Toro Rosso focus on car development with Cecotto
Scuderia Toro Rosso has a busy schedule for the three days and for the first of those, Johnny Cecotto was at the wheel for the eight hours of track time available.
The Venezuelan, who last drove for us at the 2012 Young Driver test at Abu Dhabi, produced a solid performance, working through a programme looking at the upcoming developments on the car.
"Overall, the results were positive and with a high number of laps completed, there is plenty of data in the bank. In addition, while it is our race drivers who are meant to evaluate the new Pirelli tyres later in the week, that work also began today, as the new compounds are being used throughout the three days."
Johnny Cecotto: “It has been another amazing experience, having another day working with Toro Rosso, who made me feel very comfortable in the team and in the car. It really confirmed my desire to try and get into Formula 1, especially as I felt the car was much more suited to my driving style than the GP2 machines. We managed to get through what was quite an ambitious programme of tests and being able to work on the car development programme was very interesting. I really enjoyed working with all the guys again during what was a very enjoyable day for me.”
In a change to the team's original plan for this test, Daniel Ricciardo will get behind the wheel of the STR8 for the first half of tomorrow, before handing over to Carlos Sainz Jr, who runs in the afternoon.
