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Mark Webber's father says.......

Mark Webber's father says his son will race on for Red Bull at the Chinese GP

Alan Webber also reveals son received text from Dietrich Mateschitz

Mark Webber's father has insisted the Australian driver will compete as normal for Red Bull in the Chinese GP and has been 'assured' of his position at the team by owner Dietrich Mateschitz.

As the fallout from last Sunday's dramatic conclusion to the Malaysian GP began following Vettel's failure to obey team orders, Webber's Red Bull future was immediately thrown into doubt in wake of cryptic comments from the Australian in which he suggested "my mind in the last 15 laps was thinking many things" and of the need to "take my medicine" during the three-week break before the next race.

 However, speaking to Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio on his and his son's return to their homeland on Tuesday, Alan Webber said they would both be in Shanghai when the season resumes.
"Well, he's coming home to hop on a surf ski or a surf board, but we'll be up in China for the next one," Webber's dad insisted.
Webber senior also revealed that his son had received a text message from Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz in wake of the team orders controversy, and while not revealing its exact details, did suggest there was no doubt his son's future at the team was secure.

"I'll say this: I read the text that Mr Mateschitz sent Mark and I think Mark's position is assured," he added.
Alan Webber also revealed that Vettel had personally apologised to him as well as his son after the race, but made clear that their disappointment in the German's actions was shared by the Red Bull team as a whole.
"It's been controversial up there for sure," he said.
"The team aren't altogether happy with Sebastian I'm afraid. Sebastian's apologised to Mark and he's even apologised to me, but I just don't know how Seb can disobey an order, come back and feels he won a race and then make an apology after.
"When you look at him in his eyes he looks quite sincere about it all...but anyway that's what happened to Seb and he's apologised but the team I know aren't happy with him at all."
Having not yet publicly accepted his long-time team-mate's apology, what was already a strained relationship between the two drivers has now what some observers have suggested might be a terminal blow.


Former drivers turned Sky Sports F1 pundits have already suggested that there are likely to be trust issues between the pair going forward and Alan Webber has now admitted: "I think it will take a while to earn the respect and trust again."
Nonetheless, he believes it's Vettel's standing in F1 that has been damaged by the whole affair.
"I thought on the podium he [Mark] was very, very good. His body language said a lot of course, we all saw that, and up and down the pitlane I even had FIA people come up to me and say they felt sorry for him," Webber Snr added.
"Up and down the pitlane Mark hasn't lost any credibility at all, it's probably Sebastian [who] has lost a awful lot."

F1 Constructor Standings 2013 over all

Driver Standings      Constructor Standings

Position	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	66
2	Ferrari	40
3	Lotus	40
4	Mercedes	37
5	Force India	10
6	McLaren	4
7	Sauber	4
8	Toro Rosso	1
9	Williams	0
10	Caterham	0
11	Marussia	0

F1 Driver Standings over all

Driver Standings     Constructor Standings

Position	Name	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	40
2	Kimi Raikkonen	31
3	Mark Webber	26
4	Lewis Hamilton	25
5	Felipe Massa	22
6	Fernando Alonso	18
7	Nico Rosberg	12
8	Romain Grosjean	9
9	Adrian Sutil	6
10	Nico Hulkenberg	4
11	Paul di Resta	4
12	Jenson Button	2
13	Sergio Perez	2
14	Jean-Eric Vergne	1
15	Esteban Gutierrez	0
16	Pastor Maldonado	0
17	Valtteri Bottas	0
18	Daniel Ricciardo	0
19	Charles Pic	0
20	Giedo van der Garde	0
21	Jules Bianchi	0
22	Max Chilton	0

Vettel apologizes after controversial F1 win in Malaysia

Webber had led after coming out of his final pit stop with 13 laps to go in Sepang, but Vettel claimed victory after defying team orders to overtake while the Australian was following instructions to conserve his car.

* World champion Sebastian Vettel apologized to Red Bull teammate Mark Webber after defying orders to snatch a "risky" victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday and go to the top of the driver standings.

