Today's
Weather: Cloudy, air 17-18°C, track 27-36°C
Constructors' Championship
Points: 9 (6th)
Drivers' Championship Points: Jarno Trulli 9 (8th)
Jarno
Trulli (Car 11, Chassis TF108-05)
Summary: Starting 8th, dropped
three places into the first corner and was stuck in traffic for the first stint.
Fuelled heavily for the second stint, he ran as high as 7th before taking
10th.
Race Classification: 10th (+1m 16.344s)
Qualifying Classification:
8th Lap Time: 1m 28.836s (+1.219s in Q3) Grid: 8th
"My race
was spoiled at the start. There was a bit of confusion in the first corner, I
think I was touched by a car and I lost three positions. That was it for my race
because after that I couldn't do anything to make up the ground. From the first
lap to the last I tried to push to find a way past Coulthard. We were quite
close but unfortunately with these cars as soon as you get two lengths behind
the other car you just lose grip and start going off. I kept pushing as hard as
possible all race but this was as good as we could do today."
Timo
Glock (Car 12, Chassis TF108-06)
Summary: Ran on one-stop strategy
given his grid position. Raced strongly but spent most of the race looking at
the back of Hondas en route to 13th.
Race Classification: 13th (+1 lap)
Qualifying Classification: 15th Lap Time: 1m 27.806s (+1.756s in Q2) Grid:
15th
"The
pace of the car was not too bad today but the race was just destroyed by being
stuck in traffic. I made a slow start and I had to avoid the accident with
Fisichella and Nakajima. In the first stint I was behind Barrichello and quicker
than him but I could not get past. After the pit stop Button was on soft tyres
while we were on hard tyres that were working well and giving us good
performance. Unfortunately at that stage I was being lapped by the leaders and
the blue flags made it difficult to challenge. All afternoon I had better pace
than the cars in front but I wasn't able to show it so this was a disappointing
result."
Tadashi
Yamashina - Team Principal
"Friday's practice session went well and
we found a good set-up but for the rest of the weekend the pace of the car was
not quick enough. There is still a big gap between our performance and that of
the front teams so that is the main reason for our result today. Of course Timo
was not helped by his mechanical problem in qualifying. Then today both cars
lost ground at the start so we will have to investigate that further when we get
back to the factory. Those issues meant that the two cars were stuck in traffic
for most of the race. But now we must improve our performance and aim for a
better result next time."
What's
Next?
Toyota will return to action in a fortnight at the Monaco
Grand Prix. Stay up to date with all the latest news from
www.toyota-f1-world.com, where you will find Timo Glock's Turkish Grand Prix
debrief later this week. A VNR feature and accompanying text giving an insight
into the Monaco Grand Prix's unique challenges will be released on Monday 19
May.
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