I am extremely motivated to do a totally professional job when I test the car and if it was to go extremely well…well who knows what could evolve. Just look at where
Mark Webber was only a couple of years ago.
Q:
We're guessing you are not a good spectator.
WD:
No. This is the first round (Castle Combe) I am sitting out and it's hard when you are not out there. But you also see everything from a very different perspective, which has been both interesting and beneficial.
I have spoken with numerous people you don't normally get the time to chat to, including (team owner) Alain Menu, who I get along very well with. Sometimes it's good to step back from things for a while and I'm not going to get down about it.
Q:
What are your options for the short term?
WD:
We are trying to put together funding to contest the last four or five rounds. If I can finish the season with some wins then everything will be back on track as far as my overseas aspirations are concerned. There are potentially some good seats available, but getting the funding is still the biggest hurdle.
I love the V8 Supercar championship at home and there has been considerable interest from some of the teams, so doing Sandown and Bathurst this year is certainly an option, especially because it doesn't interfere with my race plans over here.
Q:
You must take plenty of confidence from the fact that you have out paced your team-mates in England over the last two and a half years.
WD:
You are always trying to gauge things. But I think the results have shown I have always been able to do that. In 2002 in Formula Renault I had three highly rated team-mates and one of them was the favourite to win the title, having dominated the winter series at the end of 2001.
I managed to beat them all and finish fourth in the Championship in my first year in England and without the benefit of the winter series or winter testing enjoyed by all the leading competitors.
