After a promising qualifying session, Tonio was unable to score some points during race 1. Early in the race he made contact with Marchy Lee, who send him into a spin. By the 9th lap, the damage on Tonio’s car was showing trailing sparks down the circuit. The Italian had to come into the pits [...]

After setting the fastest time at practice yesterday, it was Frentzen again who topped the time sheets today. At Bahrain’s International circuit he set a lap time of 2:05.851, good enough to start Race 1 from pole position. Tonio was 0,430 seconds slower then the German and set a fastest time of 2:06.281, which gave [...]

During the Speedcar Series practice session this afternoon at the Bahrain International Circuit, Tonio set the fourth fastest time. He was able to do 12 laps and set a best time of 2:07.413, just 0.331 seconds slower then the fastest man today: Frentzen. The race is expected to be a tight battle judging from today’s [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]