Swiss youngster Sebastien Buemi continued to impress in his rookie F1 season: in the rain soaked Chinese Grand Prix held in Shanghai yesterday he claimed his second helping of championship points in three grands prix for the Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso team.

Team mate Sebastien Bourdais didn't collect any points yesterday as he worked his way up from 15th place on the grid to 11th at the chequered flag. However Toro Rosso are now on sitting on 4 constructors' championship points which puts them equal with the Renault and BMW teams and just ahead of Williams-Toyota (3.5 points) while Ferrari and Force India-Mercedes have both failed so far to get off the mark.

Sebastien Buemi (STR4-01) Pos. 8th: “I am very happy as the team did a super job so that we got another point to take away from here. I am pleased that in three races, I have scored twice. Maybe I could have done a little bit better, but I’m happy all the same. We were very competitive in the early stages and I got past Raikkonen and Hamilton, but after that I struggled a bit. I think it was one of my hardest races ever. As for the incident with Vettel, it happened under Safety Car conditions: I didn’t see him and I tried to swerve to the right, but it was not enough to avoid him. We changed the wing on my car and I’m glad I didn’t spoil his race.”

Sebastien Bourdais (STR4-02) Pos. 11th: “I started fifteenth and finished eleventh, even with a couple of spins. I’ve got mixed feelings, because I don’t think we should have raced as there was so much aquaplaning. The fact the cars have a lot less downforce this year, aggravates the situation as it’s hard to get the car down onto the track surface. I could have spun 15 or 20 times and Sutil’s crash showed what could have happened. The one positive thing is that it was probably a good show for the fans.”