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Depart Florence today in the comfort of your own private vehicle with driver, and relax on the drive south (approx. 1hr 45 mins) to Avignonesi, where you'll get to visit an excellent wine producer, Le Capezzine Estate, situated at a few kilometres from Montepulciano, complete with its own villa, chapel and ancient stone wine cellar. The shared visit of the cellar will last approximately 1hr15mins and will take you around a real labyrinth made of wine barrels.
At the end of the wine tasting enjoy a typical 3 course Tuscan lunch accompanied by Avignonesi wines to match each course. Lunch will typically consist of Tuscan Appetizer, choice between pasta first course or meat main course with side dish, dessert, 3 Avignonesi wines, 1 Italian dessert wine (the choice between pasta and meat has to be confirmed in advance).
Fully sated, you'll depart for the beautiful medieval town of Cortona, that was already a very important village during the Etruscan period between the 8th and 7th Century BC. Enjoy a walking tour of town with an English speaking guide for approximately 2hrs, taking in the Romanic Church of St Christopher, the Town Hall Square with the Town Hall building as well as a stroll down the main street surrounded by beautiful medieval palaces from where you can admire beautiful panoramas.From Cortona, the final stop and todays destination will be Castiglion del Bosco, approximately a 2hrs30minute drive away.
There are two restaurants and a cozy bar at the Castiglion del Bosco property which showcase the talented chefs' seasonal and regional cuisine using the finest local ingredients, complemented by an extensive list of Castiglion del Bosco and regional wines. The traditional Osteria offers a casual ambience for an informal lunch or dinner, while the fine dining restaurant, Ristorante Campo Del Drago, presents an elegant setting for a sumptuous Tuscan dining experience.
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Pienza is a very charming little town, which dates back to the 15th Century. Walk around the narrow streets and visit the typical "botteghe" (small stores) where you can find and taste all sorts of Pecorino cheese (with pepper, truffle, nuts, etc). Pienza also offers nice artisan stores which sell handmade leather items.Return to Castiglion del Bosco in the late afternoon with your private driver.
Castiglion del Bosco is well set up for activities on the estate. In and around the Borgo, one can take advantage of a state-of the-art fitness center, a soccer pitch, and tennis and bocce (Tuscan bowls) courts. The Estate also features miles of picturesque hiking and biking trails that hug spectacular ridges and meander past streams, waterfalls and hidden historic sites. Handsome Maremma horses, used by traditional Tuscan herdsmen, are also an option if a horseriding trek is of interest and treks are taken through a network of riding trails extending to the far-reaching corners of the property.
Immersed in the heart of the Val d'Orcia Artistic, Natural and Cultural Park, Castiglion del Bosco Golf Club centres on a spectacular eighteen-hole course designed by the legendary Tom Weiskopf. Golf enthusiasts will certainly be pleased with the course.
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Hello. Does anyone know where in UK teaches how to make chocolate from the bean to bar process ? Thanks. Would even pay for private lessons
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Hi Adamandia,
You should check the Chocolate Alchemy site, it's forums and archives. Using the search you can read back on the archives and follow through several good chocolatier's careers like Brad or Alan, who started with home chocolate making and moved on to larger operations.
That being said, it would be easier to learn from someone locally, so maybe you can find someone to help.
I am just going through the process and even without formal lessons, the results are way beyond my original expectations. I'd be happy to help.
Thanks for that Felipe. Hope I find something soon. B rgds, A
Hi Adamandia:
Might I first suggest the book The Science of Chocolate by S.T. Beckett who I believe teaches in York. His book can be very technical in places, but it is thorough.
The Web site 'chocolate alchemy' is fine, but they are selling gear for home bean to bar chocolate making -- and not all that cheap.
Small scale home bean to bar chocolate making is doable in all except maybe one regard. Washing, roasting, winnowing, making nibs, conching, tempering and molding can all be done small scale with reasonable inexpensive equipment. The hard part is getting the ground nibs into a liquor that has particles less than 30 microns ( a human hair is about 50 microns thick) . Sites like chocolate alchemy offer various grinders that were created to grind herbs and spices for Indian (UK would say Asian) food. The problem is that these machines just can't get chocolate down to 30 microns, and you end up with gritty chocolate.
