Toro Rosso on the right track

The Scuderia Toro Rosso had a normal day at the circuit of Monza. Neel Jani, the test driver did a lot of laps to provide the team with important data for tomorrow's qualifying session. Race drivers Tonio Liuzzi, who will drive his home Grand Prix this weekend, and Scott Speed are satisified with the first day of free practice, but there is still room for improvement.

"Everything is fine with the car, which is what we could expect as we tested here for three days last week. But to be honest, there is still some more work to do in tomorrow's free practice to be in the best possible shape for qualifying and the race. But I think we are on the right track."

"I think the car feels better today than it did last week when I was here testing for a day and a half. It feels generally more stable. That improvement comes mainly from the tyres. The balance of the car seems fine to me, it feels better than last week, but until I've had a good chance to look at all the data, I'm not sure where we stand."

"I struggled a little bit more with grip than at last week's test, but generally things went well. In the afternoon, I did the usual simulation runs in race trim: I think I had enough fuel on board to drive home to Switzerland and back! I did not have grip on my first two timed laps, but the other two drivers did not have this, so maybe it was something in the settings on my car. But the long run went well."