Red Bull Friday Practice Quotes

CAR 2, MARK WEBBER

First Practice Session: Position: 7, Best Time: 1:35.101, Laps: 19

Second Practice Session: Position: 2, Best Time: 1:34.184, Laps: 26

I would have liked to have got some more running in P2, but I still think we learned what we expected today. Saturdays are perhaps becoming less important overall than they used to be, but theyre still important in terms of traffic. You dont want to be in too much traffic on Sunday, as the tyres dont like being disturbed and wear more which will shorten your first stintso you still need to be in a good position. We still have areas to improve on the car. Lotus and Ferrari look strong and Mercedes is there too.

CAR 1, SEBASTIAN VETTEL 

First Practice Session: Position: 4 Best Time: 1:34.790, Laps: 20

Second Practice Session: Position: 3, Best Time: 1:34.282, Laps: 29

Its pretty close. If you look at the opposition then Ferrari and Lotus were strong today and I think it will be close in qualifying. Its important to work with the tyres around the track. I wasnt so happy with my short runs todaybut thats why we have the Friday practice sessions I guess; I was happier with the longer runs. The tyres still seem to be the dominating factor. The car seems quick, so we have to make sure we use that and then we should be on the right page.

After all the serious business of the day, here are five fast facts from Mark:

Mark Webbers Top 5 Tracks we should race on, but dont

1.   Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuitfor the undulation, fantastic. Theyd need to move the safety on a little bit but just great.

2.   ImolaI loved going there. Again for the rise and fall of the track. Its really beautiful. Fantastic atmosphere, great location tucked into the village there. The history.

3.   The NordschleifeIts got to be in there, but probably just from a road car perspective. Fantastic. I love it. It has to be in there, but not from an F1 perspective really.

4.   The Red Bull Ring in AustriaThats a really nice little track. A good place to drive an F1 car with that run up to turn two, some pretty quick corners its a nice lap.

5.   Watkins GlenIve never driven it but it looks good on TV. Love to have a go.


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