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Scuderia
Toro Rosso's youngsters, Sebastien Buemi and Jaime
Alguersuari, will start today's Australian Grand Prix in
Melbourne from twelfth and seventeenth on the grid after
a solid performance during Saturday's final qualifying
session. Their qualifying pace mirrored the times they
set during the day's third and final free practice
session of the weekend at the wheel of the
Ferrari-powered STR5 cars.
Sebastien Buemi
(STR5-01)
“I am reasonably happy with today's
performance as I don't think I could have done much more and
I was unable to improve on my second set of soft tyres. I am
very happy to be twelfth as eleventh was too far out of my
reach as I was about five tenths off Hamilton. I hope we can
come up with a good strategy for tomorrow, because if we do,
then hopefully, I can finish in the points.”
Third free practice session: Best lap 1.26.104, pos.
12th, 21 laps; Qualifying: Best lap 1.25.638, pos.
12th , 17 laps.
Jaime
Alguersuari (STR5-03)
“I think my performance was quite
okay, especially with the harder tyre. Maybe if I had got
more out of the soft tyre I could have improved a place or
two. But because the track is not so long, the times are all
very close. I am quite happy with what I did today, as I am
getting closer to my team-mate's performance which is one of
my objectives. But there is still plenty of room for
improvement.”
Giorgio Ascanelli
(Technical Director)
"Both drivers did a good
job, even if Jaime made a mistake
at Turn 14, which he is unhappy about,
but I'm happy that he's unhappy about it! We have introduced
a few changes to the car since the last race and it has made
a difference today. It is too early to talk about an
improving
trend,
but if we can repeat
this type of qualifying performance in Malaysia, then that
would be a confirmation that we are moving forward. And what
a fantastic lap from Vettel in the Red Bull!"
Third free
practice session: Best lap 1.26.368, pos. 15th, 17 laps;
Qualifying: Best lap 1.26.089, pos. 17th, 16 laps.
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