Zoom Trulli hoping for better luck at Toyota's home event

Toyota is on home ground this weekend for the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway.

The historic track, which hosted Japan's first-ever Formula One Grand Prix in 1976, is truly spectacular, both for the stunning backdrop of Mount Fuji and the longest straight in F1, at 1.475km. That straight not only provides an opportunity to overtake if a car can get close enough on the exit of Panasonic Corner, it also presents a set-up challenge. With a third of the 4.563km track taken up by the flat-out blast past the pits, high speed is vitally important, but the remainder of the track requires greater downforce to generate grip through the slow-speed corners in sectors two and three.

Following another strong showing in Singapore, where Timo Glock finished fourth, Toyota is fired up to deliver a strong result in the fight for fourth place in the Constructors' Championship.

Jarno Trulli
"I enjoy visiting Fuji Speedway and I was very impressed by the facilities there last season. I am definitely looking forward to having a much luckier weekend at Fuji Speedway compared to Singapore. I have to forget about what happened there because I would have finished in the top six but I had the hydraulic problem, which has not happened before. That was a real shame because now we are five points away from fourth in the Constructors' Championship. But I have confidence going into the Japanese Grand Prix, which is an important race for us as a team and of course for our Japanese fans. It is impossible for me and the team to push any harder than we have already been doing this season, because we have given everything, but I know our fans will give us great support as always and I will be fighting really hard to get a strong result."

Timo Glock
"Singapore was a good race for me and I was pleased to score five points but we still lost ground in the Constructors' Championship so we want to hit back immediately and that means scoring plenty of points in the Japanese Grand Prix. This will be my first visit to Fuji Speedway and I am looking forward to it, especially as I am a Toyota driver and I'm sure we will get a lot of support. Having not driven the track before it's hard to make predictions but we have been strong at most races this season and we are very motivated to be competitive again. Singapore was a bit too bumpy for our car so we could not show our true potential but I don't expect the same problem at Fuji Speedway, although from what I have heard the weather can be an issue there. I actually enjoy driving in the rain and I believe it is one of my strong points, so I don't mind what the weather does!"