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Webber realistic over chances

Mark Webber believes Red Bull has demonstrated a high level of competitiveness in the first two races of 2009, but feels that the best is still yet to come from the Austrian team as both he and team-mate Sebastian Vettel aim a podium this weekend.

"We had a pretty good run in Melbourne until the first corner. I think Heikki hit Rubens - I haven't spoken to Heikki about that yet, but Rubens and I said we are going to bash him up later on," Webber jokingly said in China. "Malaysia was obviously an exceptional race with the weather at the end, and that could have gone either way for many people, obviously with people who were pitting or weren't pitting for different tyres. We are in a reasonable situation pace wise; we're not right at the front but not going too badly, so we are coming here very optimistic again to try and fight for a podium if we can. It is not easy"

Like most, however, the Australian is very much looking forward to the Spanish Grand Prix, as the first European race of the year will see more upgrades to the Renault-powered RB5, with the a new double diffuser set to appear soon after. "Early in Europe we will get the diffuser and we have a pretty good upgrade for Barcelona," he explained. "So not a lot going on for the next two races but I think for Barcelona we will be in better shape, and then a few races after that we might see the introduction of a different rear to the car."

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