Webber looks ahead to Brazil
After a cruel weekend at the Japanese track of Suzuka, Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber is looking forward to the very passionate crowd and undulating track of Interlagos… and some points on the board.
Webber: “Although I’ve yet pull off a good result in Brazil, I enjoy driving there. As a team, we’ve had a lot of ‘firsts’ this year, so I’m looking to having another first in Brazil by getting a good result there.
“It’s always a fantastic atmosphere, especially when the Brazilian drivers are towards the front of the grid. Felipe’s been there during the last few years and Rubens was there in the past in the Ferrari and now he may well be back there again with the Brawn.
“The crowd are always great and it’s very intimate little circuit, which has a lot of detail. It’s one where we expect our car to do very well. It’s good to go there, there’s a lot of history with all the past famous drivers, such as Senna, a lot of quality has came out of there, so it’s a good place to go.
“It’s an undulating track, the cars do a lot of climbing and then you break downhill in a few areas there too, which is good. The weather can play a role there; it can rain there pretty hard, so you have to be ready for everything.
“The team have done a good job in recovering from tough weekends in Monza and Valencia. We looked much better in Singapore, which was a good indication that the rest of the season should go well. We always knew we’d be fast in Suzuka, but we now have the belief that we can be strong at all the remaining tracks, so we should be able to see the year off in a good way.
“I’m on the hunt for some points because I missed a few with the drive-through penalty in Spa and then at the last two races – Suzuka in particular was a tough weekend for me – so I’m looking forward to getting back on the scoreboard again.’
