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Red Bull says late upgrade hurt Webber

Red Bull boss Christian Horner reckons that discomfort with the team's crucial late-2012 upgrade was the main reason Mark Webber fell away from Sebastian Vettel in last season's run-in. Halfway through the 2012 Formula 1 campaign Webber was Red Bull's main title threat, holding second in the standings, 10 points clear of Vettel. But in the second part of the year Vettel surged to a third championship while Webber tumbled to sixth. After Red Bull introduced a major upgrade for Singapore, Vettel claimed four straight wins and 141 points, whereas Webber's tally from the remaining rounds was just 47 points. Horner acknowledged that the change in car spec could have played to Vettel's favour....
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