Toro Rosso's struggling weekend at Silverstone continued right through yesterday's 60-lap British Grand Prix as Sebastien Bourdais, fresh from his podium finish in the Le Mans 24 Hours the previous weekend, retired after colliding with Hekki Kovalainen's McLaren while team mate Sebastien Buemi rounded out the surviving runners at the flag in a distant 18th place and one lap down. While the sister Red Bull squad scored a resounding 1-2 victory on Sunday afternoon at the front of the pack, the Faenza-based team showed a distinct lack of pace all weekend and now must wait until the Hungarian Grand Prix to receive new updates to the car that it hopes will propel it forward in the field.

Sebastien Buemi (STR4-03) Pos. 18th

“It was a very tough race and we struggled to be on the pace and now we must try and work out why, as we have been quicker than this earlier in the weekend. On worn tyres especially, the car was very difficult to drive. Nürburgring will be another difficult weekend, but we are due to get some updates for Hungary, which will allow us to be more competitive and perform much better.”

“Regarding my collision with Kovalainen, he changed line twice. At the exit to Stowe, I was on the normal line and he went to the inside, I moved to the outside, then he moved over so I moved across to the other side and he changed again. He braked early, because he’d only just left the pits on full tanks and cold tyres. I was trying to out-brake him, but he should not have changed line like that. It was frustrating and then at the end I lost water pressure and had to stop in the garage.”