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Turkish GP Red Bull Friday Practice Report

Istanbul Park

Published: May 6, 2011, 11:49 PM

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FREE PRACTICE 1 & 2

Car 1 SEBASTIAN VETTEL

1st Practice P17, 2nd Practice P--

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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“There wasn’t much I could do to stop the car from hitting the wall this morning – but the most important thing is that I’m fine. Unfortunately we couldn’t get the car ready in time for this afternoon’s session, as there was too much damage, so I’m sorry to the guys. It makes things a bit more difficult, but I don’t think it will be a problem, we know the track well from other years and, in the end, it was only one afternoon that we have lost. I’m still confident – it looks pretty close. I was able to watch the times today, which was something different.”

Car 2 MARK WEBBER

1st Practice P11, 2nd Practice P5

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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“We learned quite a lot today. It’s a pretty challenging venue here with the new regulations – so it was tricky for us all with the weather this morning. We had to fit a lot of our planned work in to this afternoon, but it went smoothly. Sebastian had an issue this morning which could happen to any of us; it just shows you can lose a session very easily. The team will share the data that we gathered this afternoon. KERS worked pretty well this afternoon – each time we use it we get more experience so, so far so good.”

SEBASTIAN VETTEL

First Practice Session Position: 17, Best Time: 1:44.954, Laps: 4, Chassis No. 3 Second Practice Session Position: (no time), Best Time: - , Laps: 0, Chassis No. 3

MARK WEBBER

First Practice Session Position: 11, Best Time: 1:42.564, Laps: 5, Chassis No. 4 Second Practice Session Position: 5, Best Time 1:27.149, Laps: 31, Chassis No. 4

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