Toro Rosso confirm Speed

The American's future remained uncertain in recent months, but after reaching an agreement with the Red Bull-owned squad, the team said he will continue to drive alongside Tonio Liuzzi.

Speed has tested for Toro Rosso at Bahrain today, where he finished the last among 16 F1 drivers on the timesheet.

The team said, however, that the last three-day session at the Middle Eastern track, where the new STR2 car had its first proper testing, proved productive.
 
"We are still very much in the early stages of development, learning about the car and how to work with it," said chief engineer Laurent Mekies.

"This meant that for the first two days, we did not cover as much mileage as we would have liked, but this is inevitable when learning about a new car.

"But by the third day, we managed to increase our number of laps and pick up some speed, as we worked on aero and mechanical set up, as well as evaluating the two types of tyre Bridgestone will make available to us for the race here in April."