Mark Webber Preparing For Seventh Consecutive Season At Red Bull

Mark Webber is preparing to begin his seventh consecutive season with reigning Constructors’ Champions Red Bull, after joining the outfit back in 2007 after a stint with Williams. The Australian driver has won all of his nine Grands Prix with the Austrian outfit, and will be aiming to add to that tally in the coming season.

After two seasons in Formula 1, which included numerous drivers working alongside David Coulthard including the likes of Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi, Red Bull signed Mark Webber to partner the former McLaren driver. Once Coulthard retired after the 2008 season, Webber was joined by rising Red Bull protege Sebastian Vettel. Despite Vettel’s sensational rise to dominance in only a short space of time, Mark Webber has still enjoyed a prosperous career at the outfit, and is adamant he can become a Championship contender in the forthcoming season.

“The fact that this is my seventh season with the team is a massive advantage,” explained Mark Webber, after unveiling the new RB9 with team-mate Sebastian Vettel. “I couldn’t have envisaged it when I joined and it’s hard to believe that you could be with the same Formula One team for seven years, as continuity is not always easy to achieve in this sport. I’ve really enjoyed the years I’ve had here so far and I can’t wait to get going this season.

“Yes I do believe I can have a crack at the Championship again this year as I have done in previous seasons,” continued Mark Webber. “That’s my goal and that’s what I’m getting up each day thinking about and working hard with the team on doing that. They know that I need 100% support; you can’t fight for the Championships with 90%, you need 100%, and that’s what we’re going in to 2013 with this in place and I’m comfortable with that.”

Despite slightly controversial comments from Red Bull’s own Helmut Marko throughout recent weeks with regards to Mark Webber, both himself and the team are certainly remaining optimistic ahead of the new season. Although Sebastian Vettel remains widely regarded as the man to beat this year, Mark Webber will undoubtedly be striving to remain at the sharp-end of the pecking order throughout the year.

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