Phil Charles: “Singapore is a very tricky track.”

Published on 18 September 2015 by Johan Peeters

Phil Charles, chief race engineer of Scuderia Toro Rosso, says after the Friday in Singapore: “Singapore is a very tricky track – don’t forget there’s 23 corners in a lap, and it’s very much about being precise, neat and tidy. It’s a circuit that definitely takes a bit of learning and settling in to get it right. This is especially tricky for rookie drivers – and we have two! That being said they both did a very good job in FP1, building their confidence nicely.”

“FP2 however was a much scrappier session for a number of reasons: Carlos had a bit of damage on his car, which unfortunately cost him a lot of running, so he wasn’t in a perfect flow to get a good option lap in. Max’s short run wasn’t perfect either, and we think we can work on that a bit more with getting tyres ready. Regarding the long runs, I think we need to analyse this carefully tonight. Understanding the tyre temperatures here will also be important in particular on the prime for us. It’s probably fair to say that today we haven’t really hit the bullseye with the tyres as often as we would like.”

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