FA ‏@joseluisf1 Horner confirms Vettel problems by reducing gears, and also says there were problems that sapped him speed tip on the straight lines. Could be an imminent gearbox change...
Yup Seb had problems during Qualifying again: Bahrain GP: Red Bull didn't have time to fix Vettel's problems Sebastian Vettel says his Red Bull Formula 1 team ran out of time to fix the issue that hampered his running during qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The world champion was knocked out in Q2 for the second time this season and qualified down in 11th position, although he will start from 10th following his team-mate's Daniel Ricciardo's grid penalty. Vettel suffered from a problem with his downshifting during his flying lap in Q2, an issue that appeared after the first qualifying segment and that Red Bull was unable to solve in time. The world champion believes he would have made it into Q3 without the problem. Bahrain GP qualifying report "We had some issues with the shift. Between Q1 and Q2 something went wrong and we couldn't fix it in time, so I had to do the lap compromised," said Vettel. "How much is difficult to measure, but surely it was no help. The car behaviour was not the way I expected or the way I wanted. "I'm not a fan of blaming something in particular, [but] without it probably I would have made it to Q3. It was not the session we wanted to have." OTHER AREAS COMPROMISED The German also explained that a downshift problem on a 2014 F1 car has other ramifications that affect its handling. "There's a lot of stuff going on this year," he said. "Obviously when you hit the brakes you are not just hitting the brakes. "When you hit the brakes you are also charging the car, so you try to get as much energy as you can under braking. "The total amount is limited by the FIA, but how it all works in combination when you hit the brakes is up to your tuning. "And in combination with the downshift it can upset the whole thing a little bit. "It can be a bit complicated. We have worked on this quite a lot. "We are not yet where we want to be so I'm not yet happy with the car getting to the apex. It's a lot of stuff ahead of us." Vettel admitted the nature of the Sakhir circuit was always going to prove more challenging for Red Bull. "We knew from testing that it's a difficult track for us," he said. "We are down on power. "Around here you need some power. That's how it is. I think nonetheless we have a good chance to put the car in a fairly good place in the points." http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113302
I'm sure Horner's checking the rule books to see whether a gearbox change is a rule, a regulation or a directive, or what repairs that can make to the car in parc ferme conditions. Can they do anything if it's software rather than mechanical, or would it mean Vettel goes to the back of the grid?
Must of been when he spun it, he must of damaged his power unit somehow. They do say it's impossible to fix the whole power unit in less than 2 hrs before qualifying so if you break it during FP3, well that's just tough luck buddy...
Maybe they hired a blind man/woman to ignore every possible law as the rule book isn't in braille yet so the FIA can't stop him/her as the term of phrase is subjective?
Yes, but they did want their engine to have 6 more cylinders, a supercharger, two bottles of redex and an extra large hamster wheel
Just seen qualifying. Hamiltons 'huge' advantage seems to have disappeared so it looks like the results are manufactured by mercedes at each track. Great news eh?
He's after Geri Halliwell's autograph. "Tell her I thought that Spice World was the pinnacle of the cinematic arts... and that she has a nice bum!"
