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After a victory drought spanning the opening three races of the 2012 season, Red Bull broke through with Sebastian Vettel’s familiar win-from-pole triumph in Bahrain last weekend.<\/p>\nRed Bull has poured cold water on expectations the reigning back to back world champions could be set to resume their reign over formula one.<\/p>\n
After a victory drought spanning the opening three races of the 2012 season, Red Bull broke through with Sebastian Vettel’s familiar win-from-pole triumph in Bahrain last weekend.<\/p>\n
It means he has leapt to the top of the drivers’ standings, while the Milton Keynes based team is now 9 points clear of its nearest rival, McLaren.<\/p>\n
“King Sebastian is back!” exclaimed the authoritative Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport after Bahrain.<\/p>\n
“Vettel and Red Bull dominated like old times.<\/p>\n
“They have worked hard in recent weeks to have a great car again, so it will be difficult once again to take the throne from Sebastian.”<\/p>\n
The energy drink-owned camp, however, is not so bullish.<\/p>\n
“To predict our performance in Bahrain just a week after what happened in China would have been tricky,” said team boss Christian Horner, referring to Vettel’s fifth place in Shanghai.<\/p>\n
“I am sure that with 16 races to go, we are going to see a lot more variation.”<\/p>\n
24-year-old Vettel agrees that, despite the familiar pole-and-victory in Bahrain, 2012 is not the same as 2011, when the RB7 car utterly dominated F1.<\/p>\n
“We’re not as confident as we used to be,” he is quoted by the Sun newspaper, “so small things can make a difference in qualifying and have a big impact on the race.<\/p>\n
“We’ve only had four races but I’m not entirely happy with where we are.”<\/p>\n
Vettel will be back in action next week, when F1 moves to the Mugello circuit in central Italy for a rare in-season test.<\/p>\n
“In Italy we’ll be able to test and evaluate a lot of things and get the car in a happier place for Barcelona,” he said.<\/p>\n
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