Webber mystified by lack of pace
Mark Webber was baffled by the lack of pace from his Red Bull Racing car after finishing near the bottom of the times in practice at Magny-Cours
"It wasn't one of our better Fridays, it's a good thing it wasn't Saturday today," said Webber after posting the 16th fastest time in the afternoon session.
"At least we have a chance to work through everything tonight and understand how we can get more performance from the car.
"After a very encouraging Barcelona test, it's suddenly a bit of a mystery here how to get comfortable with the car. But, we'll work tonight and try to get a better set-up ahead of qualifying tomorrow," added the Australian, who has qualified in the top ten in the last four races.
Teammate David Coulthard had a better day after posting the 10th fastest time.
"There was some initial graining on the tyres early in the session, but it improved as the track rubbered in," he said.
"It was a pretty normal Friday practice for us, we managed to work through all of our programme and now we'll look at the data to see what we can do for tomorrow."
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