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'Championship will go down to the wire' - Webber

Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber missed out on scoring points in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix while team-mate Sebastian Vettel managed to score six to move closer to championship leader Jenson Button. According to Webber, the championship is still tight and the Australian expects the 2009 title will be decided at the final race in Abu Dhabi.

With a maximum of 50 points still available, much still possible for Button's competitors Rubens Barrichello, Vettel and Webber. "There's still a huge amount of points to go and we've seen how wacky and crazy things can be of late," Webber wrote in his BBC column.

"One weekend is Rubens', then mine, then Seb, we're all over the place, but the guy who's treading water a little of late is Jenson; if one of us can get some momentum and he doesn't, then everything's to play for but if he get's momentum, then the wind goes out of our sails - it's not rocket science.

"I'm sure the next two races will be very interesting in terms of where the championship goes. Monza and Singapore are both pretty slow-speed circuits, in terms of corners, and Monza has its notoriously fast straights - you don't need much driving talent on those.

"When Red Bull gets to Singapore, we'll be better than we were at Valencia but it's going to be tight; we won't have a Silverstone advantage but we're going to be in the hunt to pick up some points here and there - and that's what we've got to keep doing until we get to the last race in Abu Dhabi.

"I really believe the championship race will go down to the wire. Jenson needs to have an 11-point lead after Brazil for that not to happen and that doesn't look likely at the moment."

Webber has scored 51.5 points so far while championship leader Jenson Button amassed a score of 72.

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