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Toro Rosso's drivers, Sebastien Buemi and
Jaime Alguersuari, spent Friday getting to
grips with Montreal on their first visit to
the track, while the team looked to improve
on an unimpressive pace ahead of qualifying
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Both Toro Rosso drivers', Sebastien Buemi and Jaime
Alguersuari, spent Friday's free practice sessions
getting to grips with Montreal on their first visit to
the Canadian track, while the Italian team looked to
improve the unimpressive pace of the Ferrari V8-powered
STR5 ahead of today's crunch qualifying session.
Sebastien Buemi (STR5-02)
“I have never driven here
before and it takes some time to learn the track,
dealing with the lack of grip from the surface and being
careful of the walls that are so close to you.
Therefore, it is hard to find the limit as the car is
moving around a lot. You need to know the circuit really
well before you can push hard. At least we had a clean
day with no technical issues which is important for the
rest of the weekend. Now, having learned my way round, I
can expect a better day tomorrow, although we don’t seem
very competitive at the moment.”
First Practice Session -
Best lap 1.20.320, pos. 16th, 27 laps; Second Practice
Session - Best lap 1.19.168, pos. 17th, 32 laps
Jaime Alguersuari (STR5-03)
“Another new track for me and
it is a difficult one to learn because there was very
little grip today and the walls are very close. I need
to do more laps and tomorrow I will be in a position to
push harder, with what I have learned so far. I think
the lap times will come and the important thing now is
to stay calm. We have seen quite a bit of degradation,
which will be a factor in the race. For qualifying, I
think we have the potential to do well in Q2. In terms
of brakes, which are important here, it was quite good
and I know we can learn a bit more now by studying the
data regarding the braking points and the retardation
rates on the pedal. As long as it doesn’t rain tomorrow,
I expect to improve a lot before Sunday.”
First Practice Session -
Best lap 1.20.823, pos. 18th, 28 laps; Second Practice
Session - Best lap 1.19.274, pos. 18th, 41 laps
Laurent Mekies (Chief
Engineer)
“We ran a usual
Friday programme, completing everything on the job list,
with much of the focus on getting used to the low level
of downforce and to compare the two types of tyre
compound. I think we are heading into a very interesting
weekend, because the track seems to be harder on the
tyres than we had initially expected, so we have seen
everyone in the field having quite high tyre
degradation, which should make for a good race. We also
evaluated different levels of downforce. Everything went
smoothly and now we must work on improving the car
balance for tomorrow.”
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