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'There's pressure' on Mike

Ralf Schumacher & Gascoyne

Mike Gascoyne has admitted that there is pressure on him to deliver a fast F1 car for Toyota. The newly-launched TF105 is the first racer built entirely under the former Renault technical director's stewardship. "Toyota signed me when I was at a team winning races," he commented, "so they expect me to deliver something. But I'm not nervous."

TF105 doesn't look outwardly radical, but Mike said new regulations in F1 give chasing F1 teams an opportunity to catch the competition. He added: "And when the changes are like these, who knows what will happen?"

Meanwhile, team driver Ralf Schumacher predicted that the new car restrictions, including a harder tyre compound, should only slow the field by about 'a second and a half. "I think that later," the German added, "we'll be doing similar lap times to 2004. F1 is not going to be a lot slower."

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