Q & A with Mark Webber

Mark Webber: "Yeah, I mean podiums would be nice on the day, but overall, looking at the championship, I'm equal sixth. If I had six non-finishes but scored a podium, it's only nice on the day. I prefer consistency. I think that's important in any sport, the ability to deliver.

"I can't say, 'I don't like this track or that track,' it's my job to deliver everywhere. But no one is handing podiums out; we know there's six cars out there faster than us. We were close in Monaco, and I'm sure there'll be another where we might get a podium. It won't be because we're there on pace. We won't qualify on the second row and finish third because of our speed, that won't happen."

Q. How about next year?

MW: "Unfortunately when you have big regulation changes it becomes more demanding. We're a big team, we're very well funded, but when you're up against Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari, guys like this, and you have KERS and totally new regulations coming, it's very demanding. We have the brainpower, the people to make the right calls on that, but it's a huge challenge. I'd like the regulations to stay as they are, because we're going well. Maybe we'll do a better job with the new regs, who knows?"

Q. What's been the main difference this year?

MW: "The car has been reliable. If you don't finish a race, people don't talk about you. We now need to bolt performance onto the car. I want to continue delivering consistency, by qualifying well and having a good Sunday. So far, so good. I'm sure I won't finish the next 11 races in the points, I don't think that'll be the case, but I want to keep that race where that doesn't happen away for as long as I can. At the moment there's only one guy scoring at Toyota and one guy scoring at Renault. We are aware of that and we need to make sure that we have both cars capable of scoring, so that when I mess up, David is there and vice versa."

Q. Where are you looking for improvement with the car?

MW: "Horsepower and aerodynamics. The car is good, compared to many others on the grid, but it's still off the big guys."

Q. Where do you see yourself next year?

MW: "Hopefully a bit further down the road than we are now. We have 15 points and it's a big step from this time last year to where we are now. Crystal-balling in this game is very difficult. I hope I'll be happy with the car and the work the guys are doing, and then we can push into BMW terrain, if you like. That's where we have to go. We hope we can upset the big guys. We're not too far away from doing that now, to get into that next group."

Q. Your contract is up at the end of the season, are you looking around?

MW: "Flavio is a good manager! Of course he will look to find the best option for me."

Q. What do you think of the safety changes on the run down to the hairpin?

MW: "Good, yeah, I think it's clearly a much better angle in hindsight, following Robert's accident. It makes a lot more sense, so if we have something similar, like a failure or a front wing going under the car so there's no steering, it's going to be more of a deflection and a much, much nicer impact. I think it's a good thing, and the catch-fencing on the top too. When Robert had his accident, I was coming out of the hairpin, and I saw it happen, I saw him go in, to my right. So it would have been easy for him to come over [the wall]."

Q. Anywhere else cause concern?

MW: "It all looks pretty good, mate."

Q. You were one of the few people in this paddock brave enough to say what you thought of the Max Mosley affair, what is your feeling after the vote of confidence?

MW: "As I said at the time, it was up to them on the third of June. They think he's the best guy for the job. He got the votes that he needed."

Q. So your opinion on the subject hasn't changed?

MW: "Nah."