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Webber hopes to improve next season

Mark Webber was not completely satisfied looking back at his sixth season as Formula 1 driver. The Red Bull Racing driver believes he could have ended up higher in the driver standings but is now looking forward to improve next season with the team.

Looking back at his season at Red Bull Webber told F1.com: "Looking back at the season, personally I'm very happy with my performance and consistency. I've shown pace in qualifying and also the races. Obviously there have been a few incidents, particularly the one in Fuji that took me out of the race, that was disappointing, and also the one in Canada with the safety car. Both incidents cost us a lot of points, but that's the game we're in, that's the sport and you just have to keep working hard."

He furthermore said: "The drivers' championship has been a little bit mixed up this year, with a few crazy races. If I'd have finished better in Fuji, my position in the standings would have been very different, but this is not the case and the points are not there. It has been difficult for a lot of teams to get points this year and, after BMW, the points have been spread out very thinly. I don't think the points reflect the season I've had as a driver, but that's how it is and I'm looking forward to improving next year.

"Overall, looking at F1 as a whole, the season has been good. Yes, there were some politics off track, but at the last race everyone was already focusing on the three drivers fighting for the championship, so I think the off-track politics were forgotten pretty quickly, and that's a good thing."

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