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Red Bull on cloud nine
20 April 2009 / Results / PhotosRed Bull Racing are flying high (with wings) in Formula One after the team's spectacular 1-2 result in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel crossed the line ahead of Mark Webber after the Milton Keynes-located squad had also claimed its first pole position in qualifying.
An instant ten points for Vettel was welcome, after a collision with Kubica in Australia and a spin in the Malaysian rain. "It was frustrating in the first two races not to get a podium, but now we're firmly on the scoreboard," team principal Christian Horner told the BBC, as the team shoots to second in the constructors' championship.
"It's a breakthrough result for us," he continued. "It's a long season ahead, and we can see that we're competitive with both drivers, so I think the sky's the limit. It was actually very calm; we had a clear strategy that, at the earliest opportunity, we were looking to close down the race - Sebastian put all of our hearts in our mouths by overtaking Jenson when he knew that he (Button) still had a stop to go. They (Vettel and Webber) were very confident in the car - they had great pace and balance, and the strategy worked very well today."
"The car's been very good in the high-speed corners," said designer Adrian Newey, who joined Red Bull at the end of 2005. "It's got a great aero package and we've got a lot more development steps to come now, with the clarity in the regulations - we know there's more performance that we can see." Newey's comments could come as a worry to the opposition, as the car does not yet feature KERS or a double diffuser.
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