Webber's Frustration

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Mark Webber voiced his frustrations with Red Bull's poor reliability after retiring from seventh place in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

The Australian had earlier lost pace when the fuel flap became jammed open after his first stop - adversely affecting the car's aerodynamics.

"We had the flap up in the second stint - the same thing we had in Melbourne, and the same thing I've had with this car since day one," Webber told ITV Sport's Louise Goodman.

"It's frustrating to say the least, and it's not good enough.

"Then we get ourselves back in position again and I don't know what failed, it could be one of many things."

He did not take any consolation from the car's improved performance, and admitted that he was getting impatient.

"Whether you stop on the first lap or the last lap, the result is the same," Webber said.

"I've been here too often."

Team boss Christian Horner said he empathised with his angry driver.

"We need to get on top of these reliability issues very quickly, as obviously they're unacceptable," Horner admitted.

Webber's teammate David Coulthard was one of the stars of the race - rapidly moving forward from 21st on the grid.

A strong start and a series of early passes brought Coulthard into the top ten, and he subsequently overtook Webber and Giancarlo Fisichella to earn seventh before a driveshaft failure halted him on lap 36.

He felt that his choice of an aggressive strategy had been fully vindicated.

"I think we were on a more racey strategy here," said Coulthard.

"Typically from the back you'd go for one stop and running long, but as we saw in Malaysia going one stop didn't give me a chance to overtake.

"I felt that my racing ability would maybe give us more of an advantage, so that's why we went for the shorter strategy."