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Toro Rosso 'starting to unlock potential'

15:02, 01 Jun 2018

bySam Bytheway

Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley says that the team are now unlocking the STR13‘s potential after they scored another points finish.

Hartley however, was not the driver to score the points in Monaco, with teammate Pierre Gasly coming seventh.

More encouragingly for the former World Endurance Champion, Hartley ran well in Free Practice – registering the seventh fastest time in Saturday morning’s FP3 session.

“It had been a strong weekend,” Hartley said.

“Not really much to show for it unfortunately.”

“I’m still pretty positive for Montreal. We have an engine update coming, and we had a new floor here so we had some performance to put on the car,” the New Zealander added.

“It looks like the team is really starting to unlock the car’s potential.

“I don’t know the exact numbers of the upgrade, I think it’s better you ask someone from Honda or Toro Rosso. But I think it’s meant to be a sizeable step.”