Sao Paulo  - Mark Webber in a Red Bull was fastest in the first free practice session Friday for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

The Australian registered a time of 1 minute 12.463 seconds for the 4.309-kilometre circuit at Interlagos, 0.411 seconds faster than Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello.

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull was third fastest with championship leader Jenson Button seventh in the second Brawn.

Budapest - Mark Webber is to remain with Red Bull for the 2010 season, the Formula One confirmed Thursday.

The 32-year-old Australian currently lies third in the drivers' standings behind Jenson Button of Brawn GP and teammate Sebastian Vettel, and registered the first F1 victory of his career earlier this month when he won the German Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring.

Im extremely happy that Red Bull and I have been able to agree to race together again next year," said Webber, who joined the Austrian team in 2007.

Hamburg  - Mark Webber on Tuesday expressed his delight to have crossed a great divide with his first Grand Prix win and now hopes to fight for the Formula One world title with team-mate Sebastian Vettel and current leader Jenson Button.

The Australian Webber got his first career win on Sunday in Germany in a one-two for the Red Bull team ahead of Vettel, who had won twice earlier in the season.

The two drew closer to Brawn GP man Button, who finished fifth in that race. Button leads the standings with 68 points into the final eight of 17 season races, Vettel has 47 points and Webber 45.5.

Nuerburg, Germany - Mark Webber claimed his first career pole position on Saturday, in a rain-marred qualifying session for the German Formula One Grand Prix.

The Australian driver for the Red Bull team held off the Brawn GP duo of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button as well as his teammate Sebastian Vettel.

Webber clocked 1 minute 32.230 seconds for the 5.148 kilometres lap on the Nuerburgring as all teams gambled with their tyre choices. Barrichello had 1:32.357, Button 1:32.473 and Vettel 1:32.480 minutes.

Jerez de la Frontera, Spain  - Mark Webber returned into the Red Bull Formula One car for tests on Wednesday having recovered from a broken leg sustained less than three months ago.

"I am very relieved," said Webber after a morning session of 48 laps in Jerez de la Frontera.

The Australian Webber broke his right leg on November 22, 2008, when he collided with a car while riding a bike at his own charity event in Tasmania.

Webber said he was ahead of schedule in the healing process but still required light painkillers.

Sydney - Formula One driver Mark Webber collided with a car Saturday and broke his leg while riding a bicycle in a multi-sport charity event he sponsors in Australia.

The Red Bull driver was airlifted to Royal Hobart Hospital by helicopter from Fortescue Bay in Tasmania after the head-on collision.

Event spokeswoman Nancy Cook told national broadcaster ABC that The Mark Webber Pure Tasmania challenge is a 250-kilometre multi-sport event across Tasmania in which competitors cycle, kayak and trek a daily course to raise funds for charity.