Nothing smiles at Toro Rosso

Sébastien Bourdais Unfortunately, there is a chain of disappointments. After a painful episode at Sarth last Sunday, the Frenchman refocused on his objective: to go as far as possible in the qualifying session. If the recent results of STR4 did not offer him better than Q2, Manceau was a taker. And regret this red flag waved following a violent exit from the track by Adrian Sutil? “ We improved the car by two or three tenths compared to Turkey. Like the others. But the car is more pleasant to drive, and a little faster. I felt good in the seat, I had the pace to go to Q2. But the red flag came at the wrong time for me. It's really a shame »

Sebastian Buemi, also eliminated in Q1, is not really happier. “ From the start, it's been a bad weekend, with a lot of problems. And when you arrive in qualifying without having done good laps, you pay the price. It's disappointing because I couldn't use my gearbox as I wanted, which cost me three tenths per lap. Whatever happens on Sunday, I expect a difficult race. » It is therefore difficult to be optimistic in the ranks of the Italian team.