Scuderia Toro Rosso enjoyed a productive day for both the driver and the team in Hungary on Tuesday, with a long list of performance and general set-up items covered, which will feed into the second half of the season.
The team had young driver Sean Gelael behind the wheel and it didn't take him long to get into the groove, acclimatising himself well to the car.
As expected, the circuit allowed the programme to move forwards quite quickly, which meant that a bit later on when they lost some track time due to an oil leak, the team were able to stay pretty much on the planned run programme for both car and driver development.
They gathered lots of useful data and progressed a couple of longer-term developments to the point where they hope they can feed into the car development later in the year.
As was the case at the Bahrain test, Sean made a good contribution by driving well and providing consistent feedback across a range of test items which the team are sure would have also been an interesting and useful step in his development.
“I really enjoyed today,” he said. “I felt much more comfortable in the car today than last time out in Bahrain – having a new seat made definitely helped! It was a shame that we had a bit of a slow start this morning, so we had to squeeze everything into the afternoon session, but in the end it turned out to be a very productive day: we completed 101 laps and I hope the team is satisfied with my driving and how I contributed to the set-up of the car. It was very hot out there today but, once my body got used to it, it was okay… I will definitely sleep well tonight!”
The baseline car for Wednesday is a product of what the team learnt on Tuesday and with both their race drivers on duty they will have another busy programme to get through before the guys can take a well-earned break.
