After two quiet weeks Formula 1 roared back into action today at the Spanish Barcelona circuit. After 56 laps, Tonio ended his day as 8th fastest with a lap time of 1:22.771, this was 1.576 seconds slower than Kimi Raikkonen’s lap of 1:21.195. During this test Tonio drove a complete race distance without any troubles [...]

Starting on hard tyres for a short stint, hoping for a Safety Car situation and gain some places during the race… It could have paid off for Tonio very well, but problems with the radio and hydraulics meant the end of his Bahrain GP after 27 laps. “We had all sorts of problems today. It [...]

The small amount of test days that Toro Rosso had to test their new car before the start of the season, still seems to give the team some problems. During qualifying Tonio didn’t make it into Q2 and will start the race as 18th. “We are just too slow at the moment and the car [...]

Tonio finished the Malaysian GP as 17th, after he collided with Sato at the start of the race. He said: “I think it’s a shame that Sato pulled a crazy move at Turn 4 and compromised my race, as everything was going well. I felt my race pace was really strong and we could have [...]

During the second GP of this season in Malaysia, Tonio made it into Q2. Under very hot conditions he set a fastest lap of 1:36.145, good enough for the 16th position on the starting grid. He commented: “It’s quite good to make it into Q2, every time we go out on track we have already [...]