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A lacklustre Monaco Grand Prix for Toro
Rosso saw the Italian team as the only
running cars not to score points, however a
post race penalty for another competitor
meant that Sebastien Buemi (above) was able
to collect his first point of the year. |
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A
lacklustre Monaco Grand Prix for Toro Rosso yesterday
saw the Italian team as the only running cars not to
score points when the chequered flag was unfurled after
78 laps, however a post race penalty for another
competitor meant that Sebastien Buemi, who crossed the
line in eleventh spot was able to collect his first
point of the year. The 20-second penalty handed to
Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher also meant that Jaime
Alguersuari, who followed his team mate home, (both on
the lead lap), was elevated one place after the stewards
verdict to eleventh spot.
The Faenza-based Toro Rosso team
now has four world championship points after six grands
prix and is in eighth place in the constructors'
standings while Alguersuari has three points (two from
Malaysia and one last time out in Spain) and Buemi is
finally off the mark with one point; they are fourteenth
and fifteenth in the drivers' standings respectively.
Sebastien Buemi
(STR5-02) Pos. 10th
“It was a good race for me in
the sense that I was able to finish without any
accidents or technical problems and I finished ahead of
my team-mate and it’s great to also get my first point,
even if I did not take it on the track. Maybe we could
have done a little bit better with a slightly different
strategy, as I was doing some good lap times, but after
I pitted, I found myself behind Liuzzi and then I was
eleventh throughout. It was not a particularly exciting
race for me: at the start, as Hulkenberg didn’t get off
the line, it meant I had a better run when the lights
went out and my only worry was when I ran over some
debris from Barrichello’s accident. I expect we should
be competitive in Turkey in two weeks time.”
Jaime Alguersuari
(STR5-03) Pos. 11th
“On Saturday, my qualifying did
not go well, as I ended up seventeenth, so the main
objective today was to finish the race, and gain
experience for next year in Monaco. You cannot expect
more on this track as it is very hard to overtake,
especially as the man ahead of me was my team-mate, so
you cannot take such a risk. I only had one little
moment, when I spun at turn 1, but it didn’t lose me a
position. On the plus side both our cars finished the
race, which in itself is an achievement here. Now, I
just want to try and do better in Turkey, which will be
another new track for me.”
Franz Tost (Team
Principal)
“First of all,
congratulations to Red Bull Racing for a fantastic job:
to finish first and second in Monaco is really exciting
and something special. As for ourselves, our race here
was compromised by our qualifying performance, as
everyone knows overtaking is quite difficult here.
Therefore, I did not expect much more than this result.
We can take some satisfaction for getting both cars to
the finish at this difficult circuit. It was also very
important for Sebastien as because of some bad luck at
the previous races, today’s result was his first finish
of the season and thanks to another driver’s penalty he
also secured his first point and an additional one for
the team. Jaime will also benefit from his 78 laps this
afternoon, which will be good experience for him when he
returns next year. Now, we hope to put ourselves into
points scoring positions on a more regular basis,
starting in Turkey at the next round.”
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