Both Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers made
it through to the second qualifying session in China
this afternoon to end up with a solid mid-table grid
position, Jaime Alguersuari, who scored his first ever
F1 points last time out, eventually pipping his team
mate Sebastien Buemi, who lost most of yesterday's
running due to a freak double front wishbone failure, by
a tenth of a second with the pair setting the twelfth
and thirteenth quickest times.
Sebastien Buemi: “I had no problem with getting back in the car
after what happened yesterday,
although of course the lack of track
time affected me. In any case
the team did a good job to rebuild the car so that I could run
trouble free today. To be honest, I was expecting to get a better grid
position, but it’s understandable when you don’t drive on Friday. As
for the race, we have gone for a compromise setting that should
also work if the predicted rain arrives tomorrow. P13 is not
too far away from the points, so let’s wait and see what we can do.”
Jaime Alguersuari: “We are getting
closer to Q3 and I think we did a good job so far this weekend,
especially as it’s my first time at this track. I expect we can have a
good race tomorrow, as the car works well over a distance, running
consistently and we seem to have got it to work better than in
Malaysia. We will have to wait and see what the weather brings, but I think
I have a realistic chance of scoring points tomorrow, whether it is
wet or dry, so I would prefer it if it does not rain.”
Giorgio Ascanelli:
“I don’t like having all
our eggs in one basket, so we split them, with one car anticipating
rain tomorrow and one with a downforce level more suited for the dry.
Guess which one was fastest today. Tomorrow we will see what
happens! The team worked efficiently, making no mistakes. Both drivers did a
good job and in Buemi’s case, we could not have expected more from him,
after he got no running yesterday. I’m glad we sorted out the
problem on his car quickly, so I’d say that, overall, things are looking up!”
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