Toro Rosso happy with qualifying
Scuderia Toro Rosso are happy with their qualifying performance at Silverstone. Both drivers made it though Q1 and will be in 15th and 16th place. They have thereby proved to be faster than all Honda powered cars and the Spykers.
Scott Speed said about his 15th qualifying position: "Our pace was similar to what we had in Magny-Cours. When it comes time for everyone to go for a qualifying lap, me and Tonio have a bit less in hand. Maybe it's because we push one another in practice, so we are getting the most out of the car then, without keeping anything in reserve for qualifying. Fifteen and sixteen is not bad, but we need to find a couple more tenths to really be fighting in the middle of the pack."
Tonio Liuzzi said: "At the end, the gearbox would not accept any downshifts and we will have to find out why. At the start of the week, I did not expect to be in Q2, but we did a lot of work yesterday night and this morning it was clear the car was improved with a big step forward in terms of balance. We were still struggling a bit with understeer in qualifying though, which cost me time in Turn 5. I also had some traffic in my second run in Q2 and then the gearbox problem."
