Red Bull Racing
WEBBER NICELY POISED FOR DEMANDING TURKISH GRAND PRIX
By Ian Lockwood
June 6 2009
Mark Webber is perfectly positioned for tomorrow’s Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park after setting the fourth fastest time in official qualifying. His Red Bull Racing team-mate, Sebastian Vettel, will line-up in pole position (his second of the season) with the two Brawn GP cars of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello splitting the two Red Bulls in second and third places respectively.
“Q3 went well for us today,” said Webber afterwards, “there wasn’t much more I could get out of the car. It was very tight between Sebastian, the two Brawn GP drivers and I on lap times but I’m happy with my position for tomorrow’s race.
“It’s a really demanding race for us in hot conditions and it’ll be interesting to see who elects to start on what tyres. A lot of things can still happen and we’ll see how things play out but I’m aiming for a podium.”
It had been a fairly low-key start to the weekend for Webber on Friday with the “green” track conditions failing to give an indication of everyone’s true pace. McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen topped the times at the end of the second practice session but yet failed to make it into the top 10 in qualifying today while team-mate and reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton didn’t even make it past the first quali cut. Like RBR, there wasn’t much forthcoming from Brawn GP yesterday, the team going as far as to say they feared they had lost their competitive edge!
However, once everyone got down to the serious business of qualifying, the pecking order had more of a familiar look about it; Brawn, RBR and Ferrari emerging as the leading contenders and Toyota looking to be on a recovery after their disastrous Monaco outing.
Qualifying had a few moments for Webber although he always looked as though he would make it through to the top 10. He was third fastest after his first run in Q1 with a time of 1min 27.678s but slipped to seventh before improving to a 1min 27.466s to regain third for a blink of an eye before dropping to fourth at the flag. As it turned out, his earlier time would have been good enough to have made it into Q2 although it would have been a bit too close for comfort!
Webber posted a “purple” first sector on his initial timed lap in Q2 but having run wide at turn eight aborted his lap and returned to the pits. However, he made no such mistake on his second run, moving to third fastest with a 1min 27.416s before winding up sixth fastest.
A early banker of 1min 29.041s put Webber third fastest in final qualifying but his next timed run proved even quicker, Webber “purple” again in the first sector and going on to take provisional pole with a 1min 28.613s despite collecting a massive bug/insect directly in line of his vision on his visor! Meanwhile behind him, both Button and Vettel were trading purple sector times, first Button going to the top of the times with a 1min 28.421s only to be replaced by Vettel a few seconds later with a best lap of 1min 28.316s. Webber looked like he might hang onto third but he was demoted to fourth by Barrichello who stole in with a 1min 28.579s.
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Mark Webber - WINNER 2009 German Grand Prix!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:06:06:16:31:31 by RedWebber07.
He certainly has the car, the fuel strategy and the opportunity to take the win.
Hopefully his comments are more about managing expections than what he really thinks he is capable of.
I think Webber can leap frog Barra in the pits, while I think Vettel will lose track position big time in the first round of stops.
Button for the win, then Webber, Rubens then Vettel
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Mark Webber - WINNER 2009 German Grand Prix!
That's not the point though. It's his mentality that is worryingly concerning as his target is a "podium" instead of the win.
You could see an Alonso or Hamilton in RB5 at this moment in time being completely ruthless and aiming for victory, not simply a podium.
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You could see an Alonso or Hamilton in RB5 at this moment in time being completely ruthless and aiming for victory, not simply a podium.
Yep. No doubt.
obviously you have not studied mark webbers mental attitude and make up as if you had then you would not make these ridiculous statements.
he has said 'podium' and that will cover three possibilities. if he said i am going to win and he doesn't then the rats and mice will come out of their respective holes in the wall and heap calumny upon him. i mean jez, think before you post such garbage. do you seriously think for one minute that he won't be doing the very best he can to get a win?
Lets see if boy wonder can look after his tyres this race.
At least the walls should be far enough from the track.
Jez is right, Alonso would see 4th as a chance to win.
Bag Jez when it's due, but on this he is right.
I'm behind Webber but he needs to be aiming higher than a podium. Maybe in his mind he is aiming higher but talking lower to avoid a podium result, other than the top step, being a disappointment. Who knows.
But what he should be saying is 'who know's, wait & see'
...on Earth, as it is in Queensland
Anyways, he saw Mark dealing with the big issue when the feed cut to him on his final lap, it looked to me like he took care of a tear off into the braking zone of 7! Explains it now.
http://www.patronisef1.com - My solution to F1's 'bore' problem.
I am sure thats his aim every race lol...
And as said previously, last time I checked also, 1st,2nd and 3rd were all on the podium.
But lets not get to far ahead, there's still a long tuff race ahead and a job to do for both our lads..
Good luck to the team Go RBR
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...lol...
Anyways, we saw Mark dealing with the big issue when the feed cut to him on his final lap, it looked to me like he took care of a tear off into the braking zone of 7! Explains it now.
http://www.patronisef1.com - My solution to F1's 'bore' problem.
"We’re also on the right-hand side of the grid, which is good"
But Masa, Alonso, Button were saying the opposite, is more difficult for the dirty side of the track.
Anyway today in Turkey, Petrov won in GP2 from P4. Maybe MW...
http://www.patronisef1.com - My solution to F1's 'bore' problem.
Yep i remember this, the drivers were complaining because pole was on the dirty side and yeah i think they swapped sides but i can't remember what track it was, maybe Turkey , not sure???
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:06:07:05:19:10 by Whitey*~@.
"It's his mentality that is worryingly concerning as his target is a "podium" instead of the win"
Based on this Jez Id just worry about your brain not Marks mentality ? Horsepower "yours" is a big problem...yes?...just a little concerned for you mate?
Damn you Flasheart this is now bugging me because i remember this did happen some time in the last 3 years but i just can't remember what track it was....was it Turkey or another track?????
At least it wasn't a dog!!
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seems positions 2,4, etc have the racing line and 1,3, etc. have the dirty side but are on the inside of the first turn...at least, i think so.
Good luck guys.
Have a look at his post-race interview again. Vettel is complainnig about the strategy and being beaten by Mark, who just looks the other way and you can see inside his head he is thinking "are you for real? You threw it off the road on lap 1 and then you know that, while a 3-stop was faster, it meant you had to pass Jenson on the road and you couldn't get it done...and somehow its the team's fault...come on kid"...
MY attempt at 'reading Webber's mind', as done by others...
