Interview With Toyota’s Jarno Trulli
Jun 25, 2008
Toyota
Question: Congratulations on third place - how did it feel to be back on the podium?
Jarno Trulli: It was just a fantastic feeling and it was a great reward for everyone in the team because we had a perfect weekend. I know everyone back in Cologne is working really hard to improve the car and at Magny-Cours my engineers, my mechanics and everyone performed to the maximum. So it was great to share that moment with them on the podium and to see the satisfaction in the garage afterwards. This gives us a big boost for the second half of the season.
Question: Did you expect to be fighting for the podium?
Jarno Trulli: At the beginning of the weekend I wasn’t expecting to be challenging for third place, that’s for sure. However, we had some new aero bits on the car which we expected to bring an improvement and as the weekend went on I felt we were looking quite strong. Qualifying fourth was a great result and after that I thought I had a very good chance to finish in the top six and maybe push for the podium, if everything went well. I was really fired up for the race because I thought there was the possibility for a fantastic result and I’m so happy it all worked out.
Question: Was it a tough race for you?
Jarno Trulli: I was pushing to the maximum all race and fighting really hard, as always. It wasn’t easy but after I passed Fernando (Alonso) at the start I knew we had a chance so I never gave up and really pushed every lap. I had to be strong to stay ahead because we were fighting with cars which were a little bit quicker than us. It was tough but I was determined to get a great result, especially at this race because of what happened to Ove Andersson. We wanted to pay tribute to him because he did so much for this team. It was a shame he couldn’t see such a great result but it was fantastic to dedicate my third place to him.
