Mark Webber Will Debut the RB6 at Jerez

It has recently surfaced in the media that Red Bull Racing veteran driver Mark Webber will have the honor to drive first the newly-developed RB6 single-seater during the upcoming test meeting in Jerez. Although the team did not issue any statements on the matter, a report from the GMM news agency suggested that it will be the Aussie driver to drive the car during the first two days of testing.

That will leave German driver Sebastian Vettel the last 2 days of testing in order to feel the new RB6 on the Jerez track.

The Milton Keynes-based team did not make it to the Valencia test meeting earlier this week, as the Austrian/British outfit had revealed there were still working on the development of the RB6. Consequently, the team will reveal the new car on February 10 on the pit lane of the Jerez circuit, only hours before taking it to the track.

Webber's advantage of taking the RB6 for its debut laps on the Spanish track might turn to failure however, as the weather forecast for the next week's test in Jerez suggest rain will most likely affect the first few days of running.

Talking about the fact that Red Bull missed the first 3 days of testing this winter, the team's principal Christian Horner insisted that his development programme is going according to plan and the team's aim is to be 100 percent ready for the season opening Bahrain GP. Consequently, Ferrari's impressive results in Valencia don't mean that much to Red Bull anyway, argued Horner.

“We have had continuity across all aspects of the team. We follow with interest some of the other developments but we are happy focusing on ourselves. I'd be more than happy for others to have the headlines at the moment,” added the British boss.