Scuderia Toro Rosso
will have it all to do in tomorrow night's Singapore
Grand Prix, the 13th round of the 2011 F1 World
Championship, after struggling in the Q2 qualifying
session this evening. Swiss driver Sebastien Buemi
posted the 14th fastest time while his Spanish team mate
Jaime Alguersuari was two places further back.
Sebastien
Buemi (STR6-03)
"In the end, I am happy with my performance as I feel
I managed good laps in both Q1 and Q2. It’s true we
always lack a bit of pace in qualifying, but we have
seen recently that does not rule out our chances of
having a good race. So I hope that will be the case
tomorrow, also taking into account we managed to save a
set of new Supersoft tyres. It will be an extremely long
and tough night and it will be important to maintain
concentration from start to finish. If we can do that,
there is every reason to think we can deliver a good
result."
Third Practice Session: Best
lap 1:49.679, pos. 12th, 18 laps; Qualifying: Best lap
(Q1) 1:48.753; (Q2) 1:48.634, pos. 14th
Jaime Alguersuari (STR6-02)
"This afternoon, I did what I
could and tried my best, but while yesterday I was happy
with the car, that was not the case today and I
struggled a lot with the set-up, the main problem being
a lack of grip. Therefore I feel what I achieved was the
maximum I could do, with the car as it was. Tomorrow
everything can change in what is usually the longest
race of the year in very tough conditions for the cars
and drivers."
Third Practice Session: Best
lap 1:50.547, pos. 18th, 17 laps; Qualifying: Best lap
(Q1) 1:49.588; (Q2) 1:49.862, pos. 16th
Giorgio Ascanelli (Technical
Director)
"So far, we have had a couple
of eventful days and although we got both cars into Q2,
we are not in that good shape. Our grid positions owe
something to Kobayashi’s unfortunate accident and the
problems of others. We have lost pace compared to Monza.
Due to the lack of track time yesterday because of Seb’s
accident, for which I do not blame him and Jaime’s
technical problem, there are a couple of set-up
solutions we were unable to exploit. Because of this, we
had to concentrate more on race preparation this morning
and less on qualifying. In addition, we ran a technical
solution yesterday that Jaime found to his liking, but I
took the decision we could not run it for the rest of
the weekend, as we had a problem with it. Therefore
today, he did not have the same level of confidence in
the car. As for Sebastien, he has had a less complicated
time, giving him greater confidence in the car and he
drove well, putting together a good lap, so we can be
happy with him for that. What a driver needs here more
than anything is confidence, therefore, as we make up
for the time lost, I do believe we can be in better
shape for the race tomorrow, especially because of the
fact we focussed more on race set-up today."
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