With Red Bull team principal Christian Horner claiming a spare power unit was not ready for his team after Daniel Ricciardo's
turbo failure in FP3 in China — something he attributed to a shortage of spare parts at this stage of the season — Abiteboul clarified: «No, there is absolutely no shortage.
When a
dramatic turbo failure on lap 13 put him out for the third race in a row, Alboreto didn't simply stop at the side of the road.
It is my first VW and for a while I felt like chicken little waiting for the sky to fall after reading
about turbo failures and HPFP failures.
Sebastian Vettel led a Ferrari 1 - 2 in final practice in China but for Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo it was a morning to forget as his RB14 suffered a
suspected turbo failure.
Both DPi Nissans retired from the race throughout the night, too; one
with turbo failure, the other suffered gearbox issues.
A turbo failure in FP3 left the team with a monster job to get the engine changed, which they managed with just a few minutes to go in Q1.
Then during FP3 in China,
a turbo failure almost threatened to leave the Aussie on the sidelines for qualifying altogether.
But I have to admit I almost wish I never checked out some of the forums where
the turbo failures are being discussed and mass panic seems to be the order of the day.