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Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi posted times
comfortably inside the top-ten during both
of today's two opening practice sessions in
Melbourne while team mate Jaime Alguersuari
got to grips with the track on his first
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Toro
Rosso's Sebastien Buemi posted best lap times comfortably
inside the top-ten on the time sheets during both of today's
two opening practice sessions in Melbourne while his Spanish
team mate Jaime Alguersuari spent his time getting to grips
with the Australian city street track on his first visit.
The Swiss driver, now in his second
F1 season with the team
from Faenza in Italy, was eighth quickest in the day's opening
session and sixth fastest in the second, at the wheel of the
Red Bull-sponsored, Ferrari-powered, Toro Rosso STR5,
although with changing weather conditions it meant that the
lap times set today by the F1 teams were particularly
representative.
Sebastien
Buemi (STR5-01)
“I was quite happy
with the way things went, even if the weather was not so
good. Unlike Bahrain, I managed to complete all the sessions
which is positive. Now we have to analyse the data from FP2
as it should give us a good picture of tyre behaviour in all
conditions – wet, dry, high and low fuel – working mainly in
race trim. We are quite confident that we can be well
prepared for qualifying and the race. A good day’s work.”
First Practice
Session: Best lap 1.28.014, pos. 8th, 21 laps; Second
Practice Session: Best lap 1.26.832, pos. 6th, 29 laps
Jaime
Alguersuari (STR5-03)
“It is my first
time here and I think it is an amazing track. It’s a
pleasure to be here in Melbourne, because everyone had told
me what a great event this is. Luckily the weather was with
us in the first session, so I was able to enjoy learning the
track and I was quick. This afternoon in the wet in the
second session, of course there was a lot less grip, which
is made worse by the fact this is a street circuit. All the
same, driving for 90 minutes in the different conditions was
very useful. A positive start.”
First Practice
Session: Best lap 1.28.572, pos. 13th, 21 laps; Second
Practice Session: Best lap 1.30.510, pos. 19th, 43 laps
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