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Scuderia Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi
carried his improved Friday form into this afternoon's
qualifying session in Valencia and the young Swiss rookie
made it through to the Q2 phase to eventually secure
fifteenth place on the grid for tomorrow's European Grand
Prix. His 19-year-old team mate Jaime Alguersuari continued
his steep learning curve to wind up in qualifying in
nineteenth spot, just piping Ferrari's Luca Badoer who is
making his F1 return (as well as Ferrari debut) after 10
years away from the sport, on the timesheets. Alguersuari
will be starting his second ever grand prix tomorrow.
Both of the Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso
cars have new upgrades this weekend, including new front
wings, components that have filtered down from the
title-chasing senior Red Bull squad. Toro Rosso's Technical
Director Giorgio Ascanelli commented after the qualifying
session: “Not much to say: we got one car through to Q2 and
both cars have
run reliably over the past two days.”
Sebastien Buemi
(STR4-03):
“Even though I got into Q2, I’m a bit
disappointed, because in Q1 I was sixth with a good lap time
and then in Q2, we did not manage the tyre situation well,
especially on my “out” lap and I ended up doing worse than
in Q1. Now we must look at what happened, because I think I
might even have had the possibility to get into Q3. We are
making progress.”
Third Practice
Session: Best lap 1.40.118, pos. 11th, 12 laps; Qualifying
Session: Best lap 1.39.514, pos. 15th
Jaime Alguersuari
(STR4-02): “I know what I am capable of and with this being
only my second F1 qualifying session, I have to be patient.
I am happy that even though this track is longer than at my
first race in Hungary, the gap to the drivers ahead of me is
getting smaller. I am feeling more confident in the car
every time I drive it. It’s going to be tough tomorrow as it
seems to be getting hotter and hotter. I think I can do a
good job in the race, bring the car home and hopefully end
up at least in the top fifteen.”
Third Practice
Session: Best lap 1.41.125, pos. 19th, 12 laps; Qualifying
Session: Best lap 1.39.925, pos. 19th
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