Jaime Alguersuari and Sébastien Buemi were both downbeat after Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, with the Toro Rosso pair unable to score points at the Interlagos venue. Adding insult to injury, the Italian squad missed out on seventh place in the Constructors’ Championship by just three points.
"This was a difficult race right from the start, with low grip in the first stint on the softer tyre, especially in terms of traction and at the exit to slow corners and I was struggling a lot to follow Buemi and Pérez," said Alguersuari, who finished 11th. "The second stint on the harder tyre was much better, but it’s hard to understand in general why we seem to have lost performance in the last two races.
"Overall, I am happy to finish the season on 26 points whereas last year I had only five, so hopefully I can continue this improvement by doing better next year."
"Of course, we were hoping to score points today, but we were not competitive enough, finishing 11th and 12th," added Buemi. "I got a good start, passing Jaime and Barrichello but after that I soon suffered with tyre degradation partly because we did not have the best set up for these conditions, but in terms of my own performance I feel I did the best I could.
"I am disappointed we could not get ahead of Sauber, but that’s racing. Overall, the season has not been too bad and I had some good races, but I lost points with various mishaps and problems. The team has worked well but we need to improve still further next year if we want to do better than this."
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  M. Webber | Red Bull | 1:32:17.464 |
| 2. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | +16.983 |
| 3. | J. Button | McLaren | +27.638 |
| 4. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | +35.048 |
| 5. | F. Massa | Ferrari | +1:06.733 |
| 6. | A. Sutil | Force India | +1 Lap |
| 7. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | +1 Lap |
| 8. | P. di Resta | Force India | +1 Lap |
| 9. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | +1 Lap |
| 10. | V. Petrov | Lotus Renault | +1 Lap |
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