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Mark Webber says improved consistency, not retirement thoughts, top of his agenda

Red Bull driver pinpoints approach he needs to take in 2013

Mark Webber insists thoughts of retirement continue to be far from his mind and he aims to "put together a campaign" in 2013 in a renewed push for the world title.

Despite being 16 points ahead of eventual 2012 title winner Vettel nine rounds into the season, Webber ultimately finished a massive 102 points adrift of his team-mate, and down in sixth place in the standings - his lowest placing since 2008. An inconsistent run of race results following his Silverstone win put paid to any title aspirations and Webber admits he needs to rediscover his previous levels of consistency in 2013. "We need to get some of that 2011 and '10 consistency back," Webber added. "We lost some of that this year. Some of it was through no fault of my own, some was. "I tried to force some issues where I was not being prepared to finish fifth or sixth, which you had to grab this year."