![]() Unhappy by the team's reliability problems, Webber departed the team at the end of the season to join Red Bull Racing. Williams finished eighth in the Constructors' Championship - the team's lowest finish since its inaugural season in 1978. By leading the lap Webber became the first Australian to have led his home grand prix since the last non-championship AGP was held in 1984. ![]() Exceptions were Australia and Monaco, both races where Webber looked a contender for at least a podium finish until retiring on both occasions with hydraulics failure and an exhaust fire respectively.Ī note of significance for Webber and Williams came on lap 21 of the 2006 Australian Grand Prix. An excellent second-row qualifying performance at Sepang was wasted when both cars suffered engine failures, and the season went downhill from there. The car seemed competitive at the beginning of the year when the cars scored a double points finish with Rosberg setting the fastest lap of the race on his F1 début at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Too often this promise was compromised by poor reliability - an embarrassment for a team that prided itself on engineering excellence. Despite the effectiveness of the Cosworth engine, the Bridgestone tyres and the two drivers, the FW28 could only display brief flashes of promise. The car was dogged by a handling problem which affected the cars on the entry to corners. However, 2006 was very disappointing for the team. Webber was in his second year with the team, and teammate Nico Rosberg carried a hint of nostalgia, as Nico's father Keke had won the 1982 F1 championship in a Cosworth-engined Williams. The drivers were Mark Webber and rookie Nico Rosberg, the reigning GP2 Series champion. The Williams FW28 was the car with which the Williams team competed in the 2006 Formula One season. Williams 7-speed seamless-shift sequential semi-automatic Williams carbon-fibre double wishbone arrangement, with composite toe-link and pushrod-activated torsion springsĬosworth CA2006 and Toyota RVX-06 (post-season testing only) 2.4-litre V8 (90°) naturally aspirated Technical specifications Ĭarbon-fibre and honeycomb composite structure Webber courted controversy in July after winning the British Grand Prix by publicly accusing his team of favouritism after a new wing was removed from his car and fitted to Vettel's.Nico Rosberg driving the FW28 at the 2006 Canadian Grand Prix Webber, who is 11 points behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in the drivers' standings, said he did not expect Vettel to support him at the Interlagos track this weekend. ![]() That's the way it is," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted him, as saying. "When young, new charges come on to the block that's where the emotion is. Red Bull have denied all season that they favour Vettel, but, when asked if his team was behind his younger teammate, Webber said: "Obvious, isn't it? Of course. "I think I wasn't supposed to be in the hunt at all, so it's been maybe quite inconvenient, but I've enjoyed every minute of it," Webber said. ![]() ![]() Webber told The Guardian that his success this season has been inconvenient for his team. Webber lies second in the drivers' championship, 14 points ahead of his teammate with two races left. Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber has hit out at his Red Bull team for favouring his teammate Sebastian Vettel. ![]()
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