It leaves the Faenza, Italy-based team with eleven constructors' points with just two races remaining and after breaking a six-race pointless streak last time out in Japan (where Buemi collected a point for finishing in tenth place) the Red Bull-owned outfit wasn't able to add to its tally today.

Jaime Alguersuari (STR5-01)

“We missed out on a good opportunity to score points today, so I am very disappointed, because just getting to the finish was an achievement given how many cars did not manage to do that. I obviously lost out most during the pit stop, when a technical problem meant I went into the pits in ninth place and came out in fifteenth place. Throughout the race, I lacked speed down the long straights and that is why it was hard to move back up the order, then at the end, when I had finally managed to get into the points, I could do nothing against Hulkenberg, who was faster in a straight line and was on new tyres. It is hard to be competitive when you lack the top speed, because it also means we ran less downforce than others in order to make up for that, so it is harder to manage the tyres in this situation. I just hope we can have a better weekend in Brazil.”