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Aus GP qualifying: Red Bull - Furious |
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Saturday, 15 March 2008 |
Common, a Grammy award-winning rap artist and star of The Fast and the Furious (a film about illegal road racing), seen here in the Red Bull Racing garage, was the star attraction of our season opening party in Melbourne docks last night.
Given what happened to our two drivers today, The Fast and the Furious is a pretty appropriate description. | Car 9 David Coulthard, Position 8th “It was quite tricky out there, especially on the prime tyres. I think there’s going to be some ariation during the race when car’s run between the two tyre types. We expected to get into he top ten today, but I would have preferred tohave felt that I could attack a bit more with the ar. If I push then the car’s quite unstable on the bumps. All our concentration is on the start ine now, as it will be interesting to see what happens without traction control.” | | 2008 Australian GP |  | | 1. General and layout | | 2. Background and history | | 3. Lap of the circuit | | 4. Drivers&teams talk | | 5. Fast facts and techfile | | 6. Multimedia |
Car 10 Mark Webber, Position 15th “There was a failure at the front right of the car, which isn’t good. I had a strange feeling in Turn one, but continued to push as it was the qualifying session, but something broke into Turn six. That was it and I was into the gravel. It’s nearly impossible to get into the points now under normal circumstances, because it’s very, very difficult to overtake on this circuit, but I’ll do my best.” CHRISTIAN HORNER: “It’s frustrating for Mark at his home Grand Prix to have what looks like a suspected brake issue. He’s going to have a busy afternoon tomorrow, but looking at his race pace in yesterday’s practices he should be able to make reasonable process. Davidprogressed well through the first two qualifying sessions to make it into Q3. He wasn’t happy with his balance on the final set of tyres and finished eighth. The potential is to be better, but starting in the top eight at the first Grand Prix of the season is a respectable result.”  |