Even though he is forced to sit in a hospital bed with a broken leg and play computer games, Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber is eager to get started on a rehabilitation program that will enable him to get back behind the wheel of his Formula One contender as soon as possible.

"I'll be back in plenty of time for the Australian GP at the end of March. It’ll be business as usual,” he told the Herald Sun. “My time in the car hasn’t really been disrupted. The past few days have been a bit of a disruption being laid up in hospital but I guess I haven’t had any time off since the end of the F1 season so a week’s - albeit - enforced holiday isn’t going to do too much harm. It's a straightforward and clean-enough break so I’m not expecting any complications or setbacks."

Mark won’t be taking part in the upcoming December tests, however the Australian admitted that he was only scheduled to be in the car for two days anyway, and then not until February next year….

"I was only testing for two days next month and then, because of the slash to winter testing, Sebastian and I weren’t due in the new car until February 10. As soon as I’m up and about, I’ll be pretty much focussed on my rehab and whatever Red Bull wants me to do."

Mark broke the tibula and fibula in his right leg when he was hit head on by a car as he was taking part in the biking stage of the Mark Webber challenge in Tasmania….

“I steered to the right to try and avoid the car but I knew if I went too far I would end up in a ditch. I did a pretty good job preventing my upper limbs and head from taking an impact but unfortunately there wasn’t much I could do about getting my legs out of the way because my feet were clipped into the cleats so they took the hit," he said. "The pain was pretty bad and I knew straight away that my lower leg was broken."

The Aussie racer is now looking to be out of hospital today and he will stay in the country for another two or three weeks before flying back to Europe in time for Christmas, then it is up to the Red Bull’s medical experts to put him on a course for recovery….

"At the moment we’re arranging for my medical reports to be sent to Europe for assessment by Red Bull’s medical experts. Obviously they have some of the best rehab resources and facilities in the world available to them as they deal with high-profile ski injuries all the time and getting skiers and other professional sports people back into competition. Once Red Bull has all the info, they’ll be able to decide what is the best course of rehab and with whom."

After that it is time for a seat fitting in the new 2009 car and while he recuperates, there will be many visits to the factory to see how things are progressing….

"Having a broken leg doesn’t stop me visiting the RBR factory and being on top of what’s happening with the new car. Fitness-wise, I’ll be fine too, there’s something like 83 days before the first test in 2009," he said. "Hopefully RB5 will have come out of the box as we hoped and we’ll be able to challenge for points right from the start of what promises to be an interesting year with all the new rules and regulations."