No pressure on Alguersuari

Scuderia Toro Rosso made a daring gamble by hiring Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari in the middle of the F1 pack during the season. At 19, on Sunday he will become the youngest driver to take part in a Grand Prix in the discipline with only a few kilometers of driving under his belt.

Published on 22/07/2009 à 14:01

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The team boss, Franz Tost, was the first to downplay the importance of the first races: “I am not putting any pressure on him, at least during the first three Grand Prix. »

For his part, Alguersuari already seems very focused. “There is no pressure, no instructions. I am hired to learn. I know that the first race will definitely be the hardest of all. My first objective is to observe the functioning of the team and to learn,” he declared during a press conference in Spain.