Mark Webber: “We didn’t really do much racing on track…”

Mark Webber had a frustrating day in Spain as he fell to fourth place after starting from pole.

He eventually finished 47 seconds behind his team mate, having lost the use of KERS at some stage in the race. Webber said he didn’t get a particularly bad start, despite dropping to third place by the first corner.

“I don’t think it was hideous, but it looked like Fernando got a phenomenal one,” said the Aussie. “And then obviously everyone’s in the tow for the run to the first corner. I went down the inside and was a bit compromised, and it helped that Seb was on the outside.

“And then it was just chess really from there, people covering each other off stops. We didn’t really do much racing on track.

“Interesting day today, goes to show how fine the margins are if you’re off a little bit on strategy and you can’t clear people at the right time, then you get exposed. I think at certain stages I was quick, and at other stages I was not so quick. That’s the way it was today.”