Webber satisfied with drive to fifth

24 May 2009 17:35
Mark Webber felt Red Bull Racing could be satisfied with fifth place in the Monaco Grand Prix, despite being beaten by the Ferraris.[LNB]Normally Brawn's closest rival, Red Bull was not a victory threat in Monte Carlo, and once Sebastian Vettel had crashed out, Webber was the team's only hope.[LNB]He chased the Ferraris to the flag, but had to settle for fifth - which he felt was the maximum achievable on this occasion.[LNB]"I'm very happy with how I drove, the team did a good job on the pit stops, the start was good, all the little things that make a big difference worked for us today," said Webber.[LNB] "I had a good start, which was crucial because I wanted to get ahead of Fernando (Alonso).[LNB]"I lost a little bit with Heikki (Kovalainen), because he was not that quick, and then when I managed to jump him and Nico (Rosberg), the middle stint was consolidating my fifth place."[LNB]Webber hoped he might be able to attack the Ferraris when they were all on the difficult super soft tyres at the end, but did not get the opportunity.[LNB]"I wanted to see if I could look after the tyre so I had something for the last ten laps to see if Ferrari were in the s**t with the tyre, but then they had no problems with their tyres," he said.[LNB]"Mine wasn't too bad, I did get a bit of graining on the back, but I was expecting it to be worse to be honest."[LNB]He also played down suggestions that Red Bull decision to add a host of hastily-introduced new parts - including a double diffuser - for Monaco had backfired.[LNB]"They add performance, we'll see how we go at the other tracks, because it's hard to judge around here," said Webber.[LNB]His team-mate Vettel struggled badly with tyre wear on the super softs at the start, and then crashed at Sainte Devote.[LNB]"Not much to tell - I was braking maybe a little bit too late, locked the rears, lost the car and hit the wall," he said. [LNB]"Of course we lost a lot of time already in the first stint, being on the soft tyres. [LNB]"We were confident that they would work for the first short stint, but they didn't."[LNB]

Source: ITV