Question: Mark, is this the kind of track where you would like to beat your team mate?
Mark Webber: Ha, it’s nice to do this at any track, but yes, Suzuka is a rewarding track for all the drivers. There are not many tracks around where you can feel a Formula One car breath. Here you feel that the car really loves to be driven, hoping that the guys put them on the limit. (laughs) It is a real challenge.
Question: You have eight podium finishes this season, but no win. Can Suzuka - which you love - change that?
Mark Webber: It could, yes. It is a flowing track and I definitely love to race here. Let’s wait and see. Seb (Sebastian Vettel) wants to win the championship here and I want to win the race, so we have to wait until Sunday to see whose wish gets going.
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Question: There has been a lot of talk about a radio message to Felipe Massa from his Ferrari race engineer telling him to ‘destroy’ Lewis Hamilton’s race. Would you say that these things happen quite often and that we just never get to hear these messages?
Mark Webber: No, I mean I am not sure if you guys hear all the messages between the pit wall and the drivers, but from what I’ve heard about this particular message it was strategy-wise. And of course you want to make it as hard as possible for your opponents without losing too much time yourself by doing so.
Question: You have a contract for next season with Red Bull, but is it your plan to stay in Formula One for many more years?
Mark Webber: Yes, if I can keep up the racing I’m doing now. I think that retirement is overrated. I think the first few weeks it’s nice, but then… I enjoy my driving and I like the challenge on this level - and if you have the possibility to do this then why walk away?
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