Alguersuari eyes 2010 STR race seat

He’s also announced that he’s changing his name to Sebastien

Newly appointed Red Bull reserve driver Jaime Alguersuari says he’s targeting a race seat at Toro Rosso in 2010. Alguersuari is the youngest ever British Formula 3 champion and is currently running in Formula Renault 3.5, which I’ve learned from Midweek Motorsports, is actually a real racing series.

Alguersuari:

My main objective [for 2010] is to be a race driver at Toro Rosso. It’s going to be tough and there is not much testing to do. But once you get to F1, everything changes – we have seen that with guys like Sebastien Buemi and Sebastian Vettel. My main goal is to get to learn in F1; to develop as a driver there, because it’s the best place. You have seen drivers start in F1 very young, they learn there and get better. Like Fernando Alonso, he started at Minardi at, what, 21? He learned there, he moved to Renault where he was still learning and he won championships there. Now you can look at guys like Vettel who are doing the same.

I think it is the philosophy of Red Bull to give young drivers a chance to do that. You see what Buemi has done, and what Vettel has been able to do, and it gives you a lot of confidence and motivation that you could do the same. You just have to trust in Red Bull and try to show them that you deserve a chance, and earn it. To be the reserve driver for Red Bull and Toro Rosso is very positive and for me it’s just the first part of it.

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