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Webber gives Red Bull hope

Red Bull Racing endured a mixed result in Bahrain today with Mark Webber giving the team hope for tomorrow after he qualified eighth. A gearbox problem in the first session meant Coulthard qualified 21st.

"The car seemed to lose seventh gear at the end of my first qualifying run, at Turn 12," said Coulthard. "We thought it was a sensor failure so the team changed something and I went back out. However, it appeared that the car had lost fifth, sixth and seventh gear, which is not ideal when you're trying to qualify!"

Webber added, "I'd have liked to have done a little bit better at the end of the third qualifying session, but that's where we are. We'll see if we can get a point or two tomorrow in the race."

Team boss Christian Horner commented, "This is the third race and the third time Mark's made it into the top ten. He drove very well throughout qualifying, building up his pace and I think he extracted the maximum out of the car today. He's continued to impress us with his application and hopefully he can have a strong race tomorrow. David had appalling luck when his car suffered a gear failure on his first run, meaning he was unable to take any further part in qualifying. But, he's shown strong pace during the weekend so far, so hopefully we can help him with a good race strategy tomorrow."

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