Sébastien Buemi was delighted with his eighth place finish in Montreal on Sunday but admits that Toro Rosso must improve its qualifying performances in order to enjoy more of the same in the second half of the season.
After setting off from 15th on the grid, Buemi avoided incidents ahead and made the most of an efficient pit-stop strategy to pick up four points for the team formerly known as Minardi, which ensures that it now runs officially ahead of Williams in the overall teams' battle.
"Three days after the last race, I'm still smiling at the thought of my Canadian Grand Prix weekend," the Swiss driver said on Wednesday.
"Eighth was a really good result, especially as me and the team have had a lot of problems so far this year, less so with Jaime (Alguersuari), but I've really had a lot of bad luck and technical difficulties, so to have a good race and pick up four points in Montreal was very important.
"On top of that, it means we move ahead of Williams in the Constructors' Championship, which is fantastic. Now it is up to us to keep this positive momentum going and to try and catch up with Force India.
"If we had a good result in the race, that was down to a bit of luck but also the fact that the team worked very well and we had an excellent strategy. Our race pace was good but where we suffered was in qualifying - because ending up 15th and 16th on the grid, behind the Williams, was just not good enough.
"It's clear that we are much more competitive in the race than in qualifying, where we are not producing the results we want. We need to be starting the races from the top ten or at least the top twelve."
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