race, the teams were informed that off-throttle blown diffusers would be banned.

However, they were given a bit of leeway and could open the throttle up to a maximum 10 to 20 percent.

Red Bull, together with Renault, approached the FIA on Friday and were granted concession whereby they could open the throttle 50 percent in order to ensure reliability.

But overnight that was withdrawn and the Red Bull team woke up Saturday morning to be informed that they would have to stick to the maximum 10 to 20 percent that all the teams were limited to.

And although team boss Christian Horner was quick to proclaim that his drivers would be "running at a disadvantage compared to other manufacturers", that was not the case in qualifying where Webber secured pole by 0.032s over Sebastian Vettel.

Asked about the rule change issues during the post-qualifying press conference, the Aussie made it clear that he thinks.

"It's nonsense. Nobody really understands it. We don't know what's going on," said the 34-year-old.

"It's very boring for the fans. I am sure only 0.1 percent of the fans understand what's going on.

"Let's get on with the racing and keep the rules as simple as we can.

"Seb and I have just to concentrate on the driving.

"It is not new for our team - adjustable ride height control, front wing and nothing new - every year we have a new thing to talk about.

"Let's hope everyone can find someone common ground.

Asked whether his pole position was a way for Red Bull to 'reply' to the new rules, Webber insisted the one had nothing to do with the other.

"No, it is not. We are not looking to reply to anything. What has to be reiterated is that our team has turned up very, very early and left very, very late. Every team works hard but this team works incredibly hard.

"We concentrate on that, what is happening in the last few months is not what we have done in the last few months, it is years of work to put ourselves in this situation.

"We have seen today that we are still going okay, but irrespective of lap times it is an interpretation of rules and principles.

"Whether we are on pole or 10th, the team will continue to have a stance on what is correct. It is not a comeback from what we had today."

Source: Planet-F1