This morning Tonio continued with the work he began yesterday for Toro Rosso, looking at car set-up, validating yesterday’s work and achieving a satisfactory balance on the car. In addition, some work was carried out focusing on the rear wing. He was able to complete 47 laps and set a best lap of 1:20.624, which [...]

Just two days after the Belgian GP Tonio was back in action at this year’s last test session in Jerez. He covered 90 laps with a best lap time of 1:21.280, just 0.674 seconds slower than the fastest man today: Timo Glock. Tonio focussed on new mechanical set-up methods, evaluation of a new braking material [...]

Due to the bad weather, the three day Monza test has been extended with one day. Compared to yesterday, Tonio almost drove the double amount of laps today. He did 79 laps and was even 0.006 seconds quicker than yesterday, with a fastest lap time of 1:24.760. Again, McLaren topped the time sheets with a [...]

On the third day of testing in Monza, Tonio took over from Vettel. After some heavy rain in the morning Tonio was able to do 40 laps in the afternoon, with a fastest lap of 1:24.768, 1.278 seconds slower than the fastest time of the day, set by Fernando Alonso. On Tonio’s programme today was [...]

After a disappointing European Grand Prix, Tonio was back in action at Ferrari’s Mugello test circuit. He covered 80 laps with a best time of 1:24.203, this was 0.430 seconds faster then Luca Badoer in his Ferrari. Tonio focused on set-up work aimed at improving the balance of the car and evaluation of new brake [...]

Just 48 hours after the British GP, Tonio was back behind the wheel of his car at Spa. During this test day he drove 63 laps with a fastest time of 1:49.179, 2,5 seconds slower than Hamilton’s fastest lap time of the day. Tonio focussed on tyre comparison, set-up work and evaluation of the downforce [...]

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 [...]

On the latest test day at Paul Ricard, Tonio finally came into action. He did 56 laps and focussed on the reliability and the set-up of the car for the next three races. His best lap was 1:29.993, 1.369 seconds slower then the fastest lap set by Kimi Raikkonen. Toro Rosso’s next test session will [...]

Rain showers for most of the day meant that there was little time for Tonio and the other drivers on the track. Despite that, Tonio was able to do 38 laps with a best lap time of 1:33.323. Again Raikkonen was the fastest man on track today with a 1:30.280 lap, this was 3.043 seconds [...]