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The Australian lasted just 18 of the 56 laps after starting from the pits lane because Red Bull failed to put enough fuel in his car for
Saturday's (April 13) qualifying,
In that short time he pitted twice and broke a front wing in a collision with the Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso of Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne.
NO REVENGE
The afternoon was in stark contrast to the previous GP in
Malaysia where he led until World champion team mate
Sebastian Vettel ignored instructions from the pits wall not to overtake
and denied him victory.
The feud between the team mates was the
talk of the Shanghai paddock in the run-up to the race but they never
came close to racing each other, let alone being in a position for
Webber to exact revenge.
The nearest it came to any drama, in a race dictated by tyre strategy, was when Vettel almost hit the loose right rear wheel as he rounded the Turn 14 hairpin and found it rolling in front of him.
