Vettel was optimistic when questioned about the car's potential: Sebastian Vettel, who (since joining Scuderia Toro Rosso) makes it a habit to name his racing cars, named his Red Bull RB5 'Kate' and after crashing it at Melbourne's Albert Park, he named his new chassis 'Kate's Dirty Sister'. Testing Initial tests of the RB5 at Jerez were halted when high gearbox oil temperatures were detected. When the issue was resolved the RB5 was the quickest 2009 specification car at Jerez, where Vettel was faster than the equivalent Williams, McLaren and Renault cars. Webber returned to the cockpit after breaking his leg while cycling in November 2008; he completed 83 laps in the RB5, around the distance of a Grand Prix, and reported no problems whilst lapping faster than Vettel the previous day. Season performance Early in the season the car showed huge performance with Vettel taking the first win for the team in China with Webber in second place giving the team their first 1-2 ever. As the season progressed the car continued to show its pace and by the mid-season its pace had increased to the point where it had overtaken the Brawn BGP 001 as the fastest car on the grid. The car started the season with a narrow needle like nose (as was the common practice for that year.) However, for the , the nose was replaced with a flatter wider nose. This design was used by Red Bull for the remainder of the V8 era. Complete Formula One results (key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Driver failed to finish, but was classified as they had completed >90% of the race distance. Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance completed. References External links 2009 Formula One season cars Red Bull RB05