Jaime Alguersuari became the youngest driver to ever take part in a grand prix weekend when the 19-year-old reigning British F3 champion got in the cockpit of the Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso for yesterday's two free practice sessions in Hungary. The Spanish youngster who had only ever driven an F1 car in a straight line test, turned in a solid performance, keeping the Red Bull-sponsored STR4 car on the island and posting times that were respectably close to his rookie team mate Sebastien Buemi.

However there had been much hope in the Toro Rosso team that a new aero upgrade introduced this weekend which has filtered down from the senior Red Bull squad would improve the fortunes of the Faenza-based team which has slipped right to the back of the grid in recent races, behind even the perennial backmarkers, the Force India team. Instead there was clear disappointment that the new package didn't offer any instant improvements and both Toro Rosso drivers remained rooted to the back of the f1 field in both practice sessions.

Sebastien Buemi (STR4-03): “We have the new package on the car here, but it’s not a magic trick, where you put something on the car and go a lot faster immediately. At the moment, we are trying to understand what it does in terms of car balance. It is definitely better and now our task is to get the most out of it. In between sessions there is not enough time to go in depth into the data, so this evening we will get a better picture. Generally, it has been a positive day and I think we can have a degree of confidence for qualifying. Having a new team-mate does not affect me that much as I drive my car on my own! The team seems happy and he produced a good performance.”