Red Bull drivers struggle with graining
At Friday's practice sessions, both Red Bull drivers have suffered mostly from tyre graining. The duo will now be looking to change the setup of the RB5 to be a little easier on the much discusser super-soft and medium Bridgestone tyres.
Mark Webber, Car 14
1st Practice P5, 2nd Practice P4
"We did the normal tyre comparisons today, which are important ahead of Sunday as they might be quite a challenge here. The guys did a great job and the car ran faultlessly, which is always a benefit on a Friday. We’ve dried out from Malaysia and, instead, we had perfect driving conditions today, so we’ll see how we go tomorrow. I enjoyed it out there."
Sebastian Vettel, Car 15
1st Practice P12, 2nd Practice P5
"Overall, it was a quite good day. Unfortunately, in the second practice we had a problem with the rear suspension, it was going to take too much time to fix so we had to stop earlier than planned.
Nevertheless, we got some useful information from the car. The main task here for all the teams and drivers is to manage the different tyre compounds. As you can see, graining is the main issue,
but thankfully I have my helmet and visor, which protects my eyes as the rubber is coming off!"
