Silverstone: post-race reactions Toro Rosso and Renault

Published on 05 July 2015 by Stefan Meens

Franz Tost, Scuderia Toro Rosso's team principal commented on the dissapointing British Grand Prix in which both his team's cars failed to finish: “We clearly expected a much better result today because the car has shown a very good performance this weekend. Max lost the rear of the car and therefore he couldn’t continue, while Carlos had to retire when his car stopped because of what seems to be an electrical issue.”

The Austrian went on to say: “Of course this is very disappointing because I think that both cars had the potential to finish in the points, but instead we’ve ended up with two retirements. The fact that our direct competitors have scored points isn’t helpful for our championship hopes either. We will now analyse the reasons for these retirements and we hope to come back fully-prepared for the next race in Hungary in two weeks’ time.” 

His colleague Cedrik Staudohar (Renault Sport F1 track support leader) added: “Both drivers had a strong pace and it is frustrating that neither driver could capitalize on the performance. The engine stopped in Carlos’ car as a result of an electrical issue. We will determine the cause when we study the car in more detail. Max retired when he went off track, but we need to take the positives from the weekend as a whole and look forward to Hungary where we hope to be on the pace again.”