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F1: Webber Relieved With German GP Points
Mark Webber finished a quiet sixth in Hockenheim...
Adam Cooper  | http://www.speedtv.com  |  Posted July 27, 2010   Balen (BEL)
Mark Webber is third in the Formula One driver standings. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Mark Webber says he will bounce back in Hungary after a low-key run to sixth place in Germany.

The result left the Aussie equal in points with teammate Sebastian Vettel, but his superior win record means that he is technically ahead – which will be handy if the team has to make a call on who gets new parts.

Webber lost a place to Lewis Hamilton at the start and later lost out at the stops to Jenson Button. In the end missing out wasn’t such a problem, as he had to nurse the car to the flag, and he was happy to bag eight points for sixth place.

“I was actually enjoying the first part of the race, a good little scrap with Lewis,” said Webber. “He didn’t look so comfortable on the option (tire), and I was getting held up. I thought we’d take the race to the pit stops. I thought he might come in with me, but he stayed out a lap longer. The guys did a good job in the pit stop but we came out in traffic, which was a little bit of a gamble to try and jump Lewis. So we lost obviously a bit of track to him, and obviously Jenson tried a different strategy and went longer so he jumped me as well.
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“Then after the race turned in a different way because we had an oil consumption problem, so we had to get the car to the end. I was watching the race on the big screens and seeing what was happening further down the road. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in it ... but I’ll be back.

“Sixth in the old days was a disaster, but these days you still get a few points. It’s competitive at the front, but that’s how it should be.”

Adam Cooper notched up his 25th season as a racing journalist in 2009. Born in London, England, he saw his first F1 race at age 10 in 1976. He began freelancing for Autosport magazine in 1985 and was on the fulltime staff from 1987-92. He then went freelance again, initially spending two years in Japan before following the 1994 Champcar series from a base in Indianapolis. He has not missed a Grand Prix since Suzuka ‘94, a run that has extended to Abu Dhabi ’09. Adam has written books about Eddie Irvine, Piers Courage and Michael Schumacher and hosts a race preview show on Sirius XM. He has written about F1 for SPEEDtv.com since 2005. Check out Adam's Blog or follow him on Twitter

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