Mark Webber has played down suggestions his allocation of chassis for the British grand prix demonstrates he is not treated equally with his teammate.<\/p>\n
After his Barcelona and Monaco-winning car was damaged in his spectacular Valencia crash, the Australian will drive ‘Luscious Liz’ at Silverstone — the chassis humorously named by Sebastian Vettel at the beginning of the season.<\/p>\n
But after sub-standard performances in May, Vettel was given a new car in Turkey.<\/p>\n
Red Bull has now repaired Luscious Liz.<\/p>\n
“There was nothing wrong with it.\u00a0 It’s fine.\u00a0 It’s all we’ve got anyway,” Webber told reporters at the team’s Milton Keynes factory on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Also fully fit for this weekend’s race is the Australian himself, despite some minor injuries caused by his backflip crash with Heikki Kovalainen’s Lotus.<\/p>\n
“I had a bit of whiplash, and I bashed my right foot pretty hard on the top of the chassis,” he revealed.<\/p>\n
“I knew straight away that I’d hit my big toe pretty hard (but) you could injure yourself more in your lounge room.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Webber made clear his opinion after Lotus technical boss blamed him for the Valencia crash.<\/p>\n
When British reporter Byron Young, of the Mirror, virtually launched his car whilst driving the Red Bull simulator, Webber observed wryly: “You didn’t even have any shitboxes to avoid.”<\/p>\n
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