The world champions, whose first test was disastrous, completed just 14 laps with Sebastian Vettel at the wheel. Red Bull were delayed by five hours because of problems building the car. When they did start running it broke down with over one hour remaining.
Force India's Nico Hulkenberg was fastest from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton. McLaren's Kevin Magnussen was fourth quickest from Vettel, who was 3.344secs off the pace.
It is not yet clear what caused the Red Bull to stop on track but there was a burning smell coming from the car when it was returned to the pits on the back of a lorry.
Red Bull have brought two different bodywork packages to Bahrain in an attempt to find a solution to the chronic overheating that, along with severe problems with the Renault power-unit, caused their troubles at the first test.
"Obviously we're not happy with where we are right now but we still have a long way ahead of us," said Vettel.
"It's difficult to judge where we are. I haven't had much of the car yet. The first gut feeling is OK but we need more to judge the car. It is not that easy to find a quick fix. I think we understand the problems but it's not easy to find a solution.
"We had a problem with temperature in Jerez which we seemed to fix, at least with the couple of laps we could do. But very often you fix one problem and another one pops up."
All I can say is welcome back unreliability, you have been missed
Link to full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/26262506
RedBull woes Continue
posted on 21/2/14
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter Jennie Gow
"A bit of detail on the state of play with the Renault engines at the moment. They are not being able to run the full mapping and are about 100-150bhp down on the Mercedes and Ferrari. Teams are not being allowed to do any functionality testing - just running round in circles at a lot less power than everyone else. They have improved massively in a short space of time but there is still a long way to go."
posted on 21/2/14
Red Bull have suspended running for the day after discovering a mechanical problem.
posted on 21/2/14
Red Bull race engineering co-ordinator Andy Damerum said the team came across the mechanical problem, which they haven't encountered before, when making tweaks over lunch.
"Because of its nature it means we have to take the car apart," he said. "These issues are of course frustrating but this was unrelated to the others so it's just a case of tackling each issue as it appears. A tough night in prospect but we hope to get a good day in tomorrow."
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posted on 22/2/14
I think its the RedBull packaging, Newey likes to pack things quite tightly to improve Aero. He may have to rethink his approach.
They will get it right though, of that I have no doubts
posted on 22/2/14
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posted on 23/2/14
They will get it right though, of that I have no doubts
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unfortunately i think ur right
posted on 26/2/14
Red bull may have troubles to begin with but by Canada I accept them to have found their feet and come back fighting. If Ferrari, Mercedes and Mclaren want a shot of winning this title then getting big points on the board early is a must. If we have dilly dabbing like last season then I can see Red Bull coming through and winning this title .
posted on 26/2/14
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