Car issue could shut down F1 team's Wednesday afternoon in Bahrain

15:57, 11 Feb
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After Aston Martin, Racing Bulls has also encountered issues on Day 1 of the first Bahrain pre-season test, GPblog understands.
The VCARB 03's issue concerns a fluid leak, GPblog has learned. This also likely means that the car will not return to track today in Bahrain.
Arvid Lindblad was in action today in Sakhir for the Faenza-based team. He has completed 75 laps up until now, and his fastest lap time is 1:37.945.
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Photo: Race Pictures

Aston Martin also doing precautionary checks on the AMR26's power unit

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Racing Bulls is the second team to run into problems at the Bahrain International Circuit. Aston Martin is currently not on track after detecting data anomaly this afternoon. Therefore, precautionary checks are carried out at the moment.
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