Mark Webber has acknowledged that Brawn are still the current frontrunners in F1 despite the Aussie being part of a Red Bull 1-2 in China on Sunday.
Although the Red Bulls were untouchable in the wet in Shanghai, with Jenson Button finishing the race 45 seconds adrift of winner Sebastian Vettel, Webber believes that Red Bull are still behind both Brawn and Toyota.
"There's nothing to suggest a huge amount has changed since Malaysia when, in the dry, Brawn were a second faster than anyone else," he told the BBC.
"That car is definitely strong and they are the team that is the benchmark for every team to try to close in on."
"If you look at the fuel-corrected timings, taking into account the loads being carried by each car, the grid would have been Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, Jarno Trulli, Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber so clearly we have to keep improving."
However, Button remains wary of the Red Bulls after suffering his first defeat of the season on Sunday.
"Red Bull are competitive, that is for sure," he told The Daily Telegraph. "People ask if their performance on Saturday and Sunday was a shock but it wasn't. In Melbourne they were very quick.
"Going to Bahrain, our main challengers are going to be Red Bull and Toyota. Toyota didn't have a good weekend in China but they are going to be strong."
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http://www.planetf1.com
Although the Red Bulls were untouchable in the wet in Shanghai, with Jenson Button finishing the race 45 seconds adrift of winner Sebastian Vettel, Webber believes that Red Bull are still behind both Brawn and Toyota.
"There's nothing to suggest a huge amount has changed since Malaysia when, in the dry, Brawn were a second faster than anyone else," he told the BBC.
"That car is definitely strong and they are the team that is the benchmark for every team to try to close in on."
"If you look at the fuel-corrected timings, taking into account the loads being carried by each car, the grid would have been Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, Jarno Trulli, Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber so clearly we have to keep improving."
However, Button remains wary of the Red Bulls after suffering his first defeat of the season on Sunday.
"Red Bull are competitive, that is for sure," he told The Daily Telegraph. "People ask if their performance on Saturday and Sunday was a shock but it wasn't. In Melbourne they were very quick.
"Going to Bahrain, our main challengers are going to be Red Bull and Toyota. Toyota didn't have a good weekend in China but they are going to be strong."
Source:
http://www.planetf1.com