F1: Red Bull identifies Kvyat's problem

Daniil Kvyat was unable to start last Sunday's Australian Grand Prix because a lack of oil pressure caused the gearbox to overheat, according to the Red Bull Formula 1 team.

Kvyat, who joined Red Bull this season from Toro Rosso, stopped on track after being unable to select a gear on his way to the grid.

"After investigating post-race, we found that the reason Daniil's gearbox overheated and was unable to select a gear on the way to the grid was due to a lack of oil pressure," Red Bull's chief engineer Paul Monaghan explained. "As a factory, we have been working hard to make sure it doesn't happen again.

"Last year the progress we made from the third test to the first race was significant and one of our strengths is our development rate. We have the best team in place to repeat our success and we are working as hard as we can to improve as much as possible ahead of Malaysia."

Kvyat added: TThe first weekend was challenging, but we learned many things. Of course, the race wasn't as I would have liked but it happened this way and now I'm just looking forward to the challenges ahead.

"It's good Malaysia is so soon. After Australia, I wanted to leave the weekend behind me as soon as possible and start focusing on Malaysia. We have good potential which we will be looking to use and hope to extract."

The second Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo finished the Melbourne race, but was a lapped sixth.

Originally on Autosport.com