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Scuderia Toro Rosso
had an unrewarding afternoon in the heat of Bahrain today
with neither of the Ferrari-powered STR4 cars getting
anywhere near the top-10 order and at the chequered flag
Sebastien Bourdais was 13th fourth places ahead of his team
mate Sebastien Buemi.
Sebastien
Bourdais (STR4-02) Pos. 13th:
“It was a really good day for me,
except that I started so far back on the grid, which meant I
couldn’t get into the points. But clearly, the car was
working well and I had a good race pace. The team adopted
the right strategy starting me on Primes and after that I
was quite quick. It was nice to drive a race on the attack,
feeling comfortable with the car and I knew that with the
different strategies, I had to push right to the end,
running the Options. So, overall, I’m fairly happy with this
result. Now, I’m looking forward to Barcelona and updates on
the car as I’m sure they will make a big difference. 13th is
nothing special, no points, but I can be pleased with the
day’s work.”
Sebastien Buemi
(STR4-01) Pos. 17th: “I’m
not happy with the way it went today. It was very difficult
and it could have been better. My start was bad with a lot
of wheelspin, losing places and then I was unable to attack
and sliding a lot. I am not sure why I struggled with the
car, as it’s behaviour was really strange. I was not
concerned by the heat and gave my maximum from start to
finish. At least I finished, which is a good experience, but
there is nothing much else to say apart from the fact I was
slow and had a bad weekend!”
Franz Tost: “ Given
we were far back on the grid, the race was not so bad,
especially with Bourdais who drove a very good second stint,
on new Options and was around 1.5s quicker than in the first
one. For Buemi, it was good he finished the race to get more
mileage and experience and so far he is improving
constantly. Unfortunately, a piece of debris from a BMW
ended up wedged on his front wing, which meant he suffered
with understeer. The team also worked well in the difficult
conditions. We look forward to the next race in Spain, when
we will have some updates to the rear diffuser, giving us
more downforce. The entire field is very closely matched and
so the key to doing well on Sunday is to qualify well, which
is difficult, given you have around five cars in a tenth, so
that getting out of Q1 involves being very well prepared.”
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