Key frustrated with Toro Rosso season

Toro Rosso technical director James Key has admitted the team have been disappointed with their efforts so far this season, as they lie 36 points behind their target.

The Italian side set themselves the aim of finishing fifth in the Constructors Standings – currently occupied by Force India.

And Key admits they have been hindered by a number of factors as they continue to fall short of the target.

"There have been some frustrations," Key told Autosport.

"Unfortunately, it's a little bit of a thing with STR, we do all the hard work and then little things let us down or we let ourselves down.

"We are quite OK with performance but we know we are a bit compromised now with the engine, we can see we're the last in the pecking order now because everyone else has developed real quick.

"There are no big issues here, we're good as a team at the big projects.

"What we have to make sure is that we have everything covered in the finer detail in some circumstances.

"That can be what you do in an emergency in a pitstop if you have an unforeseen circumstance to a sign-off procedure for some system on the car. It's just minor things."

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