There
were no points on offer for Scuderia Toro Rosso in the
British Grand Prix yesterday as Sebastien Buemi was the
only representative of the Italian team to still be
running at the finish, albeit down in twelfth place,
while team mate Jaime Alguersuari retired on lap 44 with
brake problems. Buemi finished the 52 lap race 47.6
seconds behind the winning Red Bull of Mark Webber
having climbed up the order after starting from
sixteenth place on the grid. It leaves Toro Rosso in
still ninth place and with ten points in the
constructors' championship with the first ten rounds of
the season completed.
Sebastien Buemi (STR5-02) Pos. 12th
“It did not go well for me
today. In terms of our strategy, after my tyre change, I
came out behind Liuzzi who had not pitted, so I spent
around ten laps behind him, using my front tyres a lot
and when the Safety Car went in, I had a lot of graining
on my front left tyre. By the time that cleared up, I
was able to put in some good lap times, but by then it
was too late to do much. I am disappointed because I
think one point might have been possible today, so we
did not do a good job.”
Jaime Alguersuari (STR5-03)
Retired
“Of course I am disappointed
not to have finished, but I was quite happy with my race
up to that point, because the pace was there, I felt
comfortable with the car and was getting faster as the
race progressed. The team did a perfect job with my pit
stop strategy. As usual, I suffer a bit at tracks I have
not driven before, having to learn them from Friday to
Saturday, but from Hungary onwards, I will have had that
experience from last season, which will make life
easier.”
Franz Tost (Team Principal)
“At the end of the first
lap, Sebastien came round in eleventh place, which
looked quite encouraging, but then he dropped down the
order. We decided to call him in for his pit stop a bit
earlier than planned, as his lap times were not so good.
After this, he then found himself stuck behind Liuzzi
for several laps. The fact that he set the eighth
fastest lap time in the race shows the potential of the
car. As for Jaime, he drove a good race up until the
moment when he had a brake problem with seven laps to go
and had to retire. We will now investigate the cause of
this failure. It was a shame for him, as, towards the
end of the race, he had the pace to close on Hulkenberg.
In two weeks time we go to Hockenheim, where we must try
and do better.”
