Webber ready to sling crutches

Australian gets back behind the wheel

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Webber ready to sling crutches

Webber: Firing again

I'm doing a lot of work in the pool, just getting the muscles firing again in that leg.

Mark Webber
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Mark Webber anticipates that he will be off crutches in mid-January and back in full training ahead of the new Formula One season.

The Australian also revealed that he drove his road car on Sunday for the first time since suffering a broken leg in a mountain bike accident in Tasmania.

Webber broke his lower right leg after a collision with a four-wheel drive vehicle while competing in his own multi-sport charity event.

His plan is to resume testing for Red Bull after the launch of their 2009 car at Spain's Jerez circuit on February 9.

"I've told the team to prepare as normal," he said.

The Red Bull team, which has up-and-coming German Sebastian Vettel joining Webber this season, has three tests scheduled after the launch.

Webber, who returned to England before Christmas, said he could have got back behind the wheel of his road car some time ago but added there was no point in taking any risks.

"I'm doing a lot of work in the pool, just getting the muscles firing again in that leg," he added.

The 32-year-old said he had lost quite a lot of aerobic fitness but predicted he would soon be at a level to drive a Formula One car, even if his favoured 12-mile runs would remain out of the question for the time being.

The season starts in Melbourne on March 29.

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