The small scale chocolate lab solution is to use steel rollers spaced just under 30 microns apart. Easy peasey. Unfortunately, even a re-built bench type roller mill runs about 25K U.S. last I checked. Bay Area Scharffen Berger (now owned by Hershey's) uses a stone wheel like the sort you might see in a flour mill. If you are determined to make home bean to bar chocolate, I would suggest considering a stone roller grinder ( like the ones they use for olive oil extraction ). These should be available on the continent and for considerably less than $25K. Here's another suggestion: why not buy bulk chocolate or liquor and work on tempering? This is a valuable sub skill in chocolate making that you can start on without too much fuss. And you can temper by hand using a Bain Marie (water bath), seed chocolate, and a chocolate thermometer.
Hope that helps! Ricardo
books.google.comS. T. Beckett, Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
I would disagree with your statement that the stone mills aren't able to produce a chocolate <30 um. I've had results as fine as 8um by micrometer, and that method measures the largest particle (meaning most of the particles are <8um). Now, the grinders are exactly standardized, so your results will vary from grinder to grinder, which may be why you're saying what you're saying. However, it is quite possible to make a fine particle size chocolate using one.
The Science of Chocolate is a good book for sure. So is Cocoa Chocolate & Confectionary by Minifie. My personal favourite is Chocolate & Confections by Peter Greweling. Peter's book is a great foundation for actually doing stuff with the chocolate you make.
Now, when it comes to particle size, I agree with Sebastian, and would also like to add that your claim about the modified home grinders on Chocolate Alchemy producing gritty chocolate is unfounded. I used a modified version of one of the Chocolate Alchemy machines for almost 3 years in my home kitchen until I purchased true commercial grade chocolate refiners, and with those little machines produced some of the smoothest milk and dark chocolate I've ever had. Following Sebastian's advice I actually kept chocolate I'd made in my little Santha, and occasionally go back to it for comparison. It's just as smooth as my commercial machines' product.
There is one thing to point out here, which I'm surprised nobody has touched on - and that's acidity and taste. Who cares if the chocolate is gritty when it hasn't been conched enough and is acidic and vinegary? Most machines I have used can grind cocoa beans down to the point where my pallate can't detect any grittiness at all in less than 12 hours. However I've found that to produce truly "great" chocolate, it can take at least another 36-48 hours of conching to round out the flavour.
I would have to say that if your chocolate is gritty to the point where you need a micrometer to test for size, you haven't refined and conched it NEAR long enough. When you get to the point where texture isn't an issue, and your focus turns to amazing, rich, deep flavour, THEN you're getting closer.
...but that's just my experience.
Hi Adamandia:
I am a little skeptical that the Santha grinder ( or any little stone grinder ) will produce completely smooth, under 30 micron chocolate. These cute machines look like an old phonograph. Material is milled between a spinning disk and one or two fist-sized "wheels" that revolve around it. Chocolate is odd ( a non-newtonian fluid ). That means, like cornstarch, the more you compress it, the more dense it becomes. This generates resistance and heat, lots of heat. Little machines are hard pressed to deal with this. Nothing wrong with the technology, just the scale. Also, if you grind too long, your chocolate may turn into a ropey, tar-like consistency.
Maybe Brad and Sebastian have some techniques that overcome these problems. Bottom line - I wouldn't buy any machine that did not come with a guarantee that it could grind chocolate to 30 microns or less. If you hear: " Well our machine wasn't made for chocolate per se, but it should..." don't walk, run away.
A note on micrometers: one reliable and economic way to get an objective measurement of particle size is to use a microscope. Retailers can provide a fliter with a line grid that fits into the eye tube. You make a thin smear of your chocolate onto a glass slide and the lines in your field of view will indicate the size of particles. You can preserve your slides by adding one drop of marine varnish. By preserving slides, you can see how various chocolate brands vary not only in particle size and percentage of sizes but also particle shape.
