“After Montréal, I am going to Chicago for a couple of days of relaxation, it sounds like an interesting place, so I am looking forward to it. Moving on to Indianapolis, I don’t suppose it is my favourite track that we visit during the year, but as a driver I will put this to the back of your mind.
“We will run similar downforce levels to Montréal, albeit the circuit has different characteristics, but we’ll still be hoping for a similar level of performance and I want to make up for the points I missed out on in Canada. In many ways, it’s good to have another race so soon as it provides the possibility of making up for the problems I had in Canada.”
Scuderia Toro Rosso – Vitantonio Liuzzi (#18), Scott Speed (#19):
STR return to the scene of their greatest moment in 2006 when Vitantonio Liuzzi delivered the fledgling team their one and only point to date having survived the carnage of a race that produced only nine finishers.
However, STR go to Indianapolis knowing they could have multiplied their overall points tally in Canada when Liuzzi – having arguably his strongest race to date – got himself well into the points as the numerous safety cars and caution periods eliminated and delayed most of the grid.
Into the latter stages though, Liuzzi clipped the kerb on the final corner chicane, spitting him out into ‘Champions Wall’ and preventing what at the time looked like a potential podium finish.
Nonetheless, Indianapolis harbours fond memories for Liuzzi and although the same could not be said for team-mate
Scott Speed, the only American driver on the grid is eager to rectify that this weekend. If his 13th place on the grid in last year’s race is anything to go by, Speed will be fired up for his home event.
Spyker F1 – Christijan Albers (#20), Adrian Sutil (#21):
Although the status quo remains at the bottom of the points table, Spyker will be disappointed to have not at least been in the running for points throughout the melee of safety cars that made up the Canadian Grand Prix – instead Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil caused two of them…
