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Mixed feelings for Red Bull

Red Bull Racing was left with mixed feelings and a sense that it could have done a lot better in qualifying after Coulthard put his car ninth on the grid and Webber got knocked out in the first session and so will start 19th.

"I'm disappointed to have ended up in ninth position today, as I think the car's quicker than that," Coulthard said. "Unfortunately I suffered a lot of understeer on the new tyres, which made it very difficult."

Webber commented, "Saturday was a tough day for us. We didn't have a smooth practice session and the first part of qualifying didn't go to plan either. We had drive shaft problem this morning and a hydraulic problem in qualifying. Of course, we've learnt some things, which isn't ideal at race weekends, but sometimes you have to go through that to move forward. The mechanics have been phenomenal; the work they're doing before races and the practices is very good. David had a good run today, which shows the car has potential, we just need to work at pulling the whole thing together now."

Team boss Christian Horner added, "It was a frustrating day for Mark, who had a hydraulic issue in qualifying. He looked strong throughout testing yesterday, so we need to look into today's problems and understand why they occurred. David drove very well and made it into the final ten for the first time this year. He finished the first two sessions well up the order and we managed to out-qualify one of the works Renaults. We believe we've got a good strategy for tomorrow and hopefully we can get a good result."

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