Singapore tram firm strike back at Red Bull

The company responsible for Singapore’s tram network has refuted suggestions that one of their vehicles forced Mark Webber out of the Singapore Grand Prix. Red Bull had suggested that the transmission problem which messed up the Australian’s gears at Turn 13 had been caused by static electricity from a nearby tram. But Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit have - after a strange delay - denied that his was the case.

“There is no MRT track beneath Turn 13,” an SMRT official said, possibly whilst giving the Vs. “The nearest MRT tunnel is about 200 metres away with a depth of about ten metres. And train wheels and running wheels do not generate static electricity.”

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You’re messing with my electrics, man!

Red Bull believe Mark Webber’s Singapore Grand Prix may have been ended to a tram. The Australian was on course for a podium finish when he had to be rolled into the garage with transmission problems - his first mechanical retirement of the season.