F1’s two Red Bull-liveried teams got off to a disastrous start on Friday at the scene of the Hungarian grand prix.
Mark Webber’s works RB3 ground to a halt at the end of the Hungaroring’s pit exit an hour into opening practice near Budapest.
A few minutes later, the similarly Adrian Newey-designed single seater driven by sister team Toro Rosso’s Vitantonio Liuzzi also broke down.
The teams have been plagued recently by Red Bull Technology’s troublesome seamless gearbox.
The 90-minute session at the warm track near Budapest was surprisingly topped by BMW-Sauber Robert Kubica, who respectively led the two Ferraris and McLarens.
Kimi Raikkonen, who like his Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa and McLaren’s Fernando Alonso did a 1.22.5 laptime on Friday morning, denied that the Monaco-esque Hungaroring would play into McLaren’s hands here.
The Finn said: “I think we have made some progress and we should be stronger than we were in Monaco.
“Okay, it’s similar to Monaco here but this is a proper circuit. We’ve got some new parts from the test last week, so I think they are going to help.”
