Following his fifth place in qualifying Mark Webber is hopeful it will bring him good luck. Today will be Webber’s 11th race start in the Australian Grand Prix and so far the best he has to show for it is a trio of fifth places (2002, 2005 and 2011).
Aside from his debut race here with Minardi back in 2002, where a fifth place was something of a minor miracle, his results since haven’t met his expectations, not to mention those of a demanding public.
Speaking after qualifying Mark didn’t exactly sound as though he was filled with confidence his luck is about to change.
“Fifth is my lucky number here, but we’re looking to go forward and it is a long year,” he said.
“I’m not happy where we are on the grid. I feel we will find out tomorrow how we are on Sunday afternoons. Saturday [qualifying] is not our strength right now.”
Although, it does appear that Webber has confidence in the RB8 even though he feels they need more time to develop its potential.
“We would have liked to have had a bit better track time and having a slightly better understanding of the car, but the base is absolutely there,” Webber explained.
“We need to leave here with some points in the bank and we need to massage more out of this car quite quickly.”
[Source: ABC | Pic: Red Bull/Getty Images]
One reply on “AusGP: Webber hopeful rather than confident”
Same old story for Mark. No point in being fast during the race if you keep fluffing the starts, dodgy clutch or not.