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Toyota happy with test progress

Toyota completed its four-day test programme at Paul Ricard in southern France on Friday evening with Franck Montagny again behind the wheel of the TF107. After changeable weather on day three, the elements were kinder today with warmer temperatures and no wind allowing the team to conduct some good preparation for the North American races in June. 

Montagny managed to gather a considerable amount of information which will help the team prepare for the races at Montreal and Indianapolis. The team is in action again next week for the Monaco Grand Prix, with practice beginning on Thursday.

"It has been a good comprehensive test and we have got through everything we wanted to do," said test team manager Gerd Pfeiffer. "Logistically a test with different circuit layouts is no more difficult to organise as long as you know what you want to achieve and you plan properly. It does not involve additional team personnel but what you do notice is that four days is harder work than the regular three days. I want to thank everyone for their efforts this week. We started with Ralf doing two days concentrating on Monte Carlo preparation, while Franck finished the test on the faster circuit layout with the emphasis on Canada and the USA. Both drivers had one day affected by winds but we collected a lot of data for analysis back in Cologne."

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