Webber: Margin for error very fine

Although he feels his start in Spain wasn't as "hideous" as some suggest it was, Mark Webber admits there is not much room for error

Webber started on pole position for the first time this season after ending his team-mate Sebastian Vettel's qualifying dominance on Saturday.

However, his joy was short-lived on Sunday as he allowed both Fernando Alonso and Vettel to pass him off the start.

It was always going to be an uphill battle for the Australian after that as it affected his strategy for the rest of the race.

"I don't think the start was hideous," he told BBC Sport.

"Fernando got a phenomenal one, he got down the inside and I was a bit compromised and then Seb was on the outside. It was not the start we had planned and then it was just chess from there. People covered each other off stops.

"At the end of the race I finished 40 seconds behind Lewis and Fernando finishes a lap behind the leader. Interesting day today and it goes to show you how fine the margins are when you are off a little bit on strategy. If you can't clear people at the right time, you get exposed. At certain stages I was quick, other stages I wasn't."

Source:Planet-F1