Marko places pressure on Toro Rosso duo

Helmut Marko puts the pressure on Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari ahead of the 2011 F1 season
10/2/2011- Jaime Alguersuari (SPA), Scuderia Toro Rosso, STR6
10/2/2011- Jaime Alguersuari (SPA), Scuderia Toro Rosso, STR6
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Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has put the pressure on Toro R𓆏osso pair Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Algue🧸rsuari by insisting that the team 'isn't a boarding school'.

The pair have been retained by the team for the new season but Toro Rosso has signed Daniel Ricciardo as test and reserve driver after an impressive show in testing in A🐓bu Dhabi last year - with the Australian set to drive in Friday practice during the year ahead.

With British F3 title winner Jean-Eric Vergne also highly rated by Red Bull, Buemi and Alguersuari are under pressure to perform and Marko said that Ricciardo and Vergne would be given a chance if the results don't ar💯rive for the two race driv𓃲ers.

"In Ricciardo and Vergne we have two outstanding talents," he told Auto Motor und Sport. "Buemiꦫ and Alguersuari know that their job is not a pillow, and we are not a boarding sch꧟ool.

"Buemi's services last year were not what we expected of him. Alguersuari has 🔯developed, but is it enough?"

Marko added that Vergne in particular had a fighting spirit that exceeded the other thr🔴ee drivers.

"If our four drivers went side by side into a corner," he said, "I guarantee Vergne would co꧃me out the other side first.❀"

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