Webber: Title on everyone's mind now

With the five leading championship rivals - Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso - at the front of the grid for the Singapore Grand Prix, there is a high chance of the race producing another important moment in the title battle.

But with just four events remaining after this weekend, Webber believes the top five men now have to start putting their title ambitions ahead of individual race glory.

"As I've kept saying from Spa, you cannot win the championship here," said Webber, who has qualified fifth for the Singapore Grand Prix. "But I can certainly hurt it.

"We've seen in the last few races that you can make it a bit harder if you are not there at the end. So, it is a bit of a boring way to go racing, because the big, big picture stuff is very important. You need to get the balance right. It is something that so far has not been too bad for me."

Webber admitted to being slightly disappointed with his grid position for the Singapore race. And although if he finishes in that position it will not mean the end of his title campaign, he knows he must do better in the final races to have a realistic chance of claiming the crown.

"You can only do that for so long," he said. "We know we need to be fast at every track. I haven't been pulling any trees up this weekend in terms of pace to be honest. I have done my best. I would have liked to have been on the second row at least, but I am on the third row.

"That's not too bad though, considering in the last two races I have come around seventh and ninth after the first lap and still managed to get 24 points. So it is not the end of the world qualifying fifth. It is a very, very long grand prix here. A lot of things can happen. But you know the dogs don't sleep - Ferrari and McLaren are still in there, they were never really out.

"Our team has done an incredible job. We are certainly still in there. We are leading both championships and that is what we have still got to try and do here tonight."

He added: "Fifth is not enough for every race from here on in, clearly not. It is not something we are planning to do for the next five races. But, if it is the maximum we can get here, then that is it. And we go along to Suzuka and further events.

"I still think that performance alone is still not going to settle some of the end championship positions. We will still have reliability going on - so finishing is still important. If we got points for qualifying it would be different, but there are so many things that can happen in the next five races where it can go up and down, not just through performance but also reliability, or dodgy pitstops.

"Lots of things can still happen, so fifth place - would I take it? You could say but it could be a lot worse than that. I don't really know. I am looking to improve in the race for sure."

And Webber says he is under no illusions about how tough it is going to be for himself and Red Bull if they are going to overcome the continued threat from rivals Ferrari and McLaren.

"We are dreaming if we are going to think it is going to be given to us," he said. "We have to work hard and that is what it is about."