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Ralf happy with first day back

Toyota returned to action at Barcelona's yesterday as the team continued preparations for the first European race of the 2007 world championship. The TF107 has undergone considerable aerodynamic modifications in preparation for next week's Spanish Grand Prix, including revised bodywork.

Ralf Schumacher was at the wheel for Toyota, looking at set-up options and differential settings. At the early races of 2007 Ralf has struggled with the new car's front end so he spent the day pushing for a solution to make the car work better for him. The timing screens had him as fastest of all but that was due to skipping the chicane on the lap in question. In reality he was 4th, 0.788s from the top.

"In general it was a successful day and we made it through everything that we had planned," said Ralf. "I've had some problems with the front end at the last couple of races in low grip conditions but it seems to be better here. We made quite a few changes in the set-up and after that I was able to brake and turn in the way that I'm used to. So that helps me and we got along quite well with the car today. My fastest lap time came when I went through the chicane but we were still not far from the top so it has been a good test. Obviously we will have to wait and see how it is at the race itself next week, but I'm looking forward to it."

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