"Weber, how's the car doing now?"
Red Bull Racing Team principal Horner, watching Weber lose positions, immediately pressed the voice chat button on his headset.
At 34, Weber in the F1 paddock is already considered a veteran driver, with only Trulli and the returning King of Cars Schumacher also in the same age bracket.
At his peak, he had the ability to contend for the championship. In his 2002 debut, he managed to rank fifth while driving the bottom-tier Minardi car, and he maintained competitive results against teammates like Heidfeld and Coulthard, even beating "rookie" Rosberg in his first season.
However, physical skills and professional condition inevitably decline over time. Not everyone can maintain a top-level driver status in the paddock close to forty like Alonso.
After joining Red Bull in 2009 and becoming teammates with Vettel, Weber's strength and condition began to decline.