Webber had been poised for the 10th victory of his career and first since July as he led comfortably after the team's final pit stops, and was told to hold back to maintain his car until the finish at the Sepang circuit.

Vettel, however, took the opportunity to edge past the veteran Australian and claim his 27th race win, having started from pole position for the second time in two events this season.

"I want to say sorry to Mark," the German told reporters, having been rebuked by his team boss Christian Horner on the radio as they dueled on the track. "This is silly Seb, come on," Horner warned.

"He was trying to save the car and tires, but I took a lot of risk in passing him when he was trying," the 25-year-old Vettel added.

"I didn't ignore that, but I shouldn't have done it."

He later said on the Red Bull website: " I put myself above a team decision, which was wrong. I didn't mean to and I apologize. I'm not happy I've won, I made a mistake and if I could undo it I would. It's not easy right now and I owe apologies to Mark and the team."

Webber, who has often complained that triple world champion Vettel has favored status within the Austrian-owned team, made his displeasure known at the postrace press conference.

"The first part of GP went very well," the 36-year-old said. "In the end we got the right strategy, and it was about controlling the race, getting everything in the race right, but the team told me to turn the engine down.

"But I want to race as well. Seb made his own decisions and he will have protection as usual and that's the way it goes."

He also added a statement on the team website.

"There's a bit of history to this as well; my mind in the last 15 laps was thinking about a lot of things," Webber said.

"Of course I'm not satisfied with the result. This puts heat on a few people and unfortunately there's no rewind button. I know people want raw emotion from us after these situations and it's there, but we need to remain cool. There's three weeks until the next race, so time for us to work on things."

Horner said the incident was "frustrating."

"Formula One is both a team and an individual sport and sometimes there is a conflict between a driver's desire and a team's interest," he said. "What happened today is something that shouldn't have happened.

"Our position after that final pit stop was all about managing the race until the end and conserving our tires, getting the cars to the finish and achieving maximum points."

Team orders have long been a controversial part of F1, and were banned in 2002. However, that rule was dropped in 2011 after it became apparent that teams were finding ways around it.

On Sunday, Lewis Hamilton benefited from team orders as he claimed his first podium finish for Mercedes after colleague Nico Rosberg was told not to attack him as both drivers were seeking to maintain their cars.

Team boss Ross Brawn said on the radio: "Negative Nico, negative. Lewis' pace is what we are asking him to do. He can go a lot faster as well, so please be in control as well."

"If I'm honest he should be standing here, he's a great teammate and did a fantastic job," Hamilton said of Rosberg, who outperformed seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher at Mercedes the past three seasons.

"We brought the car home and I'm glad to get a result for them, but it's not the best feeling being up here."

The 2008 world champion almost made an embarrassing error when he tried to pit in the garage of his former team McLaren -- bringing back memories of when Jenson Button did similar soon after his move to the British marque.

"I did a Jenson as he did that a couple of years ago," the English driver said.

"I've had so many years making pit stops with McLaren, but I got it wrong, so a big apology to my teammate."

Button's disappointing season continued when he failed to finish in the points after being sent out from his final pit stop with a loose front wheel, having been fifth at one stage.

His new teammate Sergio Perez scored his first points for McLaren as he came home ninth ahead of Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne.

Felipe Massa claimed fifth place but his Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso -- the race winner in Sepang last year and overall runnerup -- paid for an early mistake that broke his front wing and ended his 200th career grand prix as he stayed out on the track too long without getting it repaired.

"Today we had a good car, and I don't think we were too far from the Red Bull pace, especially in the race," the Spaniard said.

"Looking now after the incident for sure it is the wrong decision (to stay on the track). If this unlucky combination had not happened, and in lap three we stop, we change the tire and the nose and we win the race here, the team are heroes."

Romain Grosjean was sixth for Lotus ahead of teammate Kimi Raikkonen, who won the opening race in Melbourne last Sunday but this time started from 10th after being given a three-place penalty for blocking Rosberg during Saturday's qualifying.

The Finn was fastest in Friday's practice, but downplayed his hopes in the race.

