{"id":18381,"date":"2013-05-28T07:15:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T11:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=18381"},"modified":"2013-05-28T07:15:15","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T11:15:15","slug":"buemi-the-key-to-red-bulls-monaco-turnaround","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/buemi-the-key-to-red-bulls-monaco-turnaround\/","title":{"rendered":"Buemi the key to Red Bull&#8217;s Monaco turnaround"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Test driver Sebastien Buemi was the key to Red Bull&#8217;s turnaround on the streets of Monaco, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" alt=\"Sebastien-Buemi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2012-rif-images\/f1-12-drivers\/Sebastien-Buemi.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/>On Thursday in the Principality, the RB9 did not look like a competitive car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were one second too slow,&#8221; Dr Helmut Marko told Servus TV.<\/p>\n<p>But by Saturday, Sebastian Vettel was disappointed to have just missed pole position.<\/p>\n<p>Marko said Buemi, Red Bull&#8217;s Swiss test driver, had turned no fewer than 400 laps in the simulator at Milton-Keynes, seeking a solution.<\/p>\n<p>Buemi then headed to Monaco, and according to Auto Motor und Sport, he was spotted at Heathrow airport with two huge boxes of baggage &#8212; reportedly new front wings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On Saturday we were on the pace,&#8221; said Marko.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the initial problems, we are more than happy with the result &#8212; we have been able to extend our lead in both championships,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Test driver Sebastien Buemi was the key to Red Bull&#8217;s turnaround on the streets of Monaco, it has emerged. On Thursday in the Principality, the RB9 did not look like a competitive car. &#8220;We were one second too slow,&#8221; Dr Helmut Marko told Servus TV. But by Saturday, Sebastian Vettel was disappointed to have just &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[1628,5262,5340,4477,129,261,4476],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18382,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18381\/revisions\/18382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}