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Fruitless afternoon for Red Bull
19 October 2008 / Results / PhotosRed Bull Racing had a fruitless race at Shanghai as David Coulthard finished tenth and Mark Webber ended up fourteenth.
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"I had a reasonable start and thereafter was trying to manage tyre degeneration on the option and the prime," said Coulthard. "I tried to keep out of racing too much with the two stoppers so I wouldn't lose time, but ultimately I don't think there was much more I could have done from our grid position than 10th."
Webber commented, "It was going reasonably well until I got up to Nakajima, but it's so difficult to follow cars through the quick sections here. I tried my best, the strategy was always going to be difficult with a ten place penalty, but the guys from Red Bull did a good job. It's a shame for Renault, as that was the first engine failure for us."
Tema boss Christian Horner added, "Unfortunately yesterday's grid penalty was always going to be a massive handicap in the race today. Mark drove a good first stint, passing several cars, he made progress in the second stint until he got stuck behind Nakajima, which killed his chance of progress. With one further stop before the end of the race, 14th was as much as he could achieve today. David drove a good race on a one-stop strategy, but unfortunately we just weren't quick enough. He got close to Vettel at his last stop, but tenth was all that was possible."
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