Red Bull factory suffers a small setback - Webber is evacuated from a visit to the RBR factory
Published by Christine
It’s the 16th July 2008, and you’re listening to F1Minute.
Mark Webber paid a visit to the Red Bull factory in Milton Keynes today, although it was probably cut a lot shorter than he was expecting. At about lunchtime, one of the new components the team was testing out, failed and gave off a lot of smoke. Everyone inside that part of the factory, including Webber, was evacuated while the fire alarms rang. A spokesperson said it’s all fine and has no effect on their preparation for this weekend’s race.
Following the news earlier this week, that Takuma Sato is desperate to return to Formula 1, we now have Tonio Liuzzi eyeing up a return to racing. Currently test driver for Force India, Liuzzi says sitting on the sidelines each race weekend is more difficult than he expected. He also hints at the drivers market for next year, saying it all rests on a certain someone’s shoulders… again. “The decisions will be taken around mid-August, and I’m not just talking about Force India. Everything revolves around Alonso and the market will move once he moves.”
That’s all for today, I’ll be back tomorrow with another F1Minute.
