Charles: “Max will get better Saturday.”

Published on 24 July 2015 by Niels Hendrix

Phil Charles, chief race engineer of Scuderia Toro Rosso, says after the Friday at the Hungaroring: “All in all, it’s been a useful first day for us here in Hungary. Max unfortunately had an electrical problem in FP2, which knocked him back a bit. However, a part from this scrappy afternoon for him, it’s not been a bad day. Max had a productive morning and he will get better Saturday.”

“Carlos has had a good day. He was able to work through his program and has done a good job. He’s happy with the car and that’s a good sign going into tomorrow. Our main focus once again is on the tyres. The track temperatures here today have been very high, so dealing with this has been tricky. Both drivers have had rear-tyre overheating, so it will be key to work on this overnight in order to manage it in the best way possible during the rest of the weekend.“

“I’d like to add the fact that our sister car, Red Bull, is looking very strong – they seem to have made a big step forward. This is a good indicator that we should also be able to do well here, so we just need to make sure we optimise everything to achieve a good result this weekend.”

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