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Before the season, Webber enquired about Red Bull adviser and junior formula team owner Helmut Marko for his treating young drivers and was told by team principal Christian Horner to obey Marko in order to avoid a cooling of relations. The RB3 proved to be a quick car but mechanically fragile with poor reliability causing Webber to retire seven times over the course of the season. He scored his first points of 2007 when he finished seventh at the and achieved his second career podium by placing third at the three races later. Webber scored only once more that year with another seventh place at the . He was on course to finish well at the rain-affected until Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel crashed into the rear of his car behind the safety car and eliminating both drivers from the race. Overall Webber tallied 10 points for 12th in the Drivers' Championship and had outperformed his teammate Coulthard 15 times in qualifying.