Hard day for Red Bull

During the first free practice session this morning, the Red Bull Racing Team had difficulties with the damped track, nonetheless the team worked through their programme. During the second free practice session this afternoon, home boy Mark Webber suffered a transmission problem.

David Coulthard, 1st Practice P7, 2nd Practice P10
"Difficult track conditions today, but nonetheless we worked through our programme to evaluate the tyres and chassis balance. Changing between cars is not such a good thing to be honest (David used the T car for session one and his race car for session two), as no two cars are ever the same - but it helps to spread out the mileage."

Mark Webber, 1st Practice P9, 2nd Practice P17
"The first session was dominated by the weather and everyone was getting used to the track as it dried out. We ran on intermediates and then changed to dry tyres towards the end of the practice. The first session enabled us to begin to get an idea of the car's balance before the race on Sunday, but I had a transmission problem in the second session and had to stop early. "

Throughout this season, David and Mark will alternate using the spare car on Friday morning, starting with David in Melbourne.