Red Bull: Vettel and Webber satisfied with the start in Melbourne

The Red Bull drivers said they were cautiously satisfied with the pace shown by the RB7 in the first free practice sessions for the Australian F1 Grand Prix. The Australian set the fastest time in the morning ahead of his teammate. In free practice 2 Vettel finished fourth fastest ahead of Webber.

“It was an exciting start to the season. We were able to complete many laps today, but the weather conditions were a bit difficult. It started raining, then dried again, which didn't make it easy to try different things. However, we have a good idea of ​​where we are compared to the competition. In general we can be satisfied, it doesn't seem to be going too bad, but we have to wait."

According to Webber, Red Bull does not have a clear advantage over the rest of the field and “there is still work to do”.

“There was a bit of rain at the end of FP2, which is always tricky here, but overall a very good day for us. We still have work to do; there are some very fast drivers. It was good to finally test the tires on this circuit and I tried out all the new features on the car. The McLaren seems fast, you can never tell about the Ferrari since they always run with a little more fuel on Fridays."