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Old 28-07-2013, 12:52 PM
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Electrical problem for Webber affects both KERS and upshifts

The BBC report Christian Horner as saying yesterday -

Quote:
Originally Posted by Christian Horner as reported by Andrew Benson BBC
"With Mark we had a disastrous session. We lost electrical supply to the gearshift so he lost the quick-shift and the Kers and that's minus 0.8secs and just to get to q3 was a massive result for him.

"That's why we elected not to run to take a strategic approach so we have freedom of tyre choice tomorrow [Sunday]."
Mark Webber said -
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Webber as reported by Andrew Benson BBC
"We didn't have Kers and we had a basic downgrade of upshifts, so the upshifts were very slow.

"We've left a lot of lap time in the garage and we're massively out of position, and it's going to be hard to get the points maybe we should have got."
Frustrating for Webber as he was very competitive with Vettel during practice.

Story here -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/23479849
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