Red Bull suffers sensor trouble and KERS failure

F1 Test, Young driver test, Yas Marina Circuit

Red Bull Junior driver Jean-Eric Vergne was back at the wheel of an RB7 again today for the second day of the Young Driver Test at the Yas Marina Circuit. Despite sensor issues in the morning and a stoppage due to a KERS failure, Vergne still ended the session on top.

Head of Race Engineering Ian Morgan said: “We had quite a disjointed morning due to some sensor issues which interrupted our run programme and this afternoon we lost more track time with a KERS issue. The issues are resolved now and at least we were able to complete some laps which provided useful data, hopefully tomorrow will be more productive.”

Jean-Eric Vergne today completed 43 laps and will drive again tomorrow for the final day of the test.