By steve
December 12 2003

According to Mark Webber, sponsorship money isn’t the only thing that got Klien a Jaguar Race seat.....but, naturally, it helped. Here’s what mark had to say about the controversial topic:
“People will talk about his sponsorship money but what tipped him over the edge was what he’s done in the car. That was a very comforting thing for Jaguar to see that he could do the business to secure the seat,”

“I knew that he’d done well in Europe and the Formula 3 races against Ryan Briscoe, a fellow Australian, but I didn’t know much more than that really. He won the Marlboro Masters which is obviously no mean feat and I was ready for anything really whatever decision they made,”

“Jaguar Racing had a good look at Christian in Valencia so it wasn’t a no-brainer and he’s pretty bloody handy, that’s for sure. He’s very mature, very relaxed, very disciplined and makes very few mistakes. He’s very controlled in himself so I’m sure he’ll do a good job.”

Webber wasn’t at all surprised by the signing, “I’ve been here before and was prepared to expect anything. I’m sort of used to having my team-mates change quite regularly now. I’ve had two at Minardi and three at Jaguar so it doesn’t really affect me. I’ve got my guys and I’ll do the best I can with them and the car I’ve got. I can’t control what happens the other side of the garage.”