Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso), eleventh in the Malaysian Grand Prix, finished just outside the points at Sepang. The Swiss driver was the victim of a poor tire strategy from his team. Laurent Mekies, chief engineer of the Team, recognizes it. “ We bet on the arrival of rain for Sébastien Buemi, confides the Frenchman to AUTOhebdo.fr. This is why we put it again on soft tires during its first stop. »
Indeed, if the rain had arrived, the rule of alternating soft and hard tires would have been obsolete. Toro Rosso therefore hoped to give Buemi a boost by putting him on only soft, more effective tires before the rain arrived. “ Unfortunately, the rain did not arrive and we had to stop it again to put it on hard tires as required by the regulations. », continues Mekies.
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