Nico Hulkenberg was eighth to earn Sauber's first points this season.

Sebastian Vettel ignores team orders to beat Mark Webber

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel ignored team orders in the Malaysian GP to win an intense battle with Mark Webber.

Webber led after the final pit stops and the drivers were told to hold position to the end of the race but Vettel passed Webber after an intense battle with 13 laps to go.
Vettel has since apologised for the incident.

 Lewis Hamilton took third ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who obeyed an order to stay behind.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso crashed on the second lap after breaking his front wing.
The Spaniard's team-mate Felipe Massa took fifth, fighting past the Lotus cars of Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen in the closing laps after the Lotus team's gamble to try to do only three pit stops rather than four failed.
Grosjean finished sixth ahead of Raikkonen, who won the first race in Australia last weekend.
McLaren's Jenson Button was on for a points-scoring finish, possibly in fifth place, before he was sent on his way from a pit stop with a loose front wheel.
The Sauber of Nico Hulkenberg took eighth ahead of McLaren's Sergio Perez, with Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne 10th.
It was a race full of drama as the intra-team battles at Red Bull and Mercedes played out live.

 The battle between the Red Bulls was resolved in an intense scrap as Webber rejoined from his final pit stop.

Vettel was warned by team boss Christian Horner that he was being "stupid" but the two then battled wheel-to-wheel around Turns One and Two onto Turn Four, where Webber appeared finally to yield to his team-mate despite having the inside line.
Webber said: "After the last stop the team told me the race was over and we turned the engines down and go to the end. The team made their decision. Seb made his own decision and he will have protection as usual."
Vettel was told over the radio after the race: "Good job, Seb. Looks like you wanted it bad enough. Still you've got some explaining to do."
Webber had initially taken the lead at the first stops as the drivers came in to fit dry-weather tyres following a wet start.
He had led the race throughout, with the two Red Bull drivers using the two available tyre compounds in different orders.
Vettel chose to end the race on the softer 'medium' tyre while Webber was on the hard.
Vettel said: "Obviously it is very hot and if there is something to say we need to say it internally."
Red Bull motorsport chief Helmut Marko, a powerful champion of Vettel, admitted the battle had "got out of control".
Meanwhile, there was controversy at Mercedes as Rosberg followed Hamilton closely in the final laps.
Rosberg asked the team to let him pass Hamilton, but was told "negative" by team boss Ross Brawn.
When he complained again, Brawn told him that Hamilton - who had earlier been told to save fuel - was also being "controlled" and could also go faster.
Hamilton admitted on the podium: "I can't say it's the best feeling being up here today. If I'm honest I really feel Nico should be standing here."
Hamilton had provided an amusing diversion when, coming in for his second stop, he headed into the pit box of former team McLaren before being waved on towards Mercedes.

"I did a Jenson," he said. "He did it a couple of years ago and I've done it today. Apologies to my team."
The result puts Vettel into the championship lead by 11 points from Raikkonen. Webber is five points further adrift and ahead of Hamilton, Massa and Alonso, who is already 22 points behind Vettel, the man who narrowly beat him to the title 2010 and 2012.
Alonso started third and was up to second, past Massa, by the first corner. But he tapped the back of Vettel's car in Turn Two.
It was the lightest of touches but enough to break the front wing mounts.
He held onto second place throughout the first lap but chose not to stop to change it and it collapsed heading into Turn One on the second lap, sending him into the gravel trap.
Alonso wrote later on Twitter: "Bad luck today. As always over 19 races we will be compensated and we are ready to recover good points in the next race."


