F1 stewards were on Friday evening looking into Mark Webber’s alleged ‘brake test’ that led to a collision with his Red Bull stable-mate Scott Speed during practice for the Canadian grand prix.
Toro Rosso’s Speed expressed amazement and anger that Australian Webber would perform the outlawed move, but Webber told reporters that Speed had been ‘asleep’ in the closing stages of the afternoon session.
On the run to turn eight, Red Bull racer Webber said Speed “braked 100 metres earlier” than on the previous lap, causing him to nearly hit Speed’s rear at high speed.
“I managed then to get my stuff together and get down the inside of him. And I went around the next corner quite slow,” Webber admitted.
Asked if going ‘quite slow’ meant that he had indeed brake-tested Speed, Webber told reporters: “Anyway, (let’s) move on.”
