Mark Webber
Australia
Formula One Champion
Webber
just misses out on top 10 at Hockenheim 30 July 2006
- 12:07am For immediate release July 29, 2006
WEBBER
JUST MISSES OUT ON TOP 10 AT HOCKENHEIM
Mark
Webber has qualified on the fringe of the top 10 for
the 67-lap German Grand Prix after setting the 11th
best time (1min 15.094s) in todays official
qualifying session at Hockenheim. Twenty-nine year
old Webber missed the cut by half a tenth of a second
after failing to improve upon his time on his final
quali run. A similar fate also befell his WilliamsF1
team-mate, Nico Rosberg, who will start back in 15th
position with a time of 1:15.380s.
Qualifying
seemed to be going OK for us and I was really enjoying
it until I saw the times of the other drivers!
said Webber afterwards, The last set of tyres
was quite tricky for me as we had a very low level
of grip and werent able to improve our time
at all. Nico had the same problem - its not
something weve experienced at all this season
so well have to investigate it further.
Its
always nice to try and get into the top 10 these days
but we didnt have the pace to crack it. I do
think were in slightly better shape for the
race than we were for qualifying, so now that we have
the freedom to do something with our strategy, hopefully
we can plan our race so that it puts us in contention
for a few points at the finish
Although
Webber sat out the opening session of Friday practice,
he was one of the first to take to the track in the
second. However, a light shower before the start made
track conditions tricky and after an exploratory lap,
Webber returned to the pits. However, he ventured
out again once the track was dry and posted the seventh
fastest time of the afternoon, a 1min 17.344s.
Webber
completed a solid run of laps in this mornings
final practice session and was always in or around
the top half dozen. However, he ultimately ended up
15th after his final run with four minutes remaining
was thwarted by waved yellow flags after F1 rookie
Sakon Yamamoto crashed the latest Super Aguri.
Mark
enjoyed a relatively easy passage through the opening
qualifying session, setting the initial pace with
a 1min 17.878s before dropping to second behind Ralf
Schumacher just as Scott Speed crashed heavily and
caused the session to be red-flagged. Webber completed
a further three timed laps in the final five minutes,
his best time of a 1min 15.719s leaving him in a secure
seventh place.
The
Williams duo was the first to take to the track in
Q2 with Webber depositing a 1min 15.094 in the bank,
while Rosberg did likewise with a 1min 15.380s. Webber
had slipped to ninth by the time he returned for his
final run and with the two Ferraris yet to post a
time, it was always going to be a close call! Webber
had clearly anticipated being able to set a faster
lap but all he could manage was a fractionally slower
time, leaving his earlier time to secure 11th position
on the grid.
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February 2007
Jerez
Test - 3 day round-up
9 February 2007 | 6:16am
Jerez
Test - 3 day round-up
8
February 2007
Drivers:
David Coulthard and Mark Webber Cars: RB3 - 01, RB3
- 02.
Times:
6/2: David Coulthard 1.21.021 48 laps; Mark Webber
1.21.858 39 laps F/L: De la Rosa 1.20.001
7/2:
David Coulthard 1.20.702 71 laps Mark Webber 1.20.629
37 laps F/L: Massa 1.19.746
8/2
: David Coulthard 1.31.166 69 laps Mark Webber 1.31.405
71 laps F/L: Heidfeld 1.29.486
Circuit
length: 4.423 km
Some
people are so obsessed with motor racing, they think
the Formula 1 Championship should run all year round.
Proving how deluded they are, today's weather meant
that our factory staff struggled to even get to work
in Milton Keynes because of snow, and rain affected
the final day of this three day test in the south
of Spain.
David
and Mark each had an RB3 to drive, working on programmes
that involved a bit of everything: traction control,
aerodynamics, mechanical set-up and tyres.
Inevitably,
on a car that has virtually no carry-over parts from
its predecessor, the three days did not go completely
smoothly, with a drive shaft failure and a gearbox
glitch interrupting proceedings. "But it was
still a productive test, during which we got through
all our planned programme and made progress over the
three days," maintained Chief Test Engineer,
Ian Morgan. "The working relationship with Renault
continues to grow and we got on top of our problems,
covering a respectable mileage. It's a fast pace at
this time of year and now we have just two days to
turn the cars around and start testing back in Barcelona."
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