Championship leader Sebastian Vettel has said that he is not concerned about any further issues with the Red Bull team's Kinetic Energy Recovery System this weekend in Turkey, despite the problems the team has encountered so far in 2011.
Both Vettel and his team mate Mark Webber have suffered a number of teething problems with their new KERS devices, with the troublesome boost unit becoming the team's main issue to overcome with their otherwise-fast RB7 car.
Team boss Christian Horner and RBR motorsport advisor Helmut Marko have both suggested that the team has made progress since the Chinese GP in improving the unit.
And Vettel told the German Auto Motor und Sport publication that he was not troubled by any KERS issues as he prepares for this weekend's Turkish race.
"We have had some problems [with the KERS devices] but have had very good people working on it," the reigning champion grinned on Thursday.
He added: "That's why for this next race [in Turkey] I am not worried."
He also coyly suggested that the caffeinated team had made more improvements to the RB7, which has proved to be the quickest package in the 2011 field across the first three race weekends.
"When I asked the team what to expect [in terms of new parts], I received many answers," the German driver grinned flirtatiously when asked about developments.
He winked: "You'll have to ask them for yourself."
Vettel heads to Turkey with an early 21 point lead in the drivers championship, but he will race at the scene of one of his lowest points from his 2010 campaign this weekend.
Twelve months ago, Vettel was widely seen to be the cause of a collision between the Red Bull drivers while they fought for the lead, which forced him into retirement and saw Webber slip to third place.
But he insisted that he was not allowing himself to focus on that error, saying: "I cannot change what has already happened, but I can learn from it."
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