Red Bull does what it had to do at Turkey
The Red Bull Racing F1 Team knew that they had to hit back at Turkey if they want to keep Brawn GP from winning the title without a fight and the team delivered today. Sebastian Vettel took the pole position and team mate Mark Webber will start tomorrow's Turkish race from 4th position.
Sebastian Vettel, POLE POSITION: “We have a good car here and a good chance for the race. I expected to face more difficulties in qualifying today, I mean it wasn’t easy, but we made it to pole. We now have the best position to start from and it’s definitely an advantage to be on the clean side of the track in terms of grip level. This is just the half-way point though, the main task comes tomorrow. It’s a long race here, very tough and very hot so it won’t be easy for the cars or the drivers – but it should be exciting. I’m looking forward to it.”
Mark Webber, Position 4th: “That was a good qualifying session for us, I’m happy with how Q3 went and it’s put us in a reasonable position for the start of the race. We’re also on the right-hand side of the grid, which is good. I don’t think I could have finished much further up. I’m happy with the performance of the car, it worked well today and I’m aiming for a podium tomorrow. The team did a good job today.”
Christian Horner, Team Principal: “A good team performance; both drivers delivered very good qualifying laps hitting their target times and it puts us in a strong position for tomorrow’s race. It was a good recovery for Sebastian who lost track time yesterday. Once again the Brawns are extremely quick here, but Ferrari and Toyota are also a challenge so it should be an interesting race tomorrow.”
