Webber confident of success in 2006
Mark Webber
By Andrew Hooper
December 13 2005
WilliamsF1 driver Mark Webber spoke of his confidence of the team been successful in the 2006 F1 season. After early runs with the teams new Cosworth V8 engine and Bridgestone tyres Mark is encouraged by the results. He is also looking forward to competing with new team-mate Nico Rosberg.
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Over the last few weeks the
WilliamsF1 team has returned to the test track for their winter testing
programme with Cosworth power and Bridgestone tyres team driver Mark Webber
spoke of his confidence that the team will improve on their 2005 season.
In
an interview for the WilliamsF1 team Mark spoke of his feelings after
completing the teams early testing programme running an updated FW27.
Mark said: " Obviously you realise the changes caused by the switch to V8
power-units.
"There is less power, and as a driver you are not happy with this. In
consideration of this fact, our lap times were relatively good and I'm
anxious to see how the forthcoming season will unfold, though I'm confident
we will be successful."
As for the teams difficult 2005 season Mark spoke of how frustrating the
season was but despite this the last few races saw the team put in some
encouraging performances. Despite the poor results Mark felt that he came
away from the season learning a lot.
Mark added: "We definitely hoped
to do better. It was frustrating for everybody. The season finished off
okay, as we succeeded in improving our performance and managed to secure
some good results.
"The middle part of the championship, however, was very hard for us - and
there were many races together in a row. It was a long, hard season, but I
learned a lot."
As for 2006 Mark was aiming to improve on this years results and that his
new team-mate Nico Rosberg was ready for the season ahead.
Mark concluded by saying: "My
goal is, of course, to finish better in the championship than this year. But
it's always the driver and the team together. Should we succeed as a team in
being competitive right from the start, the result will automatically
follow.
"Nico Rosberg is a young, highly motivated teammate. He is absolutely ready
to go. He had a great season in GP2 and if he is not ready, then I really
don't know who is. I'm looking forward to the battles with him." |
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