This season’s A1GP adventure of Tonio ended on Sunday at Brands Hatch with an overall improving pace that eventually helped him to land 2 points at the end of the feature race. The driver from Locorotondo, Italy, who is currently part of the Force India Formula 1 team, faced two difficult comeback races. In the [...]

The problems suffered by Tonio at Brands Hatch continued on Saturday during the two qualifying sessions for the final round of the 2008-2009 A1 Grand Prix Of Nations. After suffering from serious brake issues yesterday, A1GP Team Italy had a tough time finding the right balance for the tough and twisty racetrack. The main problems [...]

Tonio experienced a troubled start in the first practice session for the final event of the 2009 A1 Grand Prix season. The Italian, at his second start with his Nation’s team, suffered from brake troubles. On the Kent racetrack, in it’s longer Grand Prix configuration, Tonio tried to climb up the order with an unstable [...]

Tonio believes he and A1 Team Italy can fight towards the front again at Brands Hatch – despite it being a circuit he has never driven before. The Force India F1 test driver joined the Italian squad in the Algarve earlier this month for the first of two race weekends this season, scoring the team’s [...]

Tonio ended his first race in the A1 Grand Prix by scoring 5 points at Portimao, Portugal. The Force India Formula 1 test driver had to face bad luck today, after handing Italy the maiden pole position in the series in yesterday’s qualifying session. In the shorter sprint race, Tonio kept second place for much [...]

Tonio showed his true potential when he grabbed pole for his first ever A1 Grand Prix race in Portimao, Portugal. During the qualifying session for the sprint race he had an intense battle with Team Netherlands driver Robert Doornbos and Team Ireland driver Adam Carroll, but finally it was Tonio who grabbed Team Italy’s first [...]

Tonio’s first ever A1 Grand Prix weekend got underway this morning with the first practice session on Portugal’s Portimao circuit. Due to the late arrival of the rookie permit (which is mandatory for all F1 pilots) and an accident of Team Brazil, Tonio was able to drive just 10 laps. Therefore his fastest time of [...]