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Tyres the cause of Red Bull's lack of race pace

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said Red Bull's surprising lack of race pace was due to an inability to make the tyres last in the Australian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel took a dominant pole position ahead of Mark Webber on Sunday morning, leading to expectations that Red Bull would secure an easy victory in the race. Vettel streaked away on the opening lap but from then on was pegged back by the Ferraris and Kimi Raikkonen, eventually finishing third behind Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. Horner admitted that Red Bull expected to be quicker but when asked where the speed went in the race he replied: "One simple word: tyres. "We just weren't in any optimum window with...
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