Toro Rosso have confirmed their drivers

[Chris Jenkins]

Looks like I was wrong.
Just read that apparently Alguesuari turned down a seat at HRT, saying it would be a step backwards.
There are some rumours that he's eyeing a reserve driver role at McLaren.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Looks like I was wrong.
Just read that apparently Alguesuari turned down a seat at HRT, saying it would be a step backwards.
There are some rumours that he's eyeing a reserve driver role at McLaren.

Source please.

 

[Xosé Estrada]

Alguersuari seems to have a contract with AMG Mercedes for 2013

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Sources people, sources

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Source please.

As requested:

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/7417877/-Alguersuari-turned-down-HRT-role-

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Thanks Chris, it´s not that i don´t believe you, i just like to read the source itself

Good find btw.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Red Bull's Helmut Marko says ousted Toro Rosso duo Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari had enough chances to prove their worth in Formula 1


Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko says Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari were given enough time to demonstrate whether they were potential grand prix winners, and lost their Toro Rosso seats because they failed to do so.
Buemi and Alguersuari had driven for Red Bull's junior Formula 1 team since the start and middle of the 2009 season respectively, but have been dropped in favour of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne for 2012. While Alguersuari's future is currently uncertain, Buemi will remain in the Red Bull fold as a reserve driver.
Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost said last month that the driver decision had been taken to ensure STR remained a training ground for the next generation of Red Bull F1 stars rather than a home for established drivers. Marko - who oversees the firm's driver development - believes Buemi and Alguersuari had sufficient opportunities to show what they could do, and proved adequate rather than exceptional.
"Toro Rosso was created to give young drivers a chance," Marko told Gazzetta dello Sport. "Alguersuari and Buemi had it for three years and after this time it's possible to evaluate a driver's development.
"We haven't seen in them any possibility of growth. Both are worthy of grand prix racing, but for us that's not enough: we need winners."
Marko said he did not foresee any changes in Toro Rosso's role in the near future, even though it was becoming increasingly independent from Red Bull since having to switch to being a chassis constructor in its own right in 2010.
"It will certainly remain an Italian team based in Faenza, oriented towards young drivers," he said. "But Toro Rosso will have to keep developing more and more autonomously."
He also expects STR's Ferrari engine deal to continue.
"The contract is on for 2012; at the moment I can't say what will happen in the future, but up to now we are very satisfied with this co-operation," Marko said.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96917

 

[Xosé Estrada]

Sources people, sources

http://www.motorpasionf1.com/formula-1/jaime-alguersuari-cerca-de-cerrar-un-acuerdo-con-mercedes

You may need Google Translator for that one

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

If both are not good enough for STR how come Buemi is hired again as RBR test driver? Why hire a non-winner?

 

[James Maskell]

Cause he might be good at communication with the Mechanics/engineers. He will probably be the guy that spends most of his time playing in the sim for them, testing new parts. Only thing i could come up with.

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Apprently Buemi was actually in the Red Bull simulator in Milton Keynes when he got the news that he'd been dropped by STR!

 

[David Jundt]

If both are not good enough for STR how come Buemi is hired again as RBR test driver? Why hire a non-winner?

As I said quite mean on the last page: Buemi kept his mouth shut, Algy not. He cut the ties and the good mood, so he was out of the window.

@Chris: Yeah, it's been said on the last page too.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

I´ve read a rumor saying that Jamie actually turned down an opportunity as test driver for RBR. It was written as more of a gossip thing so take it with a grain of salt.

I would not be surprised if it was true.