Back At Work

By Andrew Cutler
September 6 2007

After a three week 'break', it was time for the gang from Scuderia Toro Rosso to get back to the business of racing. Viantonio Liuzzi and Sebastian Vettel were back on track today at Istanbul, getting their cars dialed in for this weekend's Turkish GP.

Tonio would place 16th on the time charts in the first session with a lap at 1:30.612. His second session time would drop just a tick to 1:30.702, which would put him back to 19th fastest. Sebastian would improve from a morning time of 1:31.383 to post a 1:30.801 in the afternoon, but would be classified as 20th fastest in both sessions.

Here are their post-sessions comments:

Vitantonio Liuzzi (19th, +2.233s):
“This morning I was quite happy with the balance of the car, particularly over long runs. Then in the afternoon, we worked on tyre comparisons and this session did not work out quite as well, because we had a problem with the hydraulic system, which unbalanced the car and the power steering and the throttle were not working properly. So from the mid-point of the session our work was not so productive. We will have to work on this tonight as up until this problem, everything had been going well.”

Sebastian Vettel (20th, +2.332s):
“This morning we struggled a bit to find the right way to progress with the car, but we were still optimistic about improving in the afternoon. Unfortunately, a sensor broke deep inside the gearbox which meant we had to pull the back end off the car and replace the sensor and that cost us some time, but fortunately the red flag period meant I did not lose so much time compared to the others. Once back on track, we concentrated on acquiring as much data as possible in the short time remaining. In general, I think there is still room for improvement. This track is where I made my Grand Prix weekend debut last year, when I was very impressed with this circuit. That feeling remains this time, and Turn Eight is as impressive as ever. It is a very technical track and I enjoy that.”