Good start for Trulli as Glock struggles for balance
Toyota had a good start of the final Grand Prix weekend of the season in Interlagos today. For Jarno Trulli the day went without problems, but Timo Glock struggled a bit to find the best balance in the afternoon session.
Jarno Trulli(Car 11, Chassis TF108-05)
Summary: Two smooth sessions of practice, setting the 3rd fastest time of the afternoon
P1 11th Best Lap Time: 1m 13.600s (+1.295s) Laps: 24
P2 3rd Best Lap Time: 1m 12.435s (+0.139s) Laps: 44
"I was ill with the flu yesterday so I took the time to rest in order to help me recover. Today I have been feeling better and I was able to drive with no problems. We had a good Friday session in general, going through the set-up work and looking at tyre choice for the race. We worked on balancing the car and we had some success. We still have some areas to improve but in general I'm happy and we have shown a good level of competitiveness so far. It's only Friday and ideally we would like higher track temperatures but all in all this has been a good day."
Timo Glock (Car 12, Chassis TF108-07)
Summary: No technical problems but he struggled to find the best balance in the afternoon session
P1 10th Best Lap Time: 1m 13.466s (+1.161s) Laps: 33
P2 14th Best Lap Time: 1m 13.041s (+0.745s) Laps: 39
"It was a pretty difficult day for me. This is one of the races I did for Jordan in 2004 so I have experience of this track. That was a tricky race for me but the track surface is not as bumpy this year. Still, the car felt a bit strange so it's hard to understand where we are at the moment. We will have to analyse the data and see what we can do to make it right for tomorrow. Hopefully we can find a good direction, otherwise I will hope for rain! Whatever the weather, we should aim to make the points again as we did in China."
Dieter Gass, Chief Engineer Race and Test: "We can be pleased with today's two sessions, which were trouble-free from a technical perspective. We smoothly ran through our programme and gained a clear picture over what we will do for the rest of the weekend with the tyres. We still have some work to do on the car balance, especially for Timo, who is struggling mainly with the braking. So that's something we have to look into overnight to give him a better balance for tomorrow. But overall this is a good start to the weekend and we are looking forward to a strong performance in the final race of the season."
