Peace of mind for Webber

In recent statements, the Australian Mark Webber suggested that this time he hoped to be able to shine in front of his public at the Melbourne GP, using an RB5 which he considers very promising. Indeed, during his seven previous participations, Webber was never able to do better than 5th and, last season, it was a collision in the first meters of the race which prematurely ended his hopes.

“We are going into this season with a bit of optimism,” said Mark upon his arrival in Melbourne. “We are looking forward to the free practice and qualifying sessions to be able to position ourselves against the competition. »

“We only rode in Barcelona and Jerez this winter and now we are going to rediscover a very different place. We will quickly have to find our feet on the Albert Park circuit, but it's the same thing every year so we know what to expect, and, in any case, with the limitation of private testing we are all in the same boat For the moment we are rather optimistic, we think we have all our chances”

The Australian? like most of his colleagues? does not venture too much to make predictions, but he still believes that the Brawn GP team could put its two cents in the fight for places on the podium.

“The Brawn GP team cars are truly impressive. Despite the series of adventures experienced by the team in recent weeks, it seems that their car is already very, very fast. It will also be necessary to monitor Toyota who performed excellent winter tests and could fight at the front, but we should not underestimate Ferrari. The only possible surprise could come from McLaren, due to the lack of performance of the MP4-24. »

Mark also wants to be reassuring about his recovery after breaking his leg? following a bicycle accident? last November:

“I'm doing very well, I have no problems when I'm in the car, everything is fine. »

Finally, according to the words of the Australian, KERS is still not ready at Red Bull, while this is the case for Renault, their engine manufacturer, and its use will not be done for at least five or six Grand Prix.