Zoom Eight points on the board now for Webber

Mark Webber had a solid run to the chequered flag today in Barcelona, taking fifth position and another haul of championship points for the Red Bull Renault team.

David Coulthard's poor qualifying run yesterday came back to haunt him as Adrian Sutil rammed into him on lap one and later in the race Timo Glock ran into the back of the RB4 puncturing the left rear tyre. Coulthard finished 12th.

Mark Webber
“I’m very, very happy. The team worked very hard following the test to get all the parts ready in time and it paid off. We didn’t have a great start to today’s race, but we had good pace and we were there at the end, it’s a great to get a strong finish. I didn’t have very good grip in the final stint, but we weren’t under pressure at that point, so were okay. I’m happy with my driving and the team did an excellent job.”

David Coulthard
“It’s a horrible thing about being down near the end of the grid – you try to keep out of trouble, but it’s never so easy. I got whacked by Sutil going into Turn four and picked up some light damage to the side of the car, but after that I was running okay. After my pit stop, I took a defensive line into Turn four and five to show Glock that I knew he was there, but he hit the rear of my car and punctured a tyre.”

Christian Horner
“It was an excellent race for Mark, well executed by both driver and team, his pace was strong all weekend and we’re very pleased with fifth place. For David, the nightmare of yesterday’s qualifying session continued. It looked as though he might be able to pick up a couple of points at one stage in the race, but unfortunately things just didn’t go his way today, I’m sure his luck will change soon.”

Fabrice Lom, Renault
"It’s a very good result for us, fifth place is a strong place to finish. We’ve taken a step forwards in performance and we were quicker than Williams and Toyota today. For David, it was difficult starting so far back, it was always going to be hard to recover from there.”

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