'We're still a force,' says Webber
Webber is happy with his third place finish in Hungary
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Sunday, 26, Jul 2009 04:20
By Adam Leveridge.
German grand prix winner Mark Webber believes that, despite the strong showing from McLaren and Ferrari in today's race, Red Bull are still well in the hunt for the championship.
The Aussie clinched his first career victory last time out in Germany and followed that up with a third place finish at the Hungaroring today.
And in a post-race press conference, Webber said that he would have had a better chance to fight Kimi Raikkonen for second, had he selected his tyres better.
"It's a little bit of a surprise. I think we expected to be a little bit quicker after our running on Friday, but to be honest, we knew these guys would be around us," said Webber.
"It was a pretty difficult venue for us and we knew we didn't have the advantage that we had in the last few events, so all in all, I'm still pretty happy to get the result we did.
"I was worried about the length of my stints so it was difficult to know which tyre to put on, but overall we still have a lot of positives."
And he remains confident about his chances of securing more wins at future meetings.
He said: "We're still up here; we haven't been blown away by any means. We're in the hunt and we can take our car to a lot of venues and be competitive, so our guys and Renault have a lot to be proud of. We're still a force."