Buemi confirms 2010 Toro Rosso drive, Alguersuari to follow?

Sebastien Buemi has confirmed he will stay put and drive for Toro Rosso in 2010. The 21 year old Swiss driver said:

“I had some contact with other teams due to my good results at the end of the season.

“Toyota could have been a possibility because they had not yet hired any drivers.

“That was not the only one, and anyway I was always talking with (Toro Rosso owner) Red Bull. Finally I signed with Toro Rosso for 2010.”

Buemi scored 6 championship points in his 2009 rookie season finishing 16^th in the Drivers Championship.

It also seems that Jaime Alguersuari who drove for Toro Rosso in the last 7 races of the 2009 season is also going to stay with the Red Bull owned team, despite never scoring a championship point.

Alguersuari hinted:

“There will be six days of pre-season testing that, without a doubt, will give me a good base and we will then see the best Jaime.

“The start of the season will be hard because I don’t know the circuits. But at the end of the year I will be good, even better than Sebastien Buemi. This is my hope.”

When Sebastien Buemi was questioned as to whether the Spaniard Alguersuari was to carry on with the team he said:

“I assume that Jamie will team up with me next year. I think the team chose to change in the middle (of the season) because we can’t really do any testing so he may as well get used to the car now.”