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 [...]

After two days of testing with Scott Speed, Tonio took over today. His best time after 47 laps was 1:32.359, again almost two seconds faster then a few days ago! Unfortunately his time wasn’t good enough to beat Massa’s best time of 1:30.640, but Tonio was faster then some Red Bull and Honda drivers. Tomorrow [...]

Today’s test day in Bahrain was a remarkable day. Tonio was two seconds faster than yesterday with his fastest lap of 1:34.187, and just 0.2 seconds slower than Coulthard in his Red Bull. Besides that, there was no Ferrari that topped the time sheets today. This time it was BMW’s Heidfeld, who drove a remarkable [...]

For the second time this year Tonio tested the STR2 car, this time at the Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit. He covered 25 laps, with a fastest lap time of 1:36.345. This was almost five seconds slower than the Ferrari’s who topped the time sheets today. Tonio also tested a new Bell helmet for the second time [...]

The Toro Rosso team completed their first day of work with the new STR2 car at the Barcelona circuit. Today was very much a shakedown and systems check, with no thought of setting quick lap times. Because of that, Tonio completed 43 laps and finished five seconds off the pace, while Red Bull colleague Coulthard [...]

F1′s winter testing programme continued today at the Jerez circuit in Spain. Tonio had a busy day covering 96 laps, with a fastest time of 1:21,472. Like last week’s test, the Ferrari drivers were the fastest men on track today, when Felipe Massa set a lap time of 1:19.462, 2.010 seconds faster then Tonio’s lap [...]

Testing with the Bridgestone tyres went on today at the Barcelona circuit. Tonio drove almost 100 laps with a fastest time of 1:18.798. His time was half a second faster then yesterday, but still 2.481 seconds slower than the fastest time of the day, set by Luca Badoer. Next week, Scuderia Toro Rosso continues tyre [...]

Tonio had a good day today at the Barcelona Circuit, were he tested the Bridgestone tyres and tried a new Bell helmet as well. He did 66 laps at the Spanish circuit with a best time of 1:19.277, just 0.061 seconds slower then yesterday. Again, Felipe Massa set the fastest lap time of 1:16.406. Scuderia [...]

Formula 1 roared back into action today at the Barcelona circuit, where nine of the eleven Grand Prix teams began their winter testing programmes. Tonio was there too, testing the Bridgestone tyres for the first time. He covered a total of 78 laps, with a fastest lap of 1:19.216, putting him 2.056 seconds behind the [...]