Q: Are you the kind of guy to have a ‘Plan-B’?
Mark Webber: Absolutely, I can be very flexible. Go and ask my partner. She always says that I am pretty fast to switch to another option when one thing doesn’t deliver the expected.
Q: Apart from driving a Formula One car, what is your favourite buzz?
MW: Probably riding a motorbike.
Q: Who do you most look forward to seeing when you arrive in the paddock on a Thursday?
MW: It’s probably some of the mechanics. I only see them on race weekends and we have blokey talks about motorbikes and stuff.
Q: Who is your dream date?
MW: If it were a female date, I’d say Pink. If it was meeting someone I always wanted to know, it would be Muhammad Ali. For sure I would learn a lot that evening. What would I ask him? The secret to survival!
Q: Which film last made you cry?
MW: Marley and Me, that dog film. I was a little bit on the edge. I do love dogs very much.
Q: What are you afraid of?
MW: I am not a big fan of being in the ocean in the dark. Paddling in a kayak at night is not the thing for me.
Q: What was the last book you read?
MW: A biography about Barry Briggs, the New Zealand multiple speedway champion.
Q: What is your favourite way to relax?
MW: Spending time with my dogs.
Q: Name five things that you hate?
MW: People that lie, people that drive under the speed limit, people that snore loads on planes and people that are unreliable. That’s about it. I am not big hater.
Q: Have you ever dyed your hair?
MW: No. And that is one of the last things on my future agenda of things to do!
Q: What was the first CD you bought?
MW: It was a tape. Madonna, probably Like a Virgin.
Q: Do you have any tattoos or piercings?
MW: No, and I’m not planning to.
Q: What did your teachers say about you in your school report?
MW: He’d be much better if he applied himself better.
Q: Who where your childhood heroes?MW: Mick Doohan, the five-time motorbike champion and Ray Price, the rugby player.
Q: Do you have any guilty pleasures?
MW: Chocolate.
Q: Do you collect anything?
MW: No. I’ve never collected anything in my life. Not even as young kid.
Q: What do you miss most about home when you are on the road?
MW: The sofa, the TV and the chocolate. And, of course, my dogs.
Q: What was your worst buy?
MW: New cars are always a shocking investment - and always a loss of money. It starts from the moment you drive the car from the dealer - already the value has gone down.
Q: How do you take your coffee?
MW: I don’t drink coffee.
Q: Your ideal non-race Sunday morning?
MW: Watching sports on TV, have breakfast in bed and a little bit of training after that. That’s the ideal.
Q: What was your first car?
MW: My first road car was a 1996 Toyota Corona. I bought it off my sister’s friend for $500.
Q: What’s the most embarrassing mistake you’ve ever made?
MW: I have had so many of them. I crashed a Mercedes sports car in the pit entry in 1998 at the A1 Ring in practice - that was pretty embarrassing and highly unnecessary.
Q: What is the best thing you can cook?
MW: Pasta, very basic.
Q: When was the last time you were really angry?
MW: Recovering with my leg. I had some very furious days. It was the frustration of not being able to do normal things like putting on your pants by yourself.
Source: Formula1.com
