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Strong start to weekend for Toyota

Panasonic Toyota Racing today began preparations for the last race of the 2006 season under cloudy skies at the circuit of Interlagos in Sao Paulo. It was a good day of practice for race drivers Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher. Both did more running than usual in the morning session and they finished their days of tyre and set-up work with the afternoon's 4th and 7th fastest times respectively.

Jarno Trulli said about today's work: "That was a good Friday practice session for us. You always notice the bumps on the first day at Interlagos but we had no problems and we were able to make it through our programme of tyre and set-up work. We have been looking competitive so we are confident heading into tomorrow and the race. After our double points finish at Suzuka we are only one point away from BMW in the constructors' championship with one race to go. Every position is crucial for the team so the most important thing for this weekend is to push as hard as possible to try and move up to fifth place."

Ralf Schumacher: "This circuit has always been difficult due to the bumps and today was no different. Today's sessions went okay and we had no real problems. We completed all our programmes as planned but now we have to sit together and make our tyre choice, which will be difficult. This is a challenging circuit for cars and drivers but I think our package should be good here. Our speed has been strong at recent races and we were quick at Suzuka a fortnight ago. So the trend has clearly been in the right direction and we hope that can continue here."

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