Smooth Friday, but still some work for Red Bull

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F1 Grand Prix, GP Europe, Valencia Street Circuites

After the summer break, the Red Bull Racing F1 Team got back to work at Valencia today during the free practice sessions for the European Grand Prix weekend. The team has still a lot of work to do before tomorrow's qualifying session, but overall they had a smooth Friday.

Morning: Sebastian 1:43.088 (5th) 17 laps; Mark 1:43.243 (8th) 19 laps. Afternoon: Sebastian: 1:40.723 (9th) 33 laps; Mark 1:40.956 (14th) 37 laps.

Car 15 Sebastian Vettel 1st Practice 5, 2nd Practice P9
“Today seemed to be okay, there were no problems so we had a smooth Friday. I think we are more or less in the pack, but Fernando (Alonso) was very quick towards the end of the second session, which was a surprise. We need to improve for tomorrow, so we will look at our day carefully and see where we were lacking, compared to the others.”
First Practice Session
Position: 5, Best Time: 1:43.088, Laps: 17, Chassis No. 1
Second Practice Session Position: 9, Best Time 1:40.723, Laps: 33, Chassis No. 1

Car 14 Mark Webber 1st Practice P8, 2nd Practice P14
“We did a lot of laps today. We’ve got some good stuff to go through tonight and we did the tyre comparison, which was pretty straightforward. We’ve got some work to do this evening – this track is a little like Bahrain with walls!”
First Practice Session
Position: 8, Best Time: 1:43.243, Laps: 19, Chassis No. 3
Second Practice Session Position: 14, Best Time: 1:40.956, Laps: 37, Chassis No. 3