Scuderia Toro Rosso
netted its biggest points haul of the season (7 points)
at Monza yesterday in its home grand prix as both its
drivers finished in the championship points positions
while Jaime Alguersuari also claimed the best finish of
his F1 career after crossing the line in seventh place.
With seven points from
the Italian Grand Prix, Toro Rosso moves onto 29 points
in the Constructors' Championship and consolidates its
grip on eighth place, now just six points behind the
similarly Ferrari-powered Sauber team in seventh place,
but a comfortable 24 points ahead of ninth-placed
Williams. In the Drivers' Championship, six points for
Alguersuari moves the youngster onto 16 points and into
13th place while the final point on offer grabbed by
Buemi sees the Swiss pilot just one place behind his
Spanish team mate on 13 points.
Jaime
Alguersuari (STR6-02) Pos. 7th
"I am very happy with my race today. I think I would
like to start even further back on the grid for the next
one, because it seems that whenever I have a poor grid
position, I finish in the points! I am also very pleased
for the team, as they got both cars home in the points.
I am a bit surprised at the way the car performance came
good on Sunday in the race, because I did not expect to
be quicker than Force India and Sauber. Getting this
great result at our home race, also makes it extra
special. We need to keep on working like this and try
and improve our qualifying performance on Saturday. If
we do that, I think we can finish in the points on a
regular basis."
Sebastien Buemi (STR6-03) Pos.
10th
"I am bit disappointed with the
way the race panned out. I made a very good start, but
then when an HRT triggered a big accident, I took a
knock at the back of my car and it was definitely
damaged in some way, as it did not work at its maximum
potential from then on. If that had not happened, maybe
I could have finished ninth or eighth. But while tenth
is therefore a bit disappointing, losing out to Senna
right at the end, when he was on the Soft tyre and I was
on the Medium, it’s time to look ahead and think about
doing better in two weeks time in Singapore."
Franz Tost
"Our home track always appears
to be a lucky one for us, because we seem to finish
regularly in the points here at Monza. Jaime’s seventh
place finish was the best result of his Formula 1 career
and it was the team’s best so far this season and a good
result overall as we got both cars home in the points,
with Sebastien Buemi tenth past the flag. The points we
got today see us close the gap to both Force India and
Sauber in the Constructors’ Championship. Jaime drove an
excellent race, making up eleven places from his grid
position. He was especially quick on his second set of
tyres, putting in one fastest lap after another.
Sebastien was lucky to finish the race, after being
involved in a collision when he clipped another car with
the left rear tyre. Well done to the entire team, who
delivered a good strategy and executed it well during
the race. This was a good way to end the European leg of
the season and I am now looking forward to seeing if we
can continue like this in the remaining six races of the
championship."
