Sebastien Buemi failed to capitalise on his strong qualifying showing in this afternoon's Hungarian Grand Prix and the young Swiss Toro Rosso driver fell back down the order, spinning twice, to finish sixteenth and last, and was along the way passed by his debuting team mate Jaime Alguersuari who despite his inexperience claimed a very good fifteenth spot. The 19-year-old Spaniard dismissed pre-race talk that his inexperience could make him a danger out on the race track and he did a solid job. The team's new updates this weekend, which have filtered down from the senior Red Bull squad, gave the Faenza, Italy-based Toro Rosso team some hope for improvement to its fading form and further updates due at the next grand prix are also in the pipeline.

Jaime Alguersuari (STR4-02): “I am very happy to have finished, but the last five laps were very difficult from the physical point of view. I found it hard to keep the car on the pace, but I am very satisfied. P15 is not so bad, but the main objective was to complete the 70 laps, with no mistakes, maintaining my pace. I have learned a lot but I have to say there are some aspects of F1 which made me think, ‘shit this is tough.”

Sebastien Buemi (STR4-03): “I am very disappointed with this race, as I made a lot of mistakes and I am not at all happy with my performance. I don’t think starting on the harder tyres was the right decision. I lost several places at the start and got stuck in traffic. Just a bad race. The car was good, as we showed in qualifying but today I was the one who made the mistakes. The only positive thing is that the car is definitely improved with this new package.”