Today’s Weather: Cloudy but dry. Air 24-26°C, track 23-31°C
Toyota’s Best Chinese GP qualifying: 6th Ralf Schumacher 2007
Toyota’s Best Chinese GP race result: 3rd Ralf Schumacher 2005
Take Note: This race is the last time in 2008 that teams will use Bridgestone’s hardest compound tyre
Jarno Trulli (Car 11, Chassis TF108-05)
Summary: A smooth day of practice with the 4th quickest time of the afternoon
P1 18th Best Lap Time: 1m 38.219s (+2.589s) Laps: 24
P2 4th Best Lap Time: 1m 36.159s (+0.409s) Laps: 32
“It was a good, productive day for us. In general the car seems to be behaving well. We tested several things, both mechanically and aerodynamically, and we made some good progress on set-up and balance. We also did some long runs which will help us to understand about the behaviour of the different tyre compounds. Everything went smoothly so I am happy. Now we will keep pushing to get the most out of these last two races and bring as many points away as we can.”
Timo Glock (Car 12, Chassis TF108-07)
Summary: Found it hard to find the right balance during the two sessions of practice
P1 16th Best Lap Time: 1m 37.664s (+2.034s) Laps: 29
P2 11th Best Lap Time: 1m 36.615s (+0.865s) Laps: 33
“Both sessions were a bit tricky for me because I’ve found the car quite difficult to drive today. I haven’t found the right direction to go yet in terms of set-up and it has been hard to find the right balance. But we will work hard on the information we collected today and try to make an improvement for tomorrow. I know this track from 2004 when I raced here for Jordan, I’ve been impressed with the reaction of the fans here and now we must look to get a good result.”
Dieter Gass, Chief Engineer Race and Test
“Overall I’m really happy with the day. It was a very similar Friday to what we had last weekend in Fuji where we were performing well. Again, we did some basic work on both cars in P1 which set us up well for P2 and the rest of the weekend. The track evolved but not as much as usual here in Shanghai and we were able to gather a lot of information on the tyres. We had no major problems and we’re obviously in good shape on car performance. Timo was struggling a bit more than Jarno with an inconsistent balance but we are confident that we can improve his situation for tomorrow. Now we can look strongly to the weekend and try to improve on what we saw in the race in Fuji.”
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