Webber defends injury silence
Mark Webber maintains he had no reason to inform Red Bull that he had fractured his shoulder while mountain biking.
The Australian revealed in his new book, 'Up Front - 2010, A Season To Remember,' that he injured his shoulder four races from the end of the season but didn't notify team bosses, a decision that Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has since labelled 'disappointing'.
Webber has now moved to quell the criticism he has received, insisting that he didn't inform his team because the injury did not impact his ability to drive.
"I came off a mountain bike while training between the races in Singapore and Japan, and an x-ray revealed a small fracture to my right shoulder. I was very confident it wouldn't affect my performance in the car, which is why I didn't tell anyone," Webber explained on his official website.
"There was no need [to tell the team]. The shoulder wasn't causing me a problem, so there was no need to talk about it to anyone.
"If I'd had any issues with it in the car, then of course I would have told the team. But that wasn't the case. I've never missed a Grand Prix but of course if I couldn't drive the car a) safely and b) on the limit, I would have notified the team."
The 34-year-old defended his decision to go public with the injury, insisting that while the injury saga had garnered a lot of attention despite its relative insignificance, he had decided to include it in the book simply because it was an incident that occurred during the season.
"It's what the book is all about," he explained.
"I wanted to give the readers in Australia a closer insight to a sport that's pretty hard for them to follow. I didn't sit down after the season had finished with hindsight goggles on and pick and choose what went into it. We did it at the time after each race. It (the injury) is something that happened to me, it was part of my journey this season, so that's why it's in there," he added.
Credit: PlanetF1.com (www.planetf1.com)
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