Toro Rosso to struggle at Indy

UPDATE A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, Tsk Tsk, I hope people see this for what it is…posturing. STR are still hoping to obstruct, or delay for as long as possible, the ‘equalization’ amendments insisted on by many of the other teams due to STR being the only team running a V10 which has more grunt. STR is showing much BETTER this year than it would if the team was forced to use a V8 powerplant like every other team. The exception to use the V10 was granted for Minardi due to the fact that team did not have the financial ability to afford a V8 package whereas STR certainly does. The fact is Scott Speed’s Toro Rosso car was the fastest of any car, at just over 201mph, right through the ¾ mark of the last race on the long straight at Montreal. Expect similar straight line speed at Indy. Jason Greling, Huntington Beach, California

07/01/06 Vitantonio Liuzzi has predicted a big struggle for his Toro Rosso team at Indianapolis. The Italian driver expects he and teammate Scott Speed will not be able to keep up with their rivals on the circuit's long front straight, which includes a flat-out blast through the banking.

''We will struggle a lot,'' Liuzzi said, ''because with the V10 we always struggle on the fast circuits because we don't have any top speed.

''The (restricted 3.0 liter) V10 is not pushing enough.''

Every other F1 outfit is powered by an unfettered 2.4 liter V8.