Scuderia Toro Rosso's drivers Sebastien Buemi and Jaime
Alguersuari made it through to Q2 in yesterday's
qualifying sessions in Hungary but progressed no further
and will start today's grand prix from 15th and 17th
spots on the grid respectively. In the end the Toro
Rosso drivers' never looked like progressing through the
Q2 shootout and were two of the slowest three cars in
the session, split by the Force-India Mercedes of Tonio
Liuzzi, however they will both start this afternoon from
the "clean" side of the grid.
Sebastien Buemi
“I would say the car worked
well and the balance was quite good, even if I did not
feel so comfortable in the car up until now. At least I
finished in front of my team-mate, having been behind
him most of the weekend, which is every driver’s first
target. I think our main problem is still a lack of
downforce and pace, especially in the twisty corners in
the second sector. I think it will be a long and
difficult race, in which the key will be to try and make
up some places at the start, because after that moment,
it gets very hard to overtake other cars. Last year, I
was on the dirty side of the grid and made a very bad
start, so I hope that being on the clean side will be a
big improvement tomorrow.”
Jaime Alguersuari
“Not too bad today and
for me at least, I was on the limit of what the car
could do. We found a good setup for Q1, but maybe I had
a bit too much front wing in Q2 and the car was
oversteering too much. My lap times were all similar and
I think it was the best I could do today, even if I had
expected a little bit more from the upgrades we had
here. And just to make it clear, I was not held up by
Schumacher.”
Giorgio Ascanelli (Technical
Director)
“Today’s
performance was a little bit better than usual, as we
genuinely got both cars into Q2. By this I mean that
even if our two drivers have also been in Q2 in recent
races, it has usually been because of the misfortune or
mistakes of others. We have worked hard over the past
months to produce the updates we have brought here,
which have delivered something, but clearly it is still
not enough.”
Sebastien Buemi (STR5-02)
