Scuderia Toro Rosso praises Max for his performance

Published on 03 October 2014 by Niels Hendrix

Scuderia Toro Rosso praises Max for his performance during the first free practice of the Japanese Grand Prix, today at Suzuka.

Phil Charles, chief race engineer: “It was a mixed day, with some positives but also a few negatives. The real positive was Max’s performance as he drove a fantastic first session. We are very pleased with him, as he settled in very well and produced laps times we would not have expected for a first day. On the negative side, we had a problem that stopped Verstappen’s car out on track towards the end of free practice 1. The mechanics had to work very quickly to sort out the car in between the sessions.”

Ricardo Penteado, Renault Sport F1 track support leader: “While everything worked well on Daniil’s car and we were able to show good pace, we had a number of issues on the other car. A broken exhaust valve brought Max’ session to an early close, which was a shame as he was doing a great job until that point. It was easy to change though.”