Webber: courageous, candid, compellingTwice recently — first when he refused to pussyfoot around the issue of whether there should be a grand prix in Bahrain this year ("they have bigger priorities right now") and then with his withering appraisal of Bernie Ecclestone's artificial sprinkler idea ("Jim Clark would be spinning in his grave") — the Australian reminded us why he remains one of the most compelling characters on the grid.
It has got to the stage where, if there is a burning issue in the sport he, more than any other, is the driver to seek out.
Not that he makes a conscious effort to be political. "Ah look, mate, I don't feel particularly strongly about things," he shrugs.
"It's just that generally when you're asked a straightforward question, as a bloke in your thirties you should be able to give an opinion. Let's face it, Bahrain was a pretty easy question to answer."
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