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Webber's championship diagnosis
Red Bull's Mark Webber was driving with a broken shoulder for the final four races of the season.
The period coincides with a dip in form in which Webber lost his championship lead and then the title, which went to his team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
The Australian has revealed the injury, which was sustained in a mountain bike accident, in his new book, which has just been published in Australia.
Webber is refusing to blame the injury for his failure to win the title.
He also kept it secret from his team boss Christian Horner, only telling his physio Roger Cleary and F1's chief medical officer Gary Hartstein.
Webber sustained the injury after the Singapore Grand Prix.
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He had returned to Australia and was out riding with a friend, who fell off his bike in front of Webber, who went over his handlebars trying to avoid him.
The fracture was quite fine and could not be treated. Webber had cortisone injections before the races in Japan and Korea to dull the pain.
It is the second time in a little less than two years that Webber has suffered an injury while out training on a mountain bike.
In November 2008 he was hit by a car while taking part in his own adventure challenge in Tasmania and suffered a major fracture of his right leg as well as a broken shoulder.
On that occasion, he also kept the shoulder injury from his team and the public.
At the time of his latest accident, Webber was leading the world championship by 11 points from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and was 21 ahead of Vettel.
He finished second to Vettel at the next race in Japan, where the German was only 0.07 seconds faster in qualifying.
But Webber's title hopes took a major hit at the subsequent race in Korea, when he crashed on the second racing lap. Alonso won the race, which leapfrogged him over Webber in the championship and into an 11-point lead.
Webber then finished second to Vettel in Brazil before losing any hope of regaining the lead with an uncompetitive performance at the final race in Abu Dhabi.
More to follow.
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Red Bull's Mark Webber was driving with a broken shoulder for the final four races of the season.
The period coincides with a dip in form in which Webber lost his championship lead and then the title, which went to his team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
The Australian has revealed the injury, which was sustained in a mountain bike accident, in his new book, which has just been published in Australia.
Webber is refusing to blame the injury for his failure to win the title.
He also kept it secret from his team boss Christian Horner, only telling his physio Roger Cleary and F1's chief medical officer Gary Hartstein.
Webber sustained the injury after the Singapore Grand Prix.
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Webber pledges immediate future to Red Bull
He had returned to Australia and was out riding with a friend, who fell off his bike in front of Webber, who went over his handlebars trying to avoid him.
The fracture was quite fine and could not be treated. Webber had cortisone injections before the races in Japan and Korea to dull the pain.
It is the second time in a little less than two years that Webber has suffered an injury while out training on a mountain bike.
In November 2008 he was hit by a car while taking part in his own adventure challenge in Tasmania and suffered a major fracture of his right leg as well as a broken shoulder.
On that occasion, he also kept the shoulder injury from his team and the public.
At the time of his latest accident, Webber was leading the world championship by 11 points from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and was 21 ahead of Vettel.
He finished second to Vettel at the next race in Japan, where the German was only 0.07 seconds faster in qualifying.
But Webber's title hopes took a major hit at the subsequent race in Korea, when he crashed on the second racing lap. Alonso won the race, which leapfrogged him over Webber in the championship and into an 11-point lead.
Webber then finished second to Vettel in Brazil before losing any hope of regaining the lead with an uncompetitive performance at the final race in Abu Dhabi.
More to follow.
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