US GP - Toro Rosso Cosworth - QualifyingOn home soil Scott Speed did a solid job for Toro Rosso Cosworth to qualify in 13th position for the US Grand Prix - his best qualifying performance to date.
While Speed was delighted with his run, Tonio Liuzzi found his STR1 a
real handful and starts a disappointed 21st.
Scott Speed
“I am convinced we need to have more races in America, because we seem to have better luck in qualifying. This was the first time for several races that I didn’t run into traffic. We did a good job of engineering the car today. We have a good balance on new and old tyres which is hard to get here and that should carry through to the race. It’s great to out-qualify the Red Bull Racing guys! Starting this far up the grid, I think we’ve got a great opportunity for points.”
Tonio Liuzzi
“I had a massive problem with understeer on the first lap with new tyres. At Turn 8, I went over the kerb and the car flew about one and a half metres into the air. I think I must have broken something at the front and was not able to do another quick lap. I don’t know where all the understeer came from, with a big shift in balance we did not expect from what we had seen in the morning.”
Source Toro Rosso Cosworth
