Neither Toro Rosso driver made the finish line in the second running of the Singapore Grand Prix last night with both retiring with mechanical issues late in the race after they had been earlier compromised by fuel rig problems caused when Jaime Alguersuari drove away from his second stop with the nozzle still attached.

The young Spaniard had tried to pull away from the pits, before he received the instruction from the mechanic with the lollypop, with the fuel line still hooked-up, much like Ferrari's Felipe Massa did at the same race last year. It meant that when team mate Sebastien Buemi arrived for his scheduled stop the damaged fuel rig failed to work and he lost valuable time before retiring in the pits on lap 47 of 61 with gearbox problems. Alguersuari was also retired in the pits on the same lap when the team became aware that he had a problem with his brakes during his final pitstop.

Sebastien Buemi (STR4-03): “The start was good for me as I got past Kimi and was going well, but towards the end of the first run, I began to suffer with tyre degradation. The first pit stop went well and I rejoined in P12. After that the Safety Car came out, bunching up the field. I was behind Kimi again and pushing hard until my second pit stop, when we had a big problem as no fuel went in and I had to come in again. Finally, I had an issue with the gearbox which meant I had to stop. I am very disappointed that we had reliability problems in a race where we might have got a good result.”

Jaime Alguersuari (STR4-02): “It would have been difficult for me to do better today, as conditions in the race in terms of the track and the heat were very tough. I ran at my own pace and then I was stopped with a brake problem. Now we go to Suzuka where I hope to do better and finish the race with no technical issues.”