Interview With Mark Webber
Jun 06, 2008
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Question: In Monaco you were lucky but you also stayed cool and made no mistakes…
Mark Webber: In a race like that it’s best not to take too many risks and that is exactly what I did. A lot of other people made mistakes - but that’s part of a Grand Prix. I am happy to have a bit of luck now because I have had more than my fair share of misfortunes. So I’m not bothered to see Kimi (Raikkonen) crashing into Sutil because I’ve been in that situation before. So for me to get more points because of someone else’s misfortune, never bothers me whatsoever.
Question: Your 15 points mean that you are tied with Heikki Kovalainen. Does this mean you’re the ‘best of the rest’ outside the ‘big three teams’ of Ferrari, McLaren and BMW Sauber?
Mark Webber: Yeah, that’s right. I am very satisfied with that and I hope that I can continue to stay that way. That would be really, really rewarding to achieve that - to have a tight fight with Fernando, and also Williams can be very quick at times as well. We have a long season ahead and to be equal with Heikki after six races is rewarding, as is being five points behind Nick Heidfeld. It’s been a pretty good start for me and I hope that we can continue - that’s all I hope for. We are not going to score points at every race - that’s not going to happen - but I hope that we can continue to score points whenever they are available.
Question: It seems that the RB4 has been much better than many anticipated…
Mark Webber: The key to what we did was over the winter. They made some good technical decisions on how to design the car and placed a strong focus on reliability. And these results are the fruits of everybody’s efforts - from Christian (Horner) down. It’s good to see that we are getting some rewards from those efforts and those decisions but what we need to do is to develop the car - to put performance on the car as soon as possible. But that’s a problem that all the teams are facing now. The car has a good base and we need to continue to develop it.
Question: You mentioned that negotiations are underway for contract renewal. Are you confident about a positive outcome?
Mark Webber: I am keen to continue here as I see a good progression here. I love driving for Red Bull and I have a massive respect of how Dietrich (Mateschitz ) runs the whole operation. And naturally it helps when you get results so it’s a good feeling at the factory. I’d like to be part of that in the future. So hopefully we can do something together.
