Abu Dhabi GP: Toro Rosso report
Nov.15 (Scuderia Toro Rosso) “I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it,” Jaime screamed over the radio as he took the chequered flag to secure his second ninth place finish of the season. Our Spanish lad was a bit mystified as to how he went from seventeenth on the grid to ninth at the flag [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 2: Toro Rosso report
Nov.13 (Scuderia Toro Rosso) The final qualifying session of the 2010 season ended up with Jaime Alguersuari taking seventeenth place on the grid and Sébastien Buemi eighteenth. There was an air of inevitability about it as we had been in or around these places throughout the weekend, like a needle in a record groove. Our [...]
Brazilian GP: Toro Rosso report
Nov.8 (Scuderia Toro Rosso) Just seven more days to go and our 2010 campaign will come to an end in Abu Dhabi. It would be nice to think we could pick up some points to add to our total of 10 even if that would not change our position in the rankings. Because yet again [...]
Brazil Day 2: Toro Rosso report
Nov.7 (Scuderia Toro Rosso) Jaime Alguersuari was fourteenth fastest in qualifying, one place ahead of his team-mate Sébastien Buemi in what was a thrilling session thanks to the rain arriving right on cue last night and returning intermittently throughout the day. Could we have done better? Well, beating the two Force India boys and one [...]
Brazil Day 1: Toro Rosso report
Nov.6 (Scuderia Toro Rosso) Our two drivers did not really enjoy the sunny and dry conditions that graced the Carlos Pace circuit at Interlagos in the suburbs of Sao Paolo, ending the day with the Swiss in seventeenth spot, one ahead of his Spanish team-mate. Sébastien was rather more satisfied with the balance of his [...]
Korean GP: Toro Rosso report
Oct.25 (Toro Rosso) The original plan for the inaugural Korean Grand Prix was that it should have been a night race, to make it more viewer-friendly for a European audience. The organisers wisely thought this would be a step too far, given that getting the brand new circuit ready was quite a task, but they [...]
Singapore GP: Toro Rosso report
Sep.26 (Toro Rosso) High hopes of points, particularly for Jaime Alguersuari, who put in a strong Saturday qualifying performance to secure eleventh place on the grid, were dashed under the bright lights of the Marina Bay street circuit tonight. The Spaniard’s car developed a coolant leak on the way to the grid and as it [...]
Buemi: Singapore track should suit us
Sep.19 (Red Bull Media) Sebastien Buemi is hoping that a positive outing at the Italian Grand Prix will carry forward to the forthcoming Singapore Grand Prix and beyond. Buemi was happy with the recent weekend at Monza, “I think the Italian Grand Prix weekend was very encouraging for us. The car was much more competitive [...]
Toro Rosso test F-duct and blown exhaust
Sep.14 (GMM) Toro Rosso is back in action this week as the Italian team bids to get its blown exhaust and F-duct up and running as soon as possible. At Monza on Friday morning, six grands prix from the end of the 2010 season, the Faenza based squad became the last of the established teams [...]