Zoom High hopes of a race seat for the 2009 season

The three day session came to an end today, and as was also the case yesterday, the Toro Rosso drivers were second and third fastest overall behind former team driver Sebastian Vettel.

Sebastian Bourdais set the second fastest time with a best lap of 1:19.839s and also completed the most laps of the day at 122 tours of the Spanish Grand Prix circuit. Sebastien Buemi was three-tenths slower in third position.

Sebastien Buemi
“Another positive day to round off this test session. I’m really happy with how testing went overall, the team did a good job and I think I did too, which could be important for my future!”

Sebastien Bourdais
“It’s been a useful one and a half days, trying various set-up options to find the right direction for next year’s car. Of course, the 2008 car was not designed to run on the ’09 slick tyres, which means you don’t always have the necessary range of adjustment to exploit them fully, but it was an interesting experience nevertheless. ”

Laurent Mekies, Chief Engineer
“There was a two-fold purpose to these three days, firstly evaluating drivers for next year and secondly assessing the 2009 Bridgestone slick tyres, while running with the level of downforce we expect to have next season. The high number of laps completed means we have been able to carry out both these tasks to our satisfaction. On the tyre front, we tried a variety of suspension and mechanical set-up options, which means we have plenty of data to analyse, in preparation for our next test at the Jerez circuit in mid-December.”

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