Red Bull asked to supply technical report

The Red Bull Racing Team have been asked to supply a technical report to the FIA to explain why the stewards should not consider excluding them from the Malaysian GP on safety grounds. This request follows after David Coulthard's accident during the first free practice session at Sepang.

Team principal Christian Horner, chief technology officer Adrian Newey and team manager Jonathan Wheatley met with the FIA race stewards after the second practice session this afternoon to explain what happened in Coulthard's crash this morning.

Following the meeting, the stewards have now asked for a full report to convince them that the car is safe. A report by the stewards said: "The Stewards, having met with the Team Principal and Technical Representative of Red Bull Racing in relation to the incident involving Car 9 in Practice 1, have requested that the competitor provide to the FIA Technical Delegate a report verifying that the integrity of the suspension is such that the car should not be deemed 'of dangerous constructions' under Art 2.3 of the 2008 Formula One Technical Regulations."

Article 2.3 of the technical regulations says that the "stewards of the meeting may exclude a vehicle whose construction is deemed to be dangerous."