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Mixed feelings at Scuderia Toro Rosso

The Scuderia Toro Rosso team has scored one point in Monte-Carlo. Sebastien Bourdais managed to finished in eighth position winning the team's only point this weekend. His team-mate, Sebastien Buemi, finished in the back of Nelson Piquet's Renault.

Speaking about his Monaco Grand Prix Sebastien Bourdais said: "It feels good to score points here, at what can be considered my home grand prix as there is no French race. The team worked really hard today. I felt that, again, I hadn't done a good job in qualifying, so, I can be happy to finish P8, given the small number of incidents today. It's another point which is important: it's not enough, but it's better than nothing!

"Once I got ahead of my direct rivals and there was no one within reach in front of me, I settled into a rhythm, concentrating on bringing the car home. I had several tricky moments, but that's what street racing is about. It was a fun race, with the satisfaction of scoring a point starting 14th. If I can improve in qualifying in the coming races, then maybe we can hope for more, starting in Istanbul."

Sebastien Buemi said about his race: "I didn't have a perfect start and I lost a position to Piquet, but it was not going too badly. Then I just tried to overtake him, as with Vettel slowing everyone down on the option tyre, I thought this might be my only chance to get back ahead of him. I was right up behind Piquet, in his slipstream and when I tried to pull out and make my move he went on the brakes and I could not get out from behind him, so I ended up pushing him all the way into the first corner. I am sorry about this and I went and apologized to him."

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