Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 Australian GP race review 20.03.2016: 2016 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX – SUNDAY 20/03/2016 Carlos Sainz (STR11-02, Car 55)

2016 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX – SUNDAY 20/03/2016




Carlos Sainz (STR11-02, Car 55)
Race: Pos. 9th


“I’m not entirely happy with today’s result because I think we could’ve scored more points with the car we have, but I did everything I could to finish as high up as possible… To finish in P9 is frustrating. The race was a bit of a chaos, so it was difficult to get it all right.


After the red flag things got interesting and even though it’s not the easiest of tracks to overtake, I was able to do some good moves - some of them were quite tough! I did my race and I think we put on a good show.


I enjoyed it out there but I think we deserved to end up higher up instead of going backwards after qualifying in P7 yesterday.”
 



Max Verstappen (STR11-01, Car 33)
Race: Pos. 10th

“Quite a frustrating afternoon. We had a great start to the race and were able to keep the Mercedes behind. The first pit-stop was also good. We had great pace and I didn’t have pressure from behind, but after the red flag we had a bit of a miscommunication for the second stop and it got very difficult.


We have a fantastic car and to finish P10 here is not where we should be. I’m very disappointed as this was a great opportunity for us to get a very good result. Now we just need to focus on the next race and try and score more points than today.”
 


 
- Fabiana Valenti, photo Red Bull Getty