Eleventh place for Jaime Alguersuari and thirteenth for
his team mate Sebastien Buemi was the best that Scuderia Toro Rosso could
manage in yesterday's Brazilian Grand Prix on a day when
just one retirement from the field limited the Red
Bull-owned Italian team's
chances of moving up the order into the points paying positions.
Jaime Alguersuari (STR5-01)
“I think we can be quite
satisfied with today’s performance as I never expected
to finish as high as eleventh in the dry conditions, as
we lacked some top line speed. All the same, I had some
good battles. With no retirements ahead of us, finishing
three places higher than I started is the best we could
have expected. Now I am looking forward to our last race
of the season in Abu Dhabi and we only have a few days
to wait, which is nice!"
Sebastien Buemi (STR5-03)
“You can never be really happy
with a thirteenth place finish, but all the same I think
we did a reasonably good job today. I made a super start
and got past three cars. Then on the second lap I also
managed to get by Kobayashi. I think I ran at a good
pace and I managed to fight off the guys coming up
behind me. Towards the end on a one stop strategy, my
tyres were very worn, so I was pleased I was still able
to defend my position. Not a bad afternoon.”
Franz Tost (Team Principal)
“We started from
fourteenth and nineteenth and finished eleventh and
thirteenth and when the entire field bar one car
finishes the race, it is hard to score points, so we can
take some satisfaction from finishing in front of most
our direct rivals today which is good. We were eleventh
for most of the race and when the Safety Car appeared,
we decided to leave both our cars out on track, giving
the drivers the task of defending position against some
runners on newer tyres. Jaime and Sebastien did a good
job in the closing stages therefore, as indeed they did
for the whole 71 laps. Congratulations to Red Bull
Racing for winning the Constructors’ title.”
