Mark Webber has described the RB9’s reliability – at least on his side of the garage – as “stupid and embarrassing” after he suffered yet another problem which left him well down the order.
The Australian had to make do with tenth place after he chose not to set a time in the final qualifying shoot-out thanks to an electrical issue which left him with a non-functioning KERS unit.
He says the situation, when his team-mate is fighting for pole, is a frustrating one.
“KERS, gearbox, you name it… driving the car so far off the potential is unbelievable and so massively frustrating,” said Webber.
“It’s stupid, it’s embarrassing and it’s a brutal circuit to be out of position,” he added. “We should be challenging for the front row and we’re bloody 10th. So, a pain in the arse.”
The 36-year-old is hoping to make some progressive on Sunday but admits it will be difficult at a circuit where overtaking is limited.
“The team have got to get the car operating at the limit tomorrow. It’s a long race and things need to be functioning correctly.
“KERS was 50 per cent [of the problem] and there were other things. We managed to tick nearly every bloody box in qualifying and made it hard.
“Hopefully we’ll get that sorted for tomorrow, but it’s going to be hard to get the result we should do.”
Webber has had his fair share of issues, but it certainly isn’t just his side of the garage after Sebastian Vettel suffered a KERS issue in Germany and retired from the lead at the British GP with a driveshaft problem.
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