Trouble-free first day for the STR2

By Andrew Cutler
February 14 2007

The attitude at Scuderia Toro Rosso today could probably be summed up as: slow but steady. The STR2 didn't burn up the charts on it's maiden run, but it didn't experience any mechanical issues either.

“The last few weeks have been a real rush for all of us,” said Chief Engineer, Laurent Mekies. “So it was great to see our new car finally running and completing a respectable 43 laps."

"This was very much a shakedown and systems check, with no thought of setting quick lap times. Now, we must push very hard over the coming weeks to make up for the fact we have only started running quite late."

Red Bull Racing's David Coultard set the mark to beat today with a lap at 1:21.855.
Vitantonio Liuzzi was, not suprisingly, slowest today in the STR2, just under five seconds off of the pace at 1:26.822.

The next test session will be at Bahrain, starting on February 22. STR will be in attendance.