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Toyota target points at home Grand Prix

The Toyota Formula 1 team is looking forward to race at the team's second home Grand Prix. The Cologne based F1 team will enjoy its first F1 race at the Fuji International Speedway, which is owned by Toyota Japan. Toyota's general chassis manager, Pascal Vasselon, said he is confident the team can score points at its home Grand Prix.

Speaking about the upcoming Japanese Grand Prix Pascal Vasselon, Toyota's senior general manager chassis, said: "I have been to Fuji Speedway many times and I have good memories of the track. It is certainly a good track to race on and overtaking should be possible, so we can expect to see an exciting race. The long straight and the tight first corner should be a real overtaking opportunity. Since Fuji has been upgraded it is now of the very highest standard but it still retains a lot of the character of the original circuit, with the long straight and slow infield. In terms of car set-up, this calls for an obvious compromise and this will be the main challenge this weekend."

And since it's not only the team's home Grand Prix but even Toyota's own track expectations will be high at Toyota. "We will have our last major upgrade of the season for the Japanese Grand Prix, with quite a lot of new aerodynamic parts, which we tested at Jerez last week. This is Toyota's home race so our target clearly has to be to score points and I am confident we can achieve this," Vasselon said.

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