Fabrice Lom positive towards Bahrain

Fabrice Lom, the man in charge of maximising the RS27 engine with Red Bull Racing, gives his first report of the season and talks about the ambitions of Red Bull Racing-Renault ahead of the third race of the season in Bahrain.

"We can look at the beginning of our season in two ways – as a glass that is half empty or as a glass that is half full. There are many positive aspects from the first two races: the car is competitive, the reliability is there and we have scored points. On the other hand we broke an engine in Sepang, which was our first technical problem with Red Bull Racing since the start of our partnership. We need to make sure that this does not happen again."

"We are preparing in a calm and focussed way. In the first few years of racing in Bahrain we used to protect the engine from sand by using a special air filter, but this type of filter became the norm and today we use it at all the races."

"David’s V8 will be on its second race because we decided to give him a fresh engine in Malaysia after his retirement in Australia. As for Mark, he will have a new engine in Bahrain."

"A little bit. The performance of an engine is never identical and depends on whether it is new or if it has already done a race. That makes the comparison between our two drivers more difficult. As far as logistics are concerned, you always need to be extra careful when transporting a new engine. Instead of having to take care of this every one in two races, we now must do this for each Grand Prix. That being said, if this remains the case until the end of the season, I will be delighted, as it will mean that we have not retired from any of the races."