Frenchman Laurent Mekies, Chief Engineer of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula 1 team says that the Italian team will update its Ferrari-powered STR6 at the Grand Prix of Monaco.
The team is happy with the better show produced by the new Pirelli tires and the Drag Reduction System introduced this season.
“What is happening at the moment is simply fantastic,” said Mekies in an interview posted on the team’s official web site.
“In Malaysia, we saw two stoppers, three stoppers and even four stoppers and no one could have dreamed of a better combination than that from the spectacle point of view. Those stops are necessary because there is a large drop in tire performance which is good for the show," Mekies declared.
"On top of that, it is throwing up different strategies, creating the need for multiple pit stops, but above all, it also produces a lot of overtaking situations, because there is now a big difference in lap time between a guy on fresh rubber and another on worn tyres,” he explained.
After three races, Sebastien Buemi has scored all 4 points of the team, and stands 12th in the drivers’ standings. The team currently lies 7th on the constructors’ table. Mekies obviously wants his team to make progress.
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| Laurent Mekies and Sebastien Buemi. (Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images) |
The team is happy with the better show produced by the new Pirelli tires and the Drag Reduction System introduced this season.
“What is happening at the moment is simply fantastic,” said Mekies in an interview posted on the team’s official web site.
“In Malaysia, we saw two stoppers, three stoppers and even four stoppers and no one could have dreamed of a better combination than that from the spectacle point of view. Those stops are necessary because there is a large drop in tire performance which is good for the show," Mekies declared.
"On top of that, it is throwing up different strategies, creating the need for multiple pit stops, but above all, it also produces a lot of overtaking situations, because there is now a big difference in lap time between a guy on fresh rubber and another on worn tyres,” he explained.
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| Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images |
After three races, Sebastien Buemi has scored all 4 points of the team, and stands 12th in the drivers’ standings. The team currently lies 7th on the constructors’ table. Mekies obviously wants his team to make progress.