Red Bull’s Silly fuels cost Webber

RED BULL were left looking silly fuels after a mechanical failure meant Mark Webber’s motor was not filled up for qualifying.

The Aussie, who spectacularly fell out with teammate Sebastian Vettel in the last race in Malaysia, ground to a half halfway through the second session.
Webber, who has admitted he has questioned his own future with the team after his row with Vettel, received the dreaded news from his race engineer before he pulled to a stop at turn 14.
The team later admitted it had not put sufficient fuel due to a faulty fuel rig.
However, because only 150ml of fuel was left to supply the requested one litre sample, Webber has been relegated to the back of the grid for today’s Chinese Grand Prix.
He groaned: “It’s very disappointing. I was comfortable with the car and we had a good plan for the rest of the session.
“But we lost fuel pressure so I had to turn the car off and couldn’t get it back to the pits. I had to stop on the circuit, so qualifying was over before it started really.”
Boss Christian Horner blamed a rogue fuel container and launched an immediate investigation as to why it failed.
He added: “It was a frustrating qualifying session for the team and for Mark.
“Unfortunately the amount of fuel that was required to be put into the car from the fuel rig was not fully delivered.
“This was due to an error with the fuel bowser that meant it under delivered three kilos of fuel.
“The fuel bowser has been immediately quarantined for further investigation.”
Fans had hoped to see Webber and Vettel go head-to-head into turn one here at Shanghai after their Sepang showdown.
Vettel had earlier this week stoked up the rift by insisting he would ignore team orders in the future if it meant winning a race.
He also suggested his controversial decision to overtake Webber to win in Malaysia was some sort of “payback” from their turbulent five years as teammates.
However, Vettel will start in ninth place today after failing to set a time during qualifying in order to start on the preferred medium tyres, which have a longer lifespan.
He starts one place behind of McLaren’s Jenson Button, who also gambled by using the harder tyre for the start of the race to increase his chances of not needing an early pit stop.
Button said: “Qualifying was more positive than I thought. We tried to do something different and to start on a prime tyre.
“If we get away cleanly, then we will have a good chance but we have to make a good start on that tyre.”