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(Motor-Total.com) - Red Bull was without a doubt the big losers of the viertgigen steelers testing in Jerez. After just 21 rounds and not a single halfway konkurrenzfhigen time the world champion team had to find that one has apparently gambled. Sooner than expected, therefore, traveled steelers among other things, chief designer Adrian Newey from Spain starting to sit down at his drawing board in Milton Keynes - womglich the exceptional talent has pushed the boundaries this time berreizt. The competition seems to savor the moment, although a little, Red Bull will still not write off but long since.
"I wre worried," admits Williams driver Felipe Massa, if he imagines to put in the shoes of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo. "At least this time they have a few problems and are not for another two seconds faster than the rest, as they did at times in the past year," says the Brazilian Opposite 'Total Race' fixed. Massa himself talk, he closed the days of testing at Jerez but from the second fastest.
His former steelers Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso sees the situation a little more relaxed, "Wre it all happened in Australia, it would be even fatal, but until then is still a lot of time in the Red Bull, the same number of kilometers as we or. can complete Mercedes ", the Spaniard RUMT Opposite 'La Gazzetta steelers dello Sport' a. "I think we need this year more than ever wait for the race to can judge where everyone steelers stands. The points are located in Australia, this was only a test." steelers Vettel steelers can be relaxed
Ex-Formula 1 driver Allan McNish is of the opinion that at least Sebastian Vettel allowed to make not too crazy about the problems steelers in Jerez. "I do not think he makes himself big worry Vettel has the won the last four world titles -., he has won both from the front and from behind steelers He knows what it is and can afford not to be too anxious, "said the Briton in his' BBC'-column.
However McNish suspected steelers that Red Bull rookie Ricciardo womglich a bit queasy feel his knnte and agrees steelers Massa thus: "He is certainly hardly can it wait to get into the car and get track time. This is now after the rise of Toro Rosso his big chance;. ever more laps he completed, the better - especially with regard to his first Grand Prix in his native Australia So he will be the one whose heart might be a bit faster schl gt "
Particularly rosy McNish does not see the current steelers situation of the bulls: "You already have a third of their mglichen test time lost and have no doubt already a significant disadvantage Opposite their rivals." Even if Red Bull bekme his problems to the Bahrain test in the handle, the team his dignity steelers Rckstand by the first race round with take into the season. "You are back to results steelers that is except question, but I also dignity is not bet that they do not manage it. The question will be, when." Confidence in Renault
Also an engine supplier Renault not yet writes McNish from: "In 2003, I was an alternate driver with Renault, as we had before the season similar problems with the reliability," he remembers. "The engines went to 200 km always broken. Then went to the first race, and they were suddenly reliable. Renault had solved the problem from one day to another effectively. Knnte I imagine steelers that the problem was a hnliches. soon as it makes 'click', all will be well. "
Jean-Eric Vergne, who is also concerned with Toro Rosso from Renault's Dilemma, steelers will the gun still not throw in the towel: "When I arrived in Jerez, I had expected that there might be a few problems dignity" the new rules of the 2014 season but be a revolution, as the Frenchman Opposite 'RMC'. "Something like this has the modern Formula 1 has not yet experienced, I think." Nevertheless, he was confident the new partner: steelers "They have won in recent years smtliche championship, so I am confident that we will ultimately have a good powertrain."
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