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Webber predicts two-way fight for title

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Mark Webber expects the championship race to be whittled down to a duel by the end of the season.

Currently five drivers are separated by 19 points (less than a wins worth) at the top of the championship and have all won at least one race this season. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton predicts the season will be "tight" and added: "It's the ultimate challenge I've experienced in Formula One, perhaps in Formula One history."

However Webber believes the title race will be a little less dramatic by the end of the campaign.

"Last year Jenson [Button] won many races at the beginning, but that's not usually what happens," he said. "It is more often the case that until mid-season there are three to five drivers all together. Then at about 70% in, there will probably be only three or so in it and with a few races to go it becomes a duel. Perhaps the champion will even be known before the last race."

Webber also played down suggestions that, given the outcome of the Canadian Grand Prix, McLaren is now the pacesetter. Red Bull had predicted after Turkey that the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve would not suit the RB6.

"Valencia is another track on which we might not be so good," said Webber. "But we surprised ourselves in Canada when we were more competitive than we thought we would be."

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