Jean-Eric Vergne expecting more from both Toro Rosso and himself in 2013

Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Verge is confident both the team, and himself, are poised to enter the 2013 season in much stronger shape than before.

"Everything comes to my brain, not much quicker, but it goes to another side and that's understood. So I lose less time in understanding things." In terms of the new car, Vergne said his first day had been spent testing certain parts, rather than working on finding the best set-up for the track. "It's a brand new car. We didn't bring anything from the STR7 to this car," he added. "The feeling is of course different because of the tyres but so far it's good." With a number of new concepts on the 2013 challenger, the Frenchman said getting on top of everything as quickly as possible was the main priority. "I think the biggest area we need to work is just the understanding of the car," Vergne summarised. "Once we understand every little thing on the car, what they can do, we will be able to give ourselves a much better car - and that's what matters."