Sébastien Buemi extremely disappointed

Sébastien Buemi, after his accident during the first free practice session, seemed angry. The pilot Toro Rosso, after setting two times to start his session, saw his car fail him and his working day go up in smoke. Disappointed, the Swiss pilot may be.

First, Buemi was immobilized for an hour in his pit, waiting for his problem with the braking system to be resolved. During this first free practice session, he had to leave half an hour before the end of the session with the hope of accumulating as many kilometers as possible. But, on his third fast lap, he suffered an extremely rare breakage, that of the hub carrier of his right front wheel. Under the impact, the second hub carrier gave way and the two wheels left (see video). Following this accident, the Swiss was unable to drive during the second session, Toro Rosso having failed to reassemble the car in time to allow it to go on track before the end of the countdown.

« There is not much to say about what happened during the first free practice session, comments Sébastien Buemi. I braked, the wheels came off and that's it. Physically, I was fine. But I must say that I am extremely disappointed to see that once again, through no mistake on my part, I am deprived of almost all of the three hours of available driving time. I will have to try to catch up on Saturday morning and I will rely on the data recorded by Jaime (Alguersuari). »

« Sébastien?s accident this morning was caused by a problem that was easy for us to identify once we got the car back., comments Giorgio Ascanelli, technical director. We have resolved the problem and the significant number of laps covered by Jaime in the afternoon confirms this. But the accident caused collateral damage, particularly to the gearbox. And, despite the efforts of the mechanics, we were unable to send Seb back onto the track before the end of the day. »