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I wonder how that goes for tipping if anyone chose him or anyone that gets replaced for that matter I'm advance

Fair to say anyone that tipped Trulli to be anywhere near the top 10 would be doing so badly in tipping that it wouldn't matter

Mark Webber says that after talks with team boss Christian Horner he is free to race team-mate Sebastian Vettel, at least "most of the time."

Following the British GP, during which Webber was told to hold stations while fighting Vettel for second place, the Aussie publicly admitted that he was not happy with the use of team orders.

He also revealed that he had ignored them for as long as possible. This, as to be expected, resulted in a behind-closed-doors chat with team boss Horner.

However, it seems Webber is happy with the outcome of the conversation, revealing that if the situation were to be reversed in the future, Vettel would also be told not to attack.

"We had a chat straight after the race debrief. Christian put his view forward of how the situation built and he came to the decision he made.

"And I put my case forward in how the situation built and we thought that we were both making the right decision - him to make the call for the team's interests and I was in a situation where I was trying to improve my own position.

"We spoke about it. He guaranteed me that it would have been the same situation the other way around if Seb was closing in on me, he would have still shut the race down.

"It was over pretty quick really.

"If there is a similar situation, it is not often that you are closing in the last few laps, that was the awkward one I think.

"We are still free to race most of the time - it was an awkward one and it is not often that things like that happen in terms of the time of the race, and up until then we will be racing."

Pressed as to why he had initially chosen to ignore his pit wall during the British race, Webber said it was in response to Horner's comments last season about never enforcing team orders on his drivers like Ferrari did at the 2010 German GP.

"That's why I made the decision. I wasn't thinking about Hockenheim, but I was thinking about trying to pass Sebastian.

"He was not having the best stint for him and I was having a reasonable stint so I was just trying to pass him, clearly there is a question you need to ask him - see how he feels about it now.

"Nothing really changes for me. I am comfortable with what I did at Silverstone.

"The points are important, but it is momentum and having the opportunity to improve. If Fernando is stopping on the last lap, which is unusual, but if he is...it makes it a bit more tricky.

"There are some questions that you guys need to ask Christian, which I cannot answer."

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Times

01. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m31.711 34 laps

02. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m31.879 + 0.168 38 laps

03. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m32.084 + 0.373 28 laps

04. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m32.354 + 0.643 36 laps

05. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m32.411 + 0.700 31 laps

06. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m32.557 + 0.846 32 laps

07. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m32.724 + 1.013 28 laps

08. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m33.098 + 1.387 17 laps

09. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m33.138 + 1.427 22 laps

10. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m33.211 + 1.500 34 laps

11. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m33.225 + 1.514 17 laps

12. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m33.299 + 1.588 34 laps

13. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m34.113 + 2.402 34 laps

14. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m34.344 + 2.633 34 laps

15. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m34.487 + 2.776 37 laps

16. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m34.491 + 2.780 35 laps

17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m34.996 + 3.285 35 laps

18. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m35.753 + 4.042 42 laps

19. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m36.940 + 5.229 32 laps

20. Karun Chandhok Lotus-Renault 1m37.248 + 5.537 33 laps

21. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m37.313 + 5.602 33 laps

22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m38.145 + 6.434 31 laps

23. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m40.737 + 9.026 5 laps

24. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari No time 3 laps

this is going to be a good race

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