Zoom Plenty of work for the Red Bull team overnight

It was a mixed day for the Red Bull Renault team as they began preparations for the Turkish Grand Prix.

The morning session saw Mark Webber and David Coulthard post the 16th and 17th fastest times respectively. The afternoon would prove to be a short one on track for Webber as he crashed out of the 90-minute session with just four laps completed. The Australian admitted that the shunt was his fault.

Coulthard continued without any drama and went on to post the fourth fastest time this afternoon, with a best lap of 1:27.763s, just over two-tenths off the ultimate pace.

Mark Webber
“Going off the track at turn six was 100 percent my fault. I didn’t respect the green Astroturf that sits on the outside of the track enough. I was a bit too loaded up on the outside of the track, the Astroturf was a bit damp, and I went off, it was my fault. I apologise to the guys and we’ll bounce back from this tomorrow.”

David Coulthard
“Today was similar to the Friday session in Spain – there were no major problems, it was all about following the track evolution and making sure we had the balance right. There are a lot of long corners on this circuit, you can see people are going off quite easily, so it’s critical to get the front end right here. We’ll look at the data now and decide what we’ll do for tomorrow.”

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