Sebastian Vettel has admitted that Champions Red Bull encountered difficulties in the form of faulty electrics at the opening pre-season test of 2012 in Jerez. Having begun the first Barcelona programme on Tuesday, now continuing on Wednesday, the German is confident that the new RB8 is giving off positive signals.
“What we are doing right now is eliminating any teething problems and focusing on reliability,” Vettel explained to the official F1 website.
“If you ask me what teething problems, then I can tell you that at Jerez we had some electronic issues. We have identified that problem and now we are working to solve it.
“The words ‘problem’ and ‘issue’ sound so serious but what we are looking at has nothing to do with the weight of those words. The genuine feeling is good but you should never bank on feelings in F1! I guess I don’t have to say that we want to be faster than the rest.
“So let’s wait and see but, as the same design whizz who created the RB6 and RB7 also created the RB8 (Adrian Newey, Chief Technical Officer), we have the best possible pedigree.”
Mark Webber will step into the cockpit on Thursday, with Vettel returning next Saturday.
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