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Mark Webber’s not over yet

Mark Webber insists he remains committed to his championship challenge for this year.

As Sebastian Vettel’s closest rival for this year’s title, Webber emphasized that “anything can still happen before the end of the 2011 season.” With just seven races to go, the gap between them is 92 points.

Having recently renewed his contract with Red Bull for an additional year, Webber expressed eagerness to begin the 2012 season anew and to take the fight to Vettel.

However, he remains focused on the 2011 season.

In his BBC column, he stated, “I’m still driving well. My start to this year was a bit slow because I needed some time to adapt to the new tyres. I’m excited about going head-to-head with Seb – and everyone else – next year.”

“But 2011 isn’t finished yet. There are still seven races ahead, kicking off with Monza next weekend, and anything can happen.”

Webber also shared his thoughts on Red Bull’s impressive 1-2 finish at Spa-Francorchamps, noting it was one of the team’s finest performances to date. This was particularly noteworthy since they managed to tackle tyre blistering issues and finished ahead of their competitors. During qualifying, the cars’ high camber settings led to concerns about the Pirelli tyres blistering, raising doubts about their performance before the race began.

Nonetheless, after making several adjustments to tyre pressures prior to the race and Red Bull’s strategic choice to pit both cars for fresh tyres in the initial five laps, they resolved the issue. Webber did concede that neither he nor the team had anticipated such a successful outcome under the given conditions.

“While we could have adjusted the camber, it wasn’t entirely certain that would resolve the issue,” he explained. “We push the cars to the limit, and this situation just emerged. Given all the tyre complications, we approached the race with a mindset focused on containing damage rather than aiming for victory. However, our teamwork and decision-making proved correct, leading to the ultimate result. We were quite surprised by that.”

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