Brabham: Webber has blown his chances

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Sir Jack may seem a bit harsh but he's been thru it,from
winning 3 titles to finding himself uncompetive to where
he retired,F1 has become a youngsters sport




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      Three-time F1 World Champ Jack Brabham reckons Mark Webber has "blown" his chances of winning the title after crashing in Korea.

Webber, who arrived in South Korea with a 14 points lead over Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in the race for this year's title, left the Yeongam circuit without a single World Championship point.

Lapping in second place behind his German team-mate Sebastian Vettel, Webber lost control of his RB6in the trying conditions, crashing out of the grand prix.

Meanwhile, Alonso went on to win the race, bagging 25 points towards his title campaign and the lead in the Drivers' standings. He now has an 11-point advantage over Webber with two races remaining.

And although 11 points with 50 to play for is not a massive gap, Brabham, who won titles in 1959, 1960 and 1966, believes Webber's chances are over.

He told the Australian Associated Press that Webber winning "would mean a lot to me and it would mean a lot to Australia, but unfortunately I think his real opportunity has been blown last weekend."

The only other Australian to win the F1 title was Alan Jones in 1980.

Brabham, who lives on the Gold Coast south of Brisbane in Queensland state, rarely comments on the state of Formula 1. But he says he fears Webber may have missed a career chance at a title.

"I'm really there behind him in the hope that he gets there but if he doesn't do it this year I don't think he ever will, personally.

"He was there with a (14)-point lead so now he's back in the grid and that's going to make it very, very difficult."

"Mark's actually a very good driver but unfortunately he does make mistakes and the mistake at the weekend has probably cost him the Championship.

"It's a pity, really, because Vettel didn't finish and all Mark had to do was finish in front of Vettel one more time and he was home and dry."

Brabham says the 34-year-old Webber will soon be uncompetitive against the likes of younger stars such as Vettel and Alonso.

"People like Alonso are young and Mark's getting a bit too old really now. He can probably go one more year but every year that goes by now he's getting older and this is a young man's sport.

"He's racing against 21-year-olds or 22-year-olds and he's got the job in front of him. He's got to finish in front of Alonso and also Vettel and it's not going to be easy."

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