Bottom line on a grinder -- get a guarantee that is enforceable.
Best, Ricardo
Ricardo -
I have to agree with Brad and Sebastian on this issue.
Despite your skepticism, I have personally tasted many, many chocolates made with the modified stone grinders and most (though not all) of those chocolates had no detectable grittiness in them. I have also had chocolates made in expensive "universal" machines that did exhibit grittiness.
It's not the "fault" of the machines, they are both capable of producing good results. More can be attributed to the way the machines are used - the experience of the chocolate maker - and maintained (or not).
I also don't see 30 microns as an absolute number. I believe that part of the mechanical effect of conching is to coat all of the particles with fat. So - you could have a paste where the particle size was below 30 microns with extremely uneven fat distribution and it could taste gritty.
Brad also correctly points out that particle size is just one characteristic to consider.
Enjoy your "site". Ciao.
I've got a laser particle size distribution of chocolates made with the melanges somewhere. If i can find it, i'll post it. To be honest, when these first began to be used, i was inordinately skeptical. i didn't think it could be done either. What i've observed is that they're able to make chocolates that, from a particle size reduction standpoint, exceed almost everything that's commercially available via conventional processing. Now, that's not to say conventional processes can't do it - they can - but in order to get that fine, it takes a long time - same as with these machines. If time is not an issue for you, you can make exceptional product with them.
From reading your material, you appear to be at the same level of skepticism i was 10 years ago. Do this for me - there's any number of artisinal chocolate products available today that are made via this fashion. Select a few to purchase, and taste them. If you have the knowledge and resources, analyze them. Then make your assessment. If you've never used the equipment, and you've never assessed product made on the equipment, it may not be fair to judge it.
Disclaimer - I have no vested interest in the home chocolate maker, the equipment used to do it, or the ingredients that go into it. Quite the opposite actually.
Hey Sebastian, FYI: my conche/refiners go right from nibs and granulated sugar to chocolate with no pre-refining. You've tasted it. From a texture perspective what do you think? (I already know you think my 70%'s are too high in fat! haha!).
Oh by the way, I had Jean-Jacques Berjot and a few other Barry Callebaut execs in my shop the other day doing a tasting. He thought the Cuyagua 80% you tasted was amazing too. In fact I had to laugh. He crossed his eyes, did a couple of arm pumps, and ended up leaving with a couple of the Cuyagua 80 bars.
Your particle size is just fine. I admit i've not had a bar in a while, so i'm going from memory (and i eat far more chocolate than your average bear...) - but from recollection, i'd put the max particle size somewhere in the 20um range, which is a nice place to be. I do think you've got too much much cocoa butter in the last bars i tasted (which you already know 8-))
of course, always willing to give a sensory/phsyical analysis update on fresh samples 8-)
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On November 3, 1979, television news cameras captured an episode of shocking violence, driven by hate and anger, that continues to divide the North Carolina city of Greensboro to this day. As members of the Communist Workers Party were preparing for a "Death to the Klan" rally, a caravan of KKK members and American Nazis drove into the center of the protesters. Shouted insults quickly escalated into a physical confrontation, and, with the cameras still rolling, the Klansmen and Nazis grabbed an arsenal of weapons from their cars and began firing into the crowd.
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1903: The Yankees play their first regular season game.
At Washington' before a crowd of 11'950 at American League Park' the new AL franchise in New York (currently named the Highlanders) open their season with a 3-1 loss. Washington elect to bat first (the home team had the option until 1908)' but the New Yorkers score in the bottom of the opening inning to take a 1-0 lead. Each starter gives up six hits with Jack Chesbro' the NL's top winner last year (28-6) taking the loss. Al Orth' in his second season with Washington' is the winner.
