Buemi improves day by day

Sebastien Buemi believes that his performances on the first two days of testing in Jerez are proof that he is becoming more and more comfortable in a Formula 1 car.

The owner of Scuderia Toro Rosso, Dietrich Mateschitz, stated last month that the Swiss will very likely be a race driver next year. For now, he topped the timesheets on Tuesday and Wednesday, outperforming Sébastien Bourdais and Takuma Sato.

« I feel more and more comfortable. I have a very good feeling about the single-seater. I have tried to improve since the Barcelona tests, » Buemi confided.

« Driving a Formula 1 single-seater is something special and my experience is quite limited.

« The team’s goal is to allow me to learn over time. We are at a stage where I’m trying to understand how the car reacts. It’s important for me because I’m learning something new every day. »

His good results in recent days can only strengthen the Swiss’s confidence for a potential career start in a few months.

« It’s good, » he stated when asked what he thought of his performances. He still managed to finish ahead of world champion drivers like Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso.

« I have often been second or third but being first is a good feeling, especially the first time. »

« It is also important for 2009 because even if nobody wants to show it, there are three drivers competing for two race seats, » recalled Sébastien Buemi.

« I’ve gotten used to F1 now, so why should I be slower than Sato and Bourdais? »