Vettel vs Webber 2010: the civil war at Red Bull
Two teammates in the fastest car, fighting for the same title. Multi-21 started here.
The simulation's verdict
Sebastian Vettel would have won the 2010 title in 96% of the 200 simulations.
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Who finished ahead
Based on 200 simulations of the 2010 season. Numbers can vary each time you play.
Historical context
In 2010 Red Bull had the fastest car but the title was not theirs from the start. Webber led in the summer; Vettel came back in the autumn. The internal tension between both drivers reached its peak. Abu Dhabi decided a championship the Australian could well have won.
The real 2010 season
The 2010 season was one of the most open and hard-fought of the modern era. Four drivers — Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton — arrived at the Abu Dhabi finale with mathematical title chances, something extraordinary. Alonso, in his first year at Ferrari, had led the championship and was the big favourite, but a disastrous strategy call left him stuck behind Petrov's Renault, unable to pass, while Vettel won the race from pole. The German thus took his first world title at 23, becoming the youngest champion in history and firing the starting gun on the Red Bull and Adrian Newey dynasty that would dominate the years to come.
Real champion: Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull RB6. Abu Dhabi: four drivers with options, Vettel and the RB6 fastest when it mattered most. See the full 2010 season →
The drivers
Sebastian Vettel was the child prodigy who became a four-time champion before turning twenty-seven. He debuted with BMW Sauber in 2007, scoring on his first race, and in 2008 gave Toro Rosso a historic win in the Monza rain, becoming the youngest winner in history at the time. At Red Bull, alongside designer Adrian Newey, he forged a dynasty: four consecutive championships between 2010 and 2013. Full profile →
Mark Webber was a tough, straight-talking and hugely popular driver, the most notable Australian of the modern F1 era. Combative both in and out of the car, he earned the paddock's respect after years fighting in modest teams like Minardi, Jaguar and Williams before joining Red Bull in 2007. As the team rose to the top, Webber enjoyed his finest hour in 2010, leading the championship for much of the year with the dominant RB6 and arriving in contention at the Abu Dhabi finale, where an unfortunate strategy cost him the title. Full profile →
How it's simulated
The engine recreates qualifying (Q1, Q2, Q3) and every Grand Prix with the ~20 real drivers of 2010, weighing each car's performance, driver skill, weather, safety cars and tyre wear. Learn how the simulator works →
Season
2010
Mode
Free duel
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