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Both cars on row four

Toyota are optimistic they can get a good result in tomorrow's race at Fuji. After a strong qualifying effort, Italian Jarno Trulli will start from seventh, while his German teammate Timo Glock joins him on row four in eight. The part-Japanese, part-German outfit is hoping for some good points to follow up on the pace shown all weekend.

Despite the good result, both drivers were hoping for more. They are adamant they could have been closer to the front on the Toyota-owned track.

“We've done quite a good job overall this weekend preparing for qualifying and the race,” said Jarno Trulli.

He added: “In Q2 I was 4th and Timo was 5th so it shows that the Toyotas are going well. Q3 was a bit of a mystery because as soon as we put the fuel on, the car was rather unbalanced and we lost a lot of grip. So I wasn't so happy about the pace of Q3 but maybe it's down to the different fuel levels.

Now we must go for a strong result for everyone here in front of our own fans and we must fight really hard until the end tomorrow."

Timo Glock, the quickest of the two Toyota's in practice, echoes the sentiments of his experienced teammate.

”This morning's rain didn't really help us because we would have liked to have more rubber on the asphalt. Instead it was quite low grip but still Q1 was quite easy. I was quickest and I had a really good feeling. But after that we struggled to get the most out of the softer tyre on heavy fuel and we are slightly further back than we'd hoped,” said the German.

“There are a couple of places where you can overtake here so let's see what happens tomorrow. What is great is the home support we've had here. There are so many Toyota fans and now we have both cars in the top ten we have a good chance to get both cars into the points."

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Written: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:09:36