Webber Pleased with Jaguar's Progress

Australian Mark Webber was delighted with the progress his Jaguar team have made with their R5 car.

"The team have done a really good job in preparing the car and this is making it easier for me to get the most from the R5," said Webber after today's free practice sessions for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

"Versus where we were last year when we were here with the R4, there is really no comparison."

The Jaguar driver posted an impressive third quickest time, only behind Finland's Kimi Raikkonen and Germany's Ralf Schumacher. Webber, who retired from the season opening Australian Grand Prix two weeks ago, was pleased with his day's work.

"I've had a good day here and despite the very hot humid conditions I am enjoying being out on track and seeing what we can do," said Webber. "I spent most of today working on tyres and also set-up. The track is actually quite bumpy so its quite hard going on the car and as we could see there was a lot of people spending time off-track too."

Austrian Christian Klien, driving at the Sepang circuit for the first time this weekend, wound up 14th fastest today.

"Again this was another new circuit for me so this makes it more difficult for me to spend time working on the set-up and balance," Klien said. "I spent most of this morning working on circuit familiarisation and it is quite a hard track. There are some fast corners and I was doing my best to stay out of the gravel.

"This afternoon I spent more time working on tyres so I can discuss my option for the rest of the weekend, although Bjorn [Wirdheim] really helps out here. The conditions here are very hot and even with my training in Langkawi this is certainly more intense than Melbourne."