Today Tonio kicked off Force India’s 2008 season with a three day test session in at the Jerez circuit in Spain. On the 4.423 long track he completed 44 laps and set a fastest lap time of 1:23.035, while Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was the fastest today with his lap of 1:19.846. Tonio focussed on the [...]

The Force India F1 Team completed the second test of its winter development programme at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in southern Spain today. A total of seven drivers, including Tonio, covered over 2,600km as they worked through an extensive programme of chassis development, evaluation of the new 2008 electronics and testing the 2009 [...]

During the 3rd day of testing in Jerez, Tonio was back behind the wheel of the Force India F1 car. He lapped the Jerez circuit in southern Spain with a best time of 1:21.194, ahead of Ralf Schumacher in the same car. Tonio worked on gathering more information on the 2008 control systems, general set-up [...]

Tonio will be back in action at the Circuit de Jerez, in southern Spain, for his second test with The Force India F1 Team, on Thursday 6 December. He commented: “I was pleased with how Barcelona went and I’m happy to be invited back to participate in another test with the team. Everyone is very [...]

On the third and last day of testing in Barcelona, Tonio drove a massive 92 laps for Force India. His best lap time was 1:23.206, 1.349 seconds quicker than his fastest lap yesterday. Ferrari was the quickest team of the day again, with a lap time of 1:21.044. Tonio focussed today on gathering data on [...]

Today, Tonio had his first test day with the Force India F1 Team. In the afternoon he took over the wheel from Klien and was able to do 55 laps. On the Catalunya Circuit he set a fastest lap time of 1:24.555, just 0.018 seconds slower than regular Force India driver, Adrian Sutil! Tonio will [...]

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 [...]

The Spanish Grand Prix was a huge disappointment for Tonio. He suffered a hydraulic problem that ended his race after 21 laps. He said: “I retired with a hydraulic problem. We have been suffering with mechanical difficulties since Friday. I had another problem at the start and lost three places. Of course it’s a shame [...]

For the second time this season, Tonio made it into Q2, but he couldn’t do any lap at all in this second session because of a gearbox problem. Tonio commented: “It’s a shame as I had managed to get into Q2. But once again unfortunately, I was hit with a mechanical problem. I hope we [...]