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FORMULA 1 - RED BULL RACING: WEBBER MAKES HIS MARK ON MONACO’S MEAN STREETS

/noticias.info/ Mark Webber raced to his best result of the season crowning a great weekend in the Principality with a fourth place behind Massa in third, Kubica runner-up and Lewis Hamilton taking the win. But Webber had to dodge the cars and debris littered over the track, mostly due to the wet conditions, which made the Monaco streets treacherous. And the first driver to feel the steel of the barrier was Mark’s team-mate. DC collided with the barrier on turn three just before Casino Square unfortunately straight in the path of Sebastien Bourdais who then rammed into the back of Coulthard’s car. The Scot’s day hadn’t started well. His crash in qualifying yesterday had damaged the differential, which involved changing the gearbox and the subsequent replacement meant he started back in 15th on the grid, with a five place penalty. But through rain, long periods of the safety car and crashes all round him Mark drove a superb race, a race which had to be finished two laps short of the expected 78 as the two hour time limit for grands prix ran out. The incidents came thick and fast with everyone in the top four bar Kubica either having to make an unscheduled stop or sliding off track and six cars failing to finish. The points from Webber mean Red Bull Racing are now on equal standing with Williams on 15 points in the Constructors Championship and Mark moves up to equal sixth in the Drivers table on 15 points, level with Kovalainen. The team now has to pack its bags, boxes and suitcases ready for the long-haul flight to Montreal and the Canadian Grand Prix.

Car 10, MARK WEBBER, (Finish Position 4th, Start Position: 9th)

“That was good, a great result which gives us a lot of points. It wasn’t the most exciting race in the world in terms of racing, but it was very difficult early on in the wet conditions and we were aqua-planning at Casino. It was definitely over the edge for the intermediate tyres for a few laps when it was raining hard, but then it started to dry and we had to think about changing tyres. It would have been good to have had a little bit more fuel as we had to change to dry tyres maybe five laps earlier than we would have liked. It wasn’t ideal, but the team did such a good job, both at the track and at the factory in Milton Keynes, it’s great to get a strong result.”

Car 9, DAVID COULTHARD, (Finish Position DNF, Start Position: 15th)
“It’s was always going to be a race where you had to be very careful at the beginning. I was having difficulty with my downshifts and got caught out on the entry to Casino; I corrected, corrected and corrected, but then ran out of road. It looked like Sebastien (Bourdais) had a similar event and then found me in an area where he was about to have his crash. I’m extremely disappointed as this is a race where keeping out of trouble gives you a good chance of getting points. But, that said, the boys did a great job to recover the car after the qualifying accident and I’m obviously very happy that they scored a fourth place with Mark.”

CHRISTIAN HORNER: “A great race from Mark today. He was one of the few drivers who didn’t put a wheel wrong throughout the two hour long race.

Unfortunately our cross-over strategy to go onto slick tyres was about five or six laps too early, which allowed Raikkonen and Sutil, who had the benefit of going several laps longer, to just sneak ahead. But Mark kept it all together and benefited from Kimi’s accident to finish a well deserved fourth. It’s a great result for him and the team. David’s weekend got off to a bad start and finished in very much the same way. Nothing much has gone right for him this weekend, but I’m sure he’ll bounce back in Canada.”

FABRICE LOM, Renault Principal Engineer, Track Support: “We are very happy with this result, it’s very good for the team. It’s a shame for David, but it was so difficult to stay on the track at the start. Engine-wise, it’s difficult on this track and with the new regulations to keep the power down, so it’s more a question of keeping the power down than having the power here. I think we showed that the drivability of the Renault engine is not so bad, we are there.”

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