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Career-best result for Webber

Mark Webber achieved his highest ever finishing position in Shanghai, after crossing the line second to team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Australian Webber, who has twice finished in third position, was delighted for the team to score a fantastic 1-2 result.

"It means a huge amount," the Queanbeyan-born driver said after the race. "Our team has been through a lot, a lot of results slipped have through our fingers." Ironically, it was Vettel who took Webber out of the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix from second place, the German then driving for Toro Rosso. "We capitalised on a car that worked well, but pushed each other hard during the race," Mark continued.

"The conditions were tough for the whole Grand Prix; it got a bit better in the middle, and then a bit interesting at the end. It was a very tough race, extremely rewarding to get this result and personally for myself, it is the best result of my career. I hope to go one step better in the future - this is the way forward.

"Thinking of what Dietrich (Mateschitz, Red Bull owner) has done, to get his first one-two it is a credit to him," Webber concluded.

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