Zoom Bourdais unable to match Vettel at present

Sebastien Bourdais on Tuesday said there is no immediate end in sight to the problems he is experiencing at the wheel of the latest Toro Rosso chassis.

The French driver, a multiple title winner in recent years of the American open wheel category Champ Cars, has since the introduction of the STR3 struggled to match the pace of his highly-rated young team-mate Sebastian Vettel.

"I do not feel very good with this car," Bourdais is quoted as saying by the French-language RMC.

"There is no technical solution," he goes on. "It is a characteristic of the car that does not fit with me at all. "

The STR3 is a Ferrari-powered version of the Adrian Newey-penned car also raced by senior team Red Bull Renault.

"The problem is that, of the four drivers, I am the only one complaining and at Toro Rosso it is not for us to talk about the (car's) development," Bourdais, 29, said.

Source: GMM
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