Friday, April 17, 2009

Toro Rosso Ferrari - Chinese GP - Free Practice

With additional development aero parts from Red Bull Technologies, Toro Rosso Ferrari got the Chinese Grand Prix weekend off to a strong start with Sebastien Bourdais recording the tenth best lap in both the morning and afternoon practice session.

Team-mate Sebastien Buemi also ran well as the Swiss rookie posted the 15th best time, less than four-tenths off Bourdais.

Sebastien Bourdais
“Our weekend seems to have started off quite well. We have made progress in terms of understanding the car and using it to its best. There is still some work to do, specifically in terms of making better use of the Option tyre."

"Actually I was quite surprised to see how well they are holding up and they definitely have more than one lap in them. I’m not saying we’ll run them for 30 laps, but it’s much better than expected. We can definitely see that the small updates we have on the car since Malaysia are working well.”

Sebastien Buemi
“It’s my first time here and beforehand I spent a lot of time on the Red Bull Technology Simulator and it was definitely a big help and I plan to use it more in the future. It is difficult to quantify, but for sure it helps."

"I had a technical problem in the morning which cost me some time, but everything was back to normal this afternoon and we were able to make a step forward. We look more competitive than in Malaysia and we are definitely improving. I didn’t get a perfect lap today, so I think I can do a lot better tomorrow. I like the track; it’s very big, very new, very everything!”

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