Vergne ends Jerez test with 80 laps on STR7
Jean-Eric Vergne added another 80 laps to the tally of the Toro Rosso STR7. While the rookie is happy with his two days of testing, Toro Rosso's chief designer noted that both new drivers did a good job for the team.
Jean-Eric Vergne: “A good second day for me as we worked through everything on our work plan and completed a lot of kilometres. After making some adjustments, I feel more comfortable in the car and I can also get an understanding of the effect of the set-up changes that we tried and they seem to have moved us forward. A positive day, so now I’m looking forward to the second test session.”
Laurent Mekies, Chief Engineer: “Overall, a positive first test for us. There is plenty of excitement when you run a new car for the first time, as it is the result of so much work from everyone in the organisation. We did a reasonable amount of laps and we did not have any major issues with the car. This meant we were able to start our work of getting to know everything about it and understand how to make it work as well as possible. In parallel to this, we were running Daniel and Jean-Eric for the first time since they were signed as our race drivers: they both did well, establishing their relationship with the team. We are looking forward to running again in Barcelona in just over a week, as these four days went by very quickly.”
Car: STR7 – 01
Laps: 80
Best time: 1:19.597
Mileage: 317 Laps, 1402 Kilometres
