Webber: Unfortunately there’s no rewind button

The Red Bull RB9 was the car to have at the Malaysian Grand Prix, clearly the class of the field they were destined to win, and up to a certain point it appeared that Mark Webber would bag maximum points until Sebastian Vettel decided differently, defying team orders to challenge and beat his teammate and win the race.

From the moment he stepped on the podium Webber was not happy - make that: Webber was livid - with what had transpired and told the world champion in no uncertain terms that he was out of order before declaring live on TV from the podium, "In the end, Seb made his own decisions today. And he'll be protected as usual."

The Australian, who at 36 is the oldest driver in the field, said after Vettel apologised and admitted his mistake, "I think Sebastian has respect for me and I have respect for him, but the situation today was not handled well. It’s hard to put your finger on it all now after the race; when we’re racing on the limit and pushing as hard as we can, then it’s the worst situation for a team."

"I am sure they are bricking themselves and know that things can go wrong. There’s a bit of history to this as well; my mind in the last 15 laps was thinking about a lot of things, but I was happy with the way I drove," reflected the Australian.

Second placed Mark Webber

"I tried to isolate what happened at the end and we got something out of it today, but of course I’m not satisfied with the result. This puts heat on a few people and unfortunately there’s no rewind button. I know people want raw emotion from us after these situations and it’s there, but we need to remain cool. There’s three weeks until the next race, so time for us to work on things."

Webber hinted he would head back to Australia and hit the water on his surf board for some thinking time, "That'll be my medicine. We'll see if the medicine cures it."

Webber's father Allan told Sky Sports: "He's not a happy camper how he deals with it down the line we'll have to see, I think he'll be throwing a few toys around later. It was a frustrating day but I think he deserved better. Today we didn't think we'd be on the podium, so a one-two is a great day. I am just disappointed it's not my boy who is number one."

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said, "They took it into their own hands, which was uncomfortable for us. We gave them instructions to hold station but Sebastian took it into his own hands to win the race - he wanted to win. It's difficult when you have two competitive drivers like ours.

"It's difficult to watch because you could end up giving up 43 points. You have to remember there's two elements to F1: there's a drivers' championship and a constructors' championship," added Horner.