Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber hoping to improve race starts – Formula 1 news
Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber hopes to improve his race starts in the remainder of the 2011 Formula 1 season.
The Australian driver was only able to secure a third place for himself in this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix which took place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
At the night race in Singapore, Webber was seen struggling through the traffic for most part of the 61-lap race, though he did manage to secure a third place for himself at the podium.
Webber said, “Unfortunately I find myself having to come back through too often this season, I can't make the starts I made last year at the moment, need to work on those.”
Webber added that he will be focusing more on starting the race from pole position for the next few races of this season. A driver definitely has a lot of advantage if he starts the race from the pole, by having less pressure of the drivers in front of him.
However, Webber is not known to be the best race starters and he is looking to improve on this aspect of his otherwise brilliant driving skills.
Webber added, “I have to keep working harder because it’s quite frustrating and it's quite risky to have to come back through and try to regain positions on the track, particularly when the DRS isn't working.”
Even though he had started from second position on the grid alongside his teammate from RBR, Sebastian Vettel, he quickly fell to a fourth position at the first turn. In the end, he really had to fight his way through to get a 3rd place
on the podium.
“Unfortunately I’ve found myself having to come back through the field too often this season,” Webber said after the Singapore Grand Prix.
Webber, who looked a bit dissatisfied after the Singapore Grand Prix, said that he could have done better had he focused on his starting position for this race. On the other hand, the Australian also appeared quite satisfied clinching his eighth podium of
the season.
Let’s see how this new strategy helps him in the upcoming Japanese Grand Prix on October 9, 2011 at the Suzuka Circuit.
Whether the Australian is able to manage better race starts in the remainder of the season, remains to be seen.
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