in Red hot Valencia
Car 14 MARK WEBBER, Finish Position: 9th, Start Position: 9th
“No gains for us today, which is the first time in a long time. The long and short of it was that Iwasn’t quick enough today – it was a tough race. I’ve been struggling all weekend and I think Igot the result I deserved, which was no points, unfortunately. We were a little bit unluckyaround the pit stops with Lewis (Hamilton) coming back out in front, but that’s the way it goes.The pit stops weren’t great, as I might have been a bit long on positioning – so not the bestday for us. But, we will dust ourselves down and move on to Spa.”
Car 15 SEBASTIAN VETTEL, Finish Position: DNF, Start Position: 4th
“The biggest problem today was the first stop – we weren’t able to get fuel in the car, so wehad to come in again. We were lucky to make it back for a second stop. The race was lostalready at that point but then, a couple of laps on, I had a problem with the engine and I had toretire. It’s not good. In terms of the Championship, I will fight until the last breath, but it’s notgood to have retired when you’re hunting and want to get more points than your opponent.You’re in a position to do it, but then you don’t finish the race.”
CHRISTIAN HORNER, Team Principal: “A bitterly disappointing day. A fuel rig failureon Sebastian’s car, followed by an engine failure, which is the second of the weekend, wascostly. Unfortunately with Mark, we just weren’t quick enough today. He held Jenson (Button)behind him for a long time, but Jenson was too quick and jumped us with a very quick out-lap,unfortunately Mark was not quick enough to hold him behind.”
FABRICE LOM, Renault, Principal Engineer Track Support: “This race ended anightmare weekend for us. We had two engine failures on Sebastian’s car, so it’s a blackweekend. I can only apologise to Red Bull Racing and Sebastian in particular for thisreliability issue and assure them that we will work as hard as possible to ensure it doesn’thappen again. But, the end of the season will now be tough on the engine side for Sebastian.”
