By Les Tan
Mark Webber, driving a Red Bull Renault, has the dubious distinction of being the first driver ever to crash at the Singapore Grand Prix when he hit the wall during practise after only a few laps. (Photo ©Â Les Tan/Red Sports)
According to a Reuters story, just one can of Red Bull increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. Red Bull is banned in Norway, Uruguay and Denmark for health reasons.
Scott Willoughby, lead researcher from the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, said Red Bull may be dangerous when a drinker has stress or high blood pressure.
“If you have any predisposition to cardiovascular disease, I’d think twice about drinking it,” he said.
Red Bull sponsors an F1 team and last weekend at the Singapore Grand Prix, Red Bull driver Mark Webber retired from the race on Lap 29 because of transmission problems. The team suspects that the MRT train running underground generated static that caused Webber gear problems.
“A tram line runs beneath the track at that corner and it seems as if static from a passing train at the very moment Mark was in the corner passed through the ground,” Christian Horner, Red Bull Team Principal, told British magazine Autosport.
Maybe Webber got so buzzed drinking Red Bull he just forgot to change gears.
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