Red Bull in the middle of a nightmare

While we were waiting for a mano a mano between the Red Bull and the Brawn GP at the European Grand Prix, this one quickly came to an end due to the fault of the former. Christian Horner's men had to face problems all weekend, particularly on the car of Sebastian Vettel. After breaking his engine during Free 3 on Saturday morning, the German driver had a series of mishaps in the race. Fifth during his first stint, Sebastian Vettel experienced a fuel pump problem during his first refueling stop which forced him to go through the pit lane a second time.

His retirement a few laps later due to engine failure put an end to a long series of failures. “ It's not very good. In the championship, I would fight until the last breath but it is never good to give up when you are trying to catch up with the leading men and trying to collect more points than them », railed the German pilot.

Fabrice Lom, the track coordinator Renault of the team, also looked back on this weekend to forget. “ This race ends a nightmare weekend for us. We experienced two engine failures on Sebastian's car, it's really a dark weekend “, he insisted. “ The end of the season will now be complicated regarding the engine part on Sebastian's side. » The latter has in fact already used six engine blocks out of the eight authorized per season knowing that there are still six Grand Prix to compete.

However, the Milton Keynes team was already trying to plan for the next meeting, next weekend at Spa-Francorchamps. " VSIt?s not the best day for us », indicated Mark Webber who finished just outside the points. “ But we're going to draw a line [about this weekend] and move forward in Spa. »