Webber urges Red Bull to solve issues

Webber and teammate David Coulthard had a torrid time in Valencia, neither driver making it through to Q3 or scoring points as sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso delivered the most competitive showing of their short history.

And that performance, Red Bull Racing's fourth consecutive non-point finish, has left Webber adamant that things have to be turned around.

"It is dead boring, but we do seriously need to go through a lot of things because we've been on the ropes since P1," Webber told autosport.com. "We got smashed in the race as well.

"I am sure we will dig our lot on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday but unfortunately the knock-out hits have already been served. Whatever way we skin the cat here, we didn't start well and we didn't finish well."

Although some of Red Bull Racing's deficit to Toro Rosso can be explained by their relative engines, other factors such as set-up and operational procedures have played a role in the recent form of the two teams.

"Well, it is not just the engine, no," said Webber. "This is a vicious industry, and when you get nailed you can get nailed pretty quick. We are in that situation; we have a bit of a hole in the boat at the moment.

"We started the season off really well, getting lots of points and being bloody reliable and things were going our way. Then, it all started at the Hockenheim test and we have struggled since then - we haven't been competitive in any session, anywhere or any race.

"We are on the limit in qualifying to get through to Q3, and with a tenth we could have gone through, but we would still have got smashed in the race.

"Other people must be putting some performance on their cars or we are doing something with our cars that we don't quite understand."