- Japanese GP - FP2
Vergne hampered by three different issues
Jean-Eric Vergne will be playing catch-up on Saturday morning after his Toro Rosso stopped with three separate issues during Friday's two practice sessions at Suzuka.
Max Verstappen recorded good mileage in the his car car during FP1, but the Dutch teenager was forced to pull over in the closing stages with a broken exhaust valve. Toro Rosso rectified the problem for FP2 when Vergne returned to his car, but he stopped twice in the session - first for a fuel pump issue and then a electrical fault in the final minutes.
Though Vergne was impressed with what Verstappen did in the morning he thinks the day's setbacks leave him with a mountain to climb.
"It was definitely a difficult Friday, with very little running," Vergne said. "It didn't help not having driven FP1, but I have to say Max did some good work with the car this morning. In the afternoon I had a few issues that did not allow me to run as much as I would have liked. We have to investigate and understand what the problems were in order to find a good solution. On the positive side, we have a good base to work on, so I'm confident we can put together a better car for tomorrow."
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