On other 22nds of April…
2009: In action at the Stadium, the Oakland A's scored two 7th inning runs off CC Sabathia, one of them on an RBI from Jason Giambi, to tie the score 7-7. Both teams bat seven times thereafter with no change in the score, until Melky Cabrera launches a shot into the short porch. His home run, which plates Nick Swisher in front of him (the right fielder had reached on a
walk, the third time in the game he had battled to a full count) gives the Yankees their first walkoff win of a magical season, 9-7 in
14 innings. Jose Veras comes out of the bullpen and sets the stage for Melky's heroics by pitching 3.3 innings of no-hit, one-walk, four-strike-out, no-run relief. The loser of the 4h56m battles is ex-Yank Dan Geise.
2007: The Red Sox complete their first sweep of the Yankees at Fenway in 17 years. Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek hit consecutive home runs, making it the fourth instance in MLB history that four straight hitters had gone deep. The victim for all four gopher balls is Chase Wright, who ties the MLB record for home runs allowed in an inning.
Paul Foytack in 1963 had been the only prior
pitcher to allow four straight homers in an inning.
2003: The Yankees continue their winning ways with an 8-3 victory over the Angels on the 100th anniversary of their 1st game. New York are off to the best start in their history with a 17-3 record. The team's starting pitchers are now 15-0 on the year.
1998: The Yankees' in first by a half game' pound Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte shuts down the Blue Jays' as the Yankees prevail' 9-1. Scott Brosius has 3 hits and 5 RBI.
Pettitte pitches a complete game and allows 1 run (unearned) on 6 hits and 1 walk' with 6 strike outs. Clemens takes the loss allowing 9 runs (6 earned)' the 3rd time in Clemens' great career that he allowed 9 runs in a game and the 2nd time against the Yankees. Clemens K's 6 and reaches 2900 career strikeouts.
1997: After 4 months of on-and-off negotiations' the Yankees acquire the rights to Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu from the San Diego Padres for $3 million. New York send injured outfielder Ruben Rivera and minor leaguer pitcher Rafael Medina to San Diego. The Padres sweeten the deal by sending three minor leaguers to NY: Second baseman Homer Bush and outfielders Gordon Amerson and Vernon Maxwell. Irabu's team' the Chiba Lotte Marines' gave the San Diego exclusive rights to the 27-year-old righthander' but Irabu refused to sign with the Padres' saying he would only go with the Yankees.
1970: The Yankees and Senators battle for 18 innings before the Nats win' 2-1. The winning run scores on a walk to Ed Stroud' a single by Hank Allen' and a sac fly by Mike Epstein. The run' off Ron Klimkowski' makes a winner of Joe Grzenda.
1967: Fritz Maisel, early Yankee star (and the only player other than Rickey Henderson to have stolen 70 or more bases in a season for the club) dies at age 77.
1961: Jimmy Key, '90s Yankee pitcher, is born. Happy 51st, Jimmy!
1960: In the home opener at Yankee Stadium' Mickey Mantle socks a 4th inning homer off Hoyt Wilhelm' and New York beat Baltimore' 5-0.
1959: Whitey Ford goes 14 innings against the Senators, striking out 15 along the way. The Yankees finally win it in the 14th on a Moose
Skowron solo homer 1-0' the longest contest in Major League history ended by a four-bagger in which a solo home run was the only scoring.
1957: The visiting Yankees overwhelm the Senators' 15-6' with Mickey Mantle hitting his first homer of the year' off lefty Chuck Stobbs.
Hank Bauer belts a grand slam in the 7-run 6th inning' which also features a triple steal by Billy Martin (on the front end)' Yogi Berra'
and Moose Skowron. The Senators strand 16 while the Yankees have 10 LOB.
1956: Yankee pitcher Don Larsen slams a homer with the bases loaded off Frank Sullivan of the Red Sox' as New York win 13-6. Larsen is lifted in the 5th and the win goes to Bob Grim.
1949: The Red Sox have a record-breaking opening-day crowd of 33'955 who see Governor Paul Dever toss out the first ball. The Yankees then win their 4th in a row' 5-3' scoring all their runs in the 6th and 7th with the help of six bases on balls. Boston starter Tex Hughson hands out four in the 6th' sandwiched around a DP. Allie Reynolds follows with a single. Tommy Henrich' who won the first two Yankee games with a home run' has four walks before striking out.
