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James Key on Thursday clarified reports that Toro Rosso did not take its 2016 car to the first Barcelona test. Carlos Sainz had been quoted as saying that, amid the Faenza team's rush to fit its new Ferrari engines for 2016, Toro Rosso had prepared an interim car built around the 2015 car.
The Spaniard suggested the "full" STR11 will then make its debut next week in race livery.
Technical boss Key, however, is quoted by the Spanish sports daily Marca as saying the all-blue single seater collecting laps this week "is definitely this year's car".
"There are two parts that are temporary, because the new ones will come for the next test," he added. "But they are the only two pieces from 2015 that are in this car."
Key admitted that the 2016 machine is very much based on last year's model.
"We were very happy with the chassis last year -- it was a big step for us. So we wanted to keep everything that worked," he added.
But it seems that the 2016 Toro Rosso may actually be heavier, as compromises were made to accommodate the last-minute switch from Renault power.
It means Sainz, who spent some of the winter training with top triathlete Mario Mola, was asked to lose weight.
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I wonder how they expect Sainz to lose any more weight. Remove a pair of ribs on him, maybe? ;)
Hepp
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LOL .. reminds me of the MOBILE1 commercial a few years back. Tony Stewart and Lewis Hamilton. Tony had to SQUEEEEEZE into the F1 car and Lewis looked like he needed a booster seat for the Stock Car. It was shot at Watkin's Glenn.
Hepp
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LOL ... He is a tiny lad ... lets see the one telling him this to come for a workout.
DutchTreath
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It is like horse racing. The want the most light jockey on there horses. In this case the have problems with overweight of there cars. The have to look somewhere don't the?