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Toyota happy with new engine

Toyota's engine technical director Luca Marmorini is happy with the performance of his new V8 engine after the team's first test of its 2006 car - the TF106 this week in Barcelona. Ralf Schumacher had a problem on Thursday, but Marmorini is not concerned.

"We learned a lot and confirmed some of the things we tested at the factory but the weather on the last day prevented us from doing more mileage, which was a shame," Marmorini said. "The next test is just a few days away but this is an important time because we have just three weeks before the Christmas break. This is when we have to define the engine parts with long manufacturing times that we will take to the first race in Bahrain. At the January and February tests it will be too late to react in time for Bahrain, and so that is the reason you don't want to lose any test days at this time."

"We are still analysing the issue Ralf had with the engine on Thursday but it's not serious because the engine had already done 900kms," he added. "In terms of performance and durability we have had a very positive response by all three drivers. We already have a package that we could race. We are still working on more engine improvements and whatever we can apply without taking too many risks, we will do so."

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