1944: The Yankees hand out 1943 World Series rings before beating the Senators 6-3. Manager Joe McCarthy is absent because of illness and is at home on his farm near Buffalo. He is suffering from a severe case of the flu and according to his doctor' 'will be away indefinitely'. Art Fletcher will serve as acting manager.
1943: After a day's delay because of rain' the Yankees open at the Stadium with a 5-4 come-from-behind win against the Senators. Johnny 'Grandma' Murphy' who relieves starter Ernie Bonham in the 9th and tosses just one pitch' is the victor. Roy Weatherly' filling in for Joe DiMaggio in center field' drives home the tying and winning runs with a double off Owen Sheetz. Mickey Haefner is the losing pitcher. Joe Gordon has the game's only homer' an 8th-inning shot off starter Early Wynn' that gives the Yankees a 3-2 lead. Because of meat rationing, no vendors walk among the fans selling hot dogs' though the great ballpark meal is still available at the concession stands
1942: At the Stadium, Joe DiMaggio poles a homer plus 2 triples to lead the Yanks to an 11-5 win over the A's. Spud Chandler coasts to his second win.
1931: Babe Ruth collides with Charlie Berry' Red Sox catcher and former pro football player' while trying to score on a sacrifice fly. Ruth is carried off the field at Fenway Park and taken to hospital. Ruth has 3 hits and 2 runs before being replaced by Myril Hoag. New York win' 7-5.
1930: Before 66'000 at the Stadium' the champion A's edge the Yankees' 6-5' on Bing Miller's lead off homer in the 9th. Roy Sherid is the loser while Rube Walberg' the 3rd of three hurlers' is the winner.
The 1930 Yankees
1923: The first Sunday game at the Stadium draws an estimated 60'000' but the Yankees' despite an 8th inning homer by Everett Scott'
suffer their first loss of the year' 4-3 to Washington's Walter Johnson.
1920: The Yankees open their home season with a 8-6 win over the A's' but lose Babe Ruth to an injury. The $125'000 batsman pulls a cartilage in his right knee in batting practice and' after striking out in the 1st' has to be assisted off the field. The team announce that he will be out 2 weeks.
1915: On the eve of the home opener, the now familiar Yankee logo is publicly unveiled for the first time, in banners decking out the Polo grounds.
1905: Having failed to give out rain checks the day before when a storm stopped the game, the Highlanders open the gates for free admission, and 30,000 people jam Hilltop Park for the clash with Washington. It ends with a 5-3 Highlander victory. This is the first time that fans can take the new subway to the ball game.
1904: Jack Chesbro allows one hit' by Kip Selbach' in beating the Senators 2-0 to avenge the Highlanders' opening day loss in Washington the previous year.
1881: Neal Ball is born. Ball, who was a middle infielder for the Highlanders from 1907 through 1909, achieved lasting fame by executing the first unassisted triple play in modern MLB history whilst playing for the Indians in 1911.


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Romelu Lukaku ended a five-game goal drought to help Everton return to winning ways at Goodison Park with a 2-1 victory over Southampton in the Barlcays Premier League.
Seamus Coleman gave the hosts the lead with a marvellous individual effort, but Gaston Ramirez equalised from 35 yards with a dipping effort that deceived Everton goalkeeper Joel Robles. Chelsea loanee Lukaku was on hand to finish a sweeping move just three minutes later and keep Everton in the hunt for European places.
Were it not for Thursday's defeat by Sunderland, Everton would have been celebrating an unbeaten year at home, but they responded to that set-back with a measured performance in front of their fans. Defeat for Southampton was their fourth in eight matches and leaves them adrift from the top eight.
Leighton Baines returned to Roberto Martinez's XI and Robles made his first Barclays Premier League start for Everton in place of the suspended Tim Howard, with Kelvin Davis returning to the Southampton goal ahead of Paulo Gazzaniga and being called into action by Ross Barkley from Coleman's cross in the third minute.
