Pressure mounts on Webber most of all
typically, cut to the chase when weighing up what could be the weekend of his life with a colleague.
"It's simple, mate," he said. "Put it on pole, then disappear!"
As long as , the , finishes third or worse behind the Australian in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, it would be that simple.
, with no need for a and Red Bull would have completed a  entirely in keeping with chief technical officer Adrian Newey's magnificent RB6 design.
But little in this switchback season has been straightforward - particularly at Red Bull, where Vettel could have wrapped up the title some races ago had he had greater reliability.
Jonathan Legard commentated on Formula 1 for the 91Èȱ¬ in 2009 and 2010. He wrote regular blogs during that period, giving a behind-the-scenes insight into the grand prix weekends. Jonathan, previously 5 live's football correspondent and before that the radio station's F1 correspondent, is no longer part of the 91Èȱ¬'s F1 team.
