Question: Mark, you’ve had some days to reflect on what happened in Turkey. What do you say about it now?
Mark Webber: The same that I said on Sunday night in Istanbul, to be honest. Nothing really changed. It was a tough day for the team. Now it’s time to move on.
Question: But since then you’ve signed a new contract…
Mark Webber: We’d been close to signing a new contract - on the Friday in Barcelona we were already close to getting things done - so the signature was just a technicality. Look, I’m feeling very comfortable in the team. Obviously since I arrived I’ve just tried to keep my head down and tried to do my job and it went pretty well this year. And to be honest, the team is grateful for the both of us. We’ve got a good package, we’re pushing each other - it’s been really good.
Question: But is it possible to set up certain rules?
Mark Webber: Well, I think also the fans want to see drivers racing each other. The team has done its best keeping us racing at the front. If you are spending every fortnight on the same row if the grid, potentially racing each other all the time, you are going to be close to each other. We are trying to get the balance right for us, also as individuals. Milton Keynes is working for both of us and Renault as well. Everyone is working hard together and they want the best results out of whatever car that is.
Question: How will you approach this weekend, knowing that very likely you will race your team mate again? And would you say that McLaren are in the same boat?
Mark Webber: Of course they are. As far as I can see, McLaren are doing what they can. They obviously got themselves in a bit of a pickle in the last part of the (Turkey) race with a bit of a breakdown in communications, so it can happen when you’ve got two guys who are on the track around each other. And it is a bit of a nightmare for the team to be honest because the management certainly gets some grey hairs over it. And it is not without added stress, probably also for the drivers, because an error of judgment has more consequences than maybe perhaps clipping someone else. I think strategy-wise it’s another car you’re racing. You have to look into that as just another car there and try and deal with it as normally as you can. If I get second on the grid I am disappointed I didn’t get pole. Who is on pole? Seb? Well that’s fine. But it might be Seb, it might be Hamilton. It is another car - and you could say it is fine because it is him, but it is not. Every car has the same value, if you know what I mean, in terms of trying to get ahead of them.
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