The hosts' bright start paid off six minutes later when right-back Coleman picked the ball up on his flank and burst into the area before smashing an unstoppable strike into the top far corner. It was the Irishman's fifth goal of the season, surpassing his tally for the previous four campaigns combined.
Southampton came into this game on the back of a rousing 3-0 win over Cardiff City on Thursday, but struggled to find any sort of fluency for much of the opening period. Adam Lallana spurned a good chance after weaving through two defenders.
They were nearly made to pay just after the break, when a low cross from Bryan Oviedo found Barkley in the six-yard box, but the 20-year old failed to find the target.
Southampton began to find their feet as the game wore on, and several had chances in a matter of seconds after 65 minutes, Luke Shaw having a low drive blocked, before Jay Rodriguez's effort was deflected wide. Five minutes later they were on level terms in emphatic circumstances when substitute Ramirez sent a wicked swerving effort past Robles and into the roof of the net from distance.
The visitors could not hold on and were behind once again just three minutes later, as substitute Steven Pienaar and James McCarthy combined to give Lukaku a chance, which he finished with aplomb.
Everton pushed for a third in the closing stages, Lukaku firing over and forcing a great save from Davis, but a one-goal margin proved enough for victory.
Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "It was an extremely good game of football and I couldn't be happier with the overall performance.
"From the outside looking in you are going to judge a striker on their goalscoring ability and the numbers. But Romelu, when he arrived here, he was a young player and he couldn't play 60 to 65 minutes.
"For me if he scores goals, yes it's magnificent, but for me I judge him by all the different aspects of his game. We've been working on other aspects of Romelu's game and were never in a position to worry about his goals. He attracts two or three players."
"Joel had a good game - he was in control of his box and playing with a new defence. Joel is blaming himself [for the equaliser] but I don't think that's the case. These balls swerve everywhere and he [Ramirez] struck it well.
"[On Jagielka injury] With this soft tissue injury it could be up to four weeks, but knowing Jags he will be back earlier. It is just the accumulation of games and the demands of this month - November into December is high-risk in terms of injuries to the players."
Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino: "Overall the game was a very good game, with both teams very good going forward, but it is still a shame because we leave with nothing and deserved more from this game.
"The team put in a great performance, not just one player, but the team as a whole and I'm very happy with the performance but obviously very disappointed with the result. From the three shots they had on goal they scored twice and we created a lot of chances for ourselves but in the end we come away with nothing."
"I am very happy with his [Ramirez's] performance today because he's in the process of recovering his confidence and his attacking style and he's on the right path. It's clear that he is in a process of adaptation - it's taking him some time to adapt.
"Today he got some minutes and scored a great goal so we hope that with time and with more games he will be able to recover that confidence he needs to be a better player in the future."
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Anyone who's passed an Amish buggy while driving knows it can be a dangerous situation. A number of recent accidents have law enforcement agencies working to increase safety on the roads. Barry Wygel takes a look at what is being done.
POTSDAM, N.Y. -- You'll find the horse drawn carriages on roads across the state. Now police agencies are trying to make it easier for buggies to share the road.
Here in the North Country, officers are increasing awareness with both motorists and the Amish. "We decided there was a need to meet with the Amish community to stress upon them our concerns about traffic safety," said Lt. Kevin Boyea, from Troop B of the New York State Police.
Tuesday a number of issues were discussed, all aimed at keeping people safe on the road, especially as winter approaches.
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There were top ten results in the Japanese Grand Prix for Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button while Paul di Resta was P11...
Nico Rosberg: "I made a good start today and was in a strong position until my first pit stop. Unfortunately we then had the incident as I left the pit box which ultimately cost me a top position. We will analyse internally with the team what went wrong but it was immediately clear that we would get a penalty. After that, we switched to a three-stop strategy and that worked out as well as it could for us. I was able to do some good overtaking manoeuvres, although I wasn't happy with Perez as the rules are clear; you can defend once and close the door but you can't switch sides again. Trying to overtake the Sauber at the end was very tough and while it's difficult to be satisfied with eighth place given our potential, at least we were able to salvage some points."
