Toro Rosso continued to demonstrate its recent improvement in form during yesterday's Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos and seventh place for Sebastien Buemi ended a points scoring drought for the Italian team that had extended to nine races since it had last troubled the scorers with eighth place for the now-departed Sebastien Bourdais at the Monaco Grand Prix in May.

For Buemi, who was in the thick of the race action all afternoon in the Ferrari-powered STR4, it was his first time in the points since the third race of what is his inaugural F1 season, the Chinese Grand Prix. His 19-year-old team mate Jaime Alguersuari started from twelfth on the grid in the Red Bull-owned-and-sponsored car and had an uneventful afternoon's work to finish as the final classified runner in fourteenth place, one lap down.

Two championship points yesterday takes Buemi's tally to five for the season but keeps the young Swiss rookie in seventeenth place in the drivers' title race. Alguersuari hasn't scored any points yet, with Bourdais' two points (one point each in Australia and Monaco) being the only other points to be scored by the team which has seven constructors' points now and is in tenth place in the standings.

Sebastien Buemi (STR4-03): “It was a very difficult race for me, as I had to push hard every lap, but in the end to come away with points for the first time since China is a good result, for me and for the team, who did a good job today. My start was difficult, as I was sandwiched between Kubica and Rosberg at the first corner, so they got past me, which was a shame. However, we did not have a particularly strong race pace, so we must look at the data to try and understand why. I have mixed feelings because after our performance on Friday I had hoped to finish in the top five, so although the points are nice, it’s not as good as I expected. Now we can look forward to Abu Dhabi where we must try and build on this result and keep moving forward.”

Jaime Alguersuari (STR4-01): “I am happy to have finished the race and I feel I am still making progress and learning every time I go out on track. My start was quite good and I managed to get past Kobayashi. But I was on the wrong side for the start and other cars began going past me as I was slow in a straight line. After that, I was stuck in traffic and from then on my race was always going to be tough. When I had a clear track I could be quicker and overall, I feel I have improved again this weekend.”