Result:
1. Sebastian Vettel (Ger), Red Bull, 1hr 38min 56.681secs
2. Mark Webber (Aus), Red Bull, 1:39:00.979
3. Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes, 1:39:08.862
4. Nico Rosberg (Ger), Mercedes, 1:39:09.321
5. Felipe Massa (Brz), Ferrari, 1:39:22.329
6. Romain Grosjean (Fra), Lotus, 1:39:32.245
7. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin), Lotus, 1:39:45.160
8. Nico Hulkenberg (Ger), Sauber, 1:39:49.725
9. Sergio Perez (Mex), McLaren, 1:40:09.038
10. Jean-Eric Vergne (Fra), Toro Rosso, 1:40:23.805
11. Valtteri Bottas (Fin), Williams, 1:40:25.291
12. Esteban Gutierrez (Mex), Sauber, 1:39:01.194
13. Jules Bianchi (Fra), Marussia, 1:39:55.128
14. Charles Pic (Fra), Caterham, 1.40:29.370
15. Giedo van der Garde (Ned), Caterham, 1:40:38.354
16. Max Chilton (GB), Marussia, 1:39:14.486
17. Jenson Button (GB), McLaren, 1:35:35.060
18. Daniel Ricciardo (Aus), Toro Rosso, 1:32:16.617
Did not finish
Pastor Maldonado (Ven), Williams, 45 laps.
Adrian Sutil (Ger), Force India, 27 laps.
Paul di Resta (GB), Force India, 22 laps.
Fernando Alonso (Spa), Ferrari, 1 lap.

Malaysian Grand Prix, day three

Sunday 24 March:

Malaysia F1 Result 2013 The Winner's

Race	Grid	Q3	Q2	Q1	P3	P2	P1

Pos	Driver		Team	Grid	Total	Pts
1	Vettel		Red Bull	1	1:38:56.681	25
2	Webber		Red Bull	5	+4.200	18
3	Hamilton		Mercedes	4	+12.100	15
4	Rosberg		Mercedes	6	+12.600	12
5	Massa		Ferrari	2	+25.600	10
6	Grosjean		Lotus	11	+35.500	8
7	Raikkonen		Lotus	10	+48.400	6
8	Hulkenberg		Sauber	12	+53.000	4
9	Perez		McLaren	9	+72.300	2
10	Vergne		Toro Rosso	17	+87.100	1
11	Bottas		Williams	18	+88.600
12	Gutierrez		Sauber	14	+1 lap
13	Bianchi		Marussia	19	+1 lap
14	Pic		Caterham	20	+1 lap
15	van der Garde		Caterham	22	+1 lap
16	Chilton		Marussia	21	+2 laps
17	Button		McLaren	7	+3 laps
18	Ricciardo		Toro Rosso	13	+5 laps
RET	Maldonado		Williams	16
RET	Sutil		Force India	8
RET	di Resta		Force India	15
RET	Alonso		Ferrari	3

Malaysia F1 Result 2013 Grid

Race	Grid	Q3	Q2	Q1	P3	P2	P1

Pos	Driver		Team	Time
1	Vettel		Red Bull
2	Massa		Ferrari	-
3	Alonso		Ferrari	-
4	Hamilton		Mercedes	-
5	Webber		Red Bull	-
6	Rosberg		Mercedes	-
7	Button		McLaren	-
8	Sutil		Force India	-
9	Perez		McLaren	-
10	Raikkonen		Lotus	-
11	Grosjean		Lotus	-
12	Hulkenberg		Sauber	-
13	Ricciardo		Toro Rosso	-
14	Gutierrez		Sauber	-
15	di Resta		Force India	-
16	Maldonado		Williams	-
17	Vergne		Toro Rosso	-
18	Bottas		Williams	-
19	Bianchi		Marussia	-
20	Pic		Caterham	-
21	Chilton		Marussia	-
22	van der Garde		Caterham	-

Malaysia F1 Results 2013 Qualifying3

Race	Grid	Q3	Q2	Q1	P3	P2	P1

Pos	Driver		Team	Time
1	Vettel		Red Bull	1:49.674
2	Massa		Ferrari	+0.913
3	Alonso		Ferrari	+1.053
4	Hamilton		Mercedes	+2.025
5	Webber		Red Bull	+2.570
6	Rosberg		Mercedes	+2.845
7	Raikkonen		Lotus	+3.296
8	Button		McLaren	+3.501
9	Sutil		Force India	+3.765
10	Perez		McLaren	+4.462