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Fuel tank problems at Toyota

The Toyota F1 team was back on track for the second day on Wednesday. Their drivers Jarno Trulli and Franck Montagny covered the miles. Next season's Bridgestone tyres were again the focus of the day's work and Jarno Trulli got his first taste of the new rubber at Jerez.

Franck Montagny was back behind the wheel again for a second consecutive day but he suffered a frustrating morning when a minor issue needed time-consuming repairs. He returned to the car in the afternoon to continue where he left off yesterday, gathering more information on the new tyres and trying out different set-ups.

Pascal Vasselon, Senior General Manager Chassis at Toyota explained: "It was a shame for Franck that the repair inside the fuel tank this morning took so long but unfortunately a small issue sometimes takes a long time to put right. The mechanics worked hard to get him out on track after lunch and he was able to continue with the tyre testing he started yesterday."

Franck Montagny said about his day at Jerez: "Today I was expecting a good day and it was not. We stopped after three laps with a minor issue on the car, something we never had before and took quite a long time to fix. I didn't go out again until the afternoon so we didn't have a lot of time to do the set-up work but we did the comparison work we wanted to do and that is a good thing. We carried on from yesterday but we still have plenty of work to do to find a perfect set-up on the car."

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