Red Bull Racing is building up a new chassis for Mark Webber after his backflip crash during last Sunday’s European grand prix.<\/p>\n
The Australian emerged unhurt from the frightening impact, which included a backwards somersault, a smash against an advertising hoarding whilst airborne, and a high speed final shunt into the tyre barrier.<\/p>\n
The actual chassis was the one driven by Webber, 33, to a handful of pole positions and his wins in Barcelona and Monaco.<\/p>\n
“It’s been good to me,” he said.\u00a0 “It was very safe, thank god.”<\/p>\n
BBC’s pitlane reporter Ted Kravitz on Wednesday reported that Webber will drive a brand new RB6 at Silverstone next weekend.<\/p>\n
The new chassis is “currently being built up at the team’s Milton Keynes factory”, he said.<\/p>\n
Webber slipped from third – a position now held by his teammate Sebastian Vettel – to fifth in the world championship with his Valencia crash.\u00a0 Recently the drivers’ standings leader, he is now 24 points behind Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n
“I lost some points, but in the end when you’re up there (in the air), you’re not worried about points, I was worried that I was ok and ready for Silverstone,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The chassis has been good to me, and it has been good to me (in Valencia) as it saved me from some injures.<\/p>\n
“I remain incredibly positive, we go on, it’s half way through the championship.\u00a0 Bloody hell, let’s get on with it,” added Webber.<\/p>\n
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