Formula One Features — August 2010

Mark Webber is 34 years old tomorrow. Red Bull Racing team mate Sebastian Vettel has not brought him a present. "Who knows, maybe I can get him some of those free soaps and shampoos you get in the hotel..." he joked. With F1 back on parade at Spa after the summer break, Webber took time to offer his thoughts on Sunday's race and the state of the championship

True colours seem increasingly hard to camouflage in Formula 1 this year. One week after F1's most successful team reminded us how they tarnished their mystique, F1's most successful driver reminds us why he so lacked such mystique in the first place.

There were no surprises in the New Kids on the Block group with Lotus ending up with the two best placed cars at the end of the race - Heikki Kovalainen holding off Jarno Trulli - and all six newcomers making the finish as well.

Heikki Kovalainen went from the architectural splendour of the Sir Norman Foster-designed McLaren Technology Centre to Lotus's empty shell factory containing Mike Gascoyne and a telephone. He talks about his first six months with Lotus Racing.