According to Webber – and confirmed by the radio conversation he had with his race engineer during the Sunday action – the supply of oil from an auxiliary tank was not working in the second half of the race, a problem that he tackled by driving with a reduced speed. That's actually the main reason why he lost contact with 4th placed Jenson Button following his first pit stop.
“I was happy to just get to the finish,” admitted the 33-year old Australian after finishing the race, according to the GMM news agency. Additionally, he once again pointed to the reliability issues experienced by his team this year, all of which are sourced in the late development from the off-season.
“It was our strategy to only show our final package on the very last day of testing. So we were down on kilometres to guard against all those sorts of issues,” said Webber.
Another problem encountered by Red Bull in Germany, this time not related to reliability, was the poor start of Sebastian Vettel. Although starting from pole position, the German driver was overtaken by two drivers (Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso) by the first corner, something that also happened to his teammate further down the grid.
“They were definitely not the best starts. It has happened to us several times this season,” admitted team principal Christian Horner.
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