Phil Charles: “Apologies to Carlos”

Published on 27 November 2015 by Johan Peeters

Phil Charles, chief race engineer of Scuderia Toro Rosso, says after the Friday in Abu Dhabi: “I am sad to say that this is another day where I am apologising to Carlos as he had more problems in both FP1 and FP2, when his engine switched off due to an oil pressure drop, which limited his running today. In terms of the car performance, we struggled in sector 3. This is a section of the track where we would usually expect our car to be strong, so we clearly have got some work to do.”

“Our long pace looks relatively better so we will carefully analyse car set-up and tyre temperatures tonight. Looking forward to Sunday, from what we have learnt today I think managing front graining will be key to good performance and could well give a big advantage in terms of strategy freedom.”

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