Toro Rosso was left generally downcast after Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Sébastien Buemi retiring because of a loss of fluid in his hydraulics system. Jaime Alguersuari also suffered a bruising night, struggling home to 15th position after a significant delay in the pit lane.
“I am very disappointed with the outcome of this weekend because we had opted for a strategy, in terms of aerodynamics, that appeared to be the best in terms of ease of overtaking in the race,” Barcelona’s Alguersuari explained.
“However, after the first four or five laps, I seemed to pick up some tyre degradation and I was losing the rear end.
“Then came the key moment in my race, when there was a mistake in the pit-stop, which cost me a lot of time and dropped me down the order, from which I could not recover. Today, P10 was possible, because I had a good pace on the new Options, even if I am not sure that we could have caught the Force Indias.”
Tonight’s happening was ironic for Alguersuari, who also suffered a Yas Marina pit blunder in 2009 - when he entered the Red Bull Racing box by accident.
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  L. Hamilton | McLaren | 1:37:11.886 |
| 2. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | +8.457 |
| 3. | J. Button | McLaren | +25.881 |
| 4. | M. Webber | Red Bull | +35.784 |
| 5. | F. Massa | Ferrari | +50.578 |
| 6. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | +52.317 |
| 7. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | +1:15.964 |
| 8. | A. Sutil | Force India | +1:17.122 |
| 9. | P. di Resta | Force India | +1:41.087 |
| 10. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | +1 Lap |
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