Toro Rosso had looked in line for a strong start to the 2013 F1 world championship, with Jean-Eric Vergne running strongly in the top ten for much of the race only to drop to 12th place and out of the points toward the end of the 58-lap Australian Grand Prix. Team principal Franz Tost explained that the team's problems had stemmed from not delivering to their potential in the delayed qualifying session held earlier on Sunday morning six hours before the start of the race itself. "We missed an opportunity to qualify better this morning, when we did not choose the best tyre strategy," Tost conceded. "Jean-Eric drove hard to try and get in the points, but was unable to do so....
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