The bull sees red

The weekends are starting to look the same for Sébastien Bourdais. The Frenchman, eager to score points regularly, was not even able to finish his race in Montmelo (Spain). The fault was a too competitive turn 3 where the racing conditions sent him into the background. A touch from Rosberg, a release from Trulli which ends up hitting Sutil and it is Bourdais who finds himself on the back of Buemi, his teammate. “ I didn?t have time to see what happened. I couldn't brake and found myself climbing on top of Sebastien. I was even afraid of falling over and rolling over. I didn't see anything except Trulli leaving the track and returning to it. It is very frustrating. » Once again, Manceau must settle for rare positive elements. This time, they are hard to find.

Starting two places ahead of Bourdais, Sebastien Buemi hoped to be able to do well. On many occasions, the Swiss showed that he could, with his Toro Rosso, to rise among the best. Even if his fifteenth time seemed to prevent him from entering the points. Despite everything, Buemi regrets not having been able to complete a single lap. “ I had a bad start. I saw Raïkkönen and Kovalainen pass me before the first corner. Then Trulli came out in the second corner, I had to brake to avoid him. My teammate didn't see that I was slowing down and he crashed into me. I saw its wheels above my head! »

Also, for Toro Rosso, the weekend ends in the worst possible way. Failed qualifying, a cut race, the team cannot learn much from leaving Spain. And even leaves with more doubts. Before the race, Sébastien Bourdais wondered about the reasons for such a big difference between the Toro Rossos and the Red Bull, cousin single-seaters. “ We of course hoped for better competitiveness from the car. When we see the Red Bull's result, we wonder what we are doing wrong, or what we didn't understand about the car, so that in the end there is such a gap between them and us. . » With a very special Monaco GP for the drivers, it will take several more weeks for Franz Tost's team to get back on track.