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Webber rues pit lane incident

All chances of Mark Webber scoring points in Belgium went up in smoke after receiving a drive-through penalty for a near miss in the pit lane with Nick Heidfeld. Having lost significant time because of the punishment, the championship contender finished ninth and out of the points for the second consecutive race.

Webber and Button both failed to score at Spa-Francorchamps

With championship leader Jenson Button eliminated in the first lap pile-up at Les Combes, an opportunity had been handed to Webber to catch the Brawn driver in the championship although the Red Bull man was unable to make the best of the situation.

"I had a good first lap and laid the right foundations to get some good points today," said the unfortunate Australian. "But, at my first pit-stop, I was released in front of Nick (Heidfeld), which I was given a drive-through penalty for. After that it was a case of damage limitation.

"I tried to get back into the points and when we had free air, which was not often, we had good pace, but it wasn't enough. It's very frustrating not to take any points away; I thought I deserved them from that drive but the drive-through wrecked that. No one's interested in excuses though, that's how it is, so let's get on and look ahead to the next race."

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