During the qualifying session for the eight GP of the season in France, Tonio had some bad luck. While he was on his way to set a fast lap time to make it into Q2, he was held up by some slower cars. Therefore he will start the race from the 17th spot on the [...]

Despite the rain and some red flags in the afternoon, Tonio had a productive day at Silverstone, with the new quick-shift gearbox system again running trouble free. He set the sixth best time of 1:22.365, less than a second off the ultimate pace, set by Jarno Trulli. Other items on the programme were brakes and [...]

Scuderia Toro Rosso began a three day test today at Silverstone. Tonio did not get behind the wheel until the middle of the day, because a delayed flight from Indianapolis. He was able to do 50 laps, with a best lap time of 1:24.125. This was just 0.284 seconds slower then the fastest time set [...]

After a stunning start of the USA GP, where Tonio moved up from 19th to 12th place, he wasn’t able to end this race as he hoped. He struggled with lack of grip at the rear and finally a water pressure problem meant the end of his race. Tonio said: “The track was slippery, it [...]

During the qualifying session for the USA Grand Prix, Tonio wasn’t able to continue his great qualifying performance. He didn’t make it into Q2 and therefore he will start tomorrow’s race from the 19th spot. He commented: “I’m disappointed not to have made it through to Q2 but the gap to those ahead is really [...]

The barriers at the Montreal circuit can make or break a race…unfortunately they broke Tonio’s race today. Tonio drove a superb race, and he had a good chance of scoring some points, until he hit the barriers. He said: “Everything seemed to be fine. Unfortunately, at the final chicane I went over the kerb, which [...]

Today, during the qualifying session for the Canadian Grand Prix, Tonio repeated his strong performance of Monaco. He will start tomorrow’s race from the 12th spot on the grid. Afterwards a happy Tonio said: “Another good qualifying after Monaco, which confirms the car is getting better and better. I’m in a positive mood, but we [...]