Lewis Hamilton: "I got a fantastic start this afternoon, better than both Red Bulls for probably the first time this year. Mark moved right, so I had to move as well, which sandwiched Sebastian between me and Romain. Seb's front wing clipped my right rear, cut the tyre and that was that. It wasn't his fault at all, just one of those things that wasn't meant to be this afternoon. I feel most gutted for the team - the guys here at the track and in the factory - because they are doing an amazing job right now and we're just not getting the reward for it. Looking to the last four races, I will just be going out there to enjoy them and score as many points as I can for the team. I still believe that second in the Constructors' Championship is in our reach if our luck takes a turn for the better and that's what we will all be aiming for."
Jenson Button: "The first two stints of the race were pretty difficult as I had massive understeer. That was my fault: on the lap-to-grid, it felt like I had too much front-end, so I took some wing out of the car. It was the wrong thing to do - it left me with too much understeer, and I kept locking up the fronts, which destroyed the front tyres. For the third set, we added some front-wing, and the balance came back to me. In the end, the car was really good to drive - especially my final stint on the Option tyre, which was a lot of fun, especially as I was able to chase down and pass a couple of other cars. In the closing laps, I made a great move on Paul [di Resta] around the outside of the chicane. I made the same move on Felipe [Massa] too, but he forced me over the kerb, so I ended up getting him on the straight. So it was an enjoyable end to the race, but a disappointing beginning."
Sergio Perez: ""It was a very unfortunate afternoon for us. I had such bad luck - things just didn't go our way today. In fact, I think you could say that everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. We had an incident with Nico [Rosberg] in the pitlane, some of slow pitstops, and then another incident with Nico, which caused me to suffer a puncture - luckily, however, right at the entrance of the pitlane. After a difficult race like this, all we can do is look ahead. In two weeks' time we'll start all over again - I'll be hoping for more luck in New Delhi."
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Paul di Resta: "At the start of the race I didn't get a good launch and a few cars came by me, and then we lost out at the first pit stop because the Williams of Bottas jumped us. That compromised the second stint, which is why we went very aggressive with an early second stop to get track position and move ahead of the Williams. The car felt better for the final stint and it looked like we were on course for a point. In the end we were about five laps too short with the tyre life because I couldn't defend from Jenson [Button]. With four races to go we need to take the positives from this weekend and will travel to India determined to get back in the points."
Adrian Sutil: "It's been a very tough weekend and starting from the back of the grid made it difficult to get close to the points. In the end I finished P14 and had some good battles, but there was a lot of oversteer in the car and it was not easy to be consistent. The best part of the race was the start because I moved up to P16, but we just didn't have the race pace we needed today and couldn't get the performance from the tyres."
Toro Rosso:
Jean-Eric Vergne: "There are some positive elements from today, because the car worked very well in this afternoon, However, our pit stops were not the best and cost us some time. After the start I found myself in traffic, so the team decided to call me in a bit early for the switch from the Option to the Prime, but the pit stop was slow and just put me back in the traffic. It was hard to overtake, so we tried lengthening the next two stints and the remaining pit stops were not the best. Apart from that, my pace seemed reasonable, so it's a shame, as I think I could have done better, especially as I had a lot of new tyres for the race. I really hope I have a bit more luck and another good car in India"
Daniel Ricciardo: "I am disappointed not to have scored some points today, because I am convinced I was heading for the top ten, which would have been an encouraging result, after struggling with the balance of the car on Saturday. We started on the Hard tyre and after I made a good start to move up two places, it was looking good as I passed Bottas on the track and moved up the order as those on the Medium pitted ahead of me. I was moving up the order again after my first stop and then I made a move on the outside of Sutil at the 130R and got past him. But after that, I ran wide onto the grass, which lost me a bit of time. Sadly, the Stewards decided I had gained an advantage by going off the track and had to take a drive-through penalty, which of course ruined my race. I was ninth when I came in for the penalty and it dropped me down outside the points."
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