Mid-Season team review: Toro Rosso

Toro Rosso, Red Bull’s junior team, is seen as a breeding ground for their young drivers, and has already seen Sebastian Vettel graduate to the Red Bull team. The performance of the team till now seems quite interesting.In 1st 3 races, they only earned 3 points-Alguersuari scored the first points of his career finishing ninth under the new points system at the Malaysian Grand Prix. In next 4 races, they bagged seven more points,thanks to Lewis Hamilton’s penultimate lap crash in Spain and Michael Schumacher’s 20-second penalty for a last turn overtake against Fernando Alonso in Monaco. In the final 3 races,the team performed poorly and had 3 retirements. Jaime Alguersuari Jaime Alguersuari couldn’t score any points in 2009 but this year he has three points from finishes in Malaysia and his home grand prix in Spain. His performance has been consistent,finishing all of his first nine races just outside the top ten. His perfomance after Hungarian Grand Prix: Grand Prix Date Team Grid Race Position Points Total Bahrain 14 Mar 2010 STR-Ferrari 18 13 0 0 Australian 28 Mar 2010 STR-Ferrari 17 11 0 0 Malaysian 04 Apr 2010 STR-Ferrari 14 9 2 2 Chinese 18 Apr 2010 STR-Ferrari 12 13 0 2 Spanish 09 May 2010 STR-Ferrari 15 10 1 3 Monaco 16 May 2010 STR-Ferrari 17 11 0 3 Turkish 30 May 2010 STR-Ferrari 16 12 0 3 Canadian 13 Jun 2010 STR-Ferrari 16 12 0 3 European 27 Jun 2010 STR-Ferrari 17 13 0 3 British 11 Jul 2010 STR-Ferrari 17 Ret 0 3 German 25 Jul 2010 STR-Ferrari 15 15 0 3 Hungarian 01 Aug 2010 STR-Ferrari 17 Ret 0 3 Sebastien Buemi Sebastien Buemi may have cursed his luck after what happened in the opening five races of the season. He suffered four retirements although he classified in the results twice and finished just outside the points in the Malaysian Grand Prix. Meanwhile, his teammate had accumulated three points. But the Swiss driver turned the tables and in the following seven outings, he totalled seven points and only a single retirement. In the Canadian Grand Prix, he also managed to lead a lap and eventually managed his best finish of the season in eighth in the race. Grand Prix Date Team Grid Race Position Points Total Bahrain 14 Mar 2010 STR-Ferrari 15 16 0 0 Australian 28 Mar 2010 STR-Ferrari 12 Ret 0 0…

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Posted by admin 11 August 2010

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