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Red Bull driver Mark Webber has brushed aside talk of team-mate Sebastian Vettel's "superstar" status after team boss Christian Horner admitted he was building the team around the 23-year-old German. "If I was 10 years younger and was getting the same results, I'm sure you'd all think I'm the superstar," said Webber, 34.
Full story: Autosprint magazine (in Italian)

Meanwhile, three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda says Red Bull must give Webber preferential treatment if they are to overhaul Fernando Alonso and take the world drivers' title.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

British former F1 driver Johnny Herbert will be on the FIA stewards panel for the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend, the third time he has taken on the role this season.
Full story: autosport.com

Nick Craw, president of the FIA's senate, has made an official visit to the United States Grand Prix track in Austin, Texas, to check on progress ahead of Formula 1's return to the country for the first time in five years in 2012. "It will be great," he said afterwards. "This has some of the most interesting, exciting and different features, drawn from other successful venues around the world."
Full story: gpupdate.net

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