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Webber woes continue after fuel mishap

As bad as things seemed for Mark Webber at the Malaysian Grand Prix, they've taken a sharp turn for the worse at the Chinese Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver was forced to start at the back of the grid for Sunday's race after running out of fuel in qualifying. Red Bull blamed a 'fuel bowser problem' for failing to put enough in the tank for Webber to complete a timed lap in the second stage of qualifying and make it back to the pits, with the Australian marooned out on the track. F1 rules dictate that any car which stops on track during qualifying must have at least a litre of fuel in its tank to provide a sample for stewards, but Webber's stricken Red Bull had only 150 millilitres.
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