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Trulli battles fever and engine blow

Toyota resumed testing today at Barcelona for with Jarno Trulli and third driver Franck Montagny at the wheel. It was a tough day for Trulli who had an engine problem late in the day and also started late as he was recovering from a fever.

"It was nice to be back behind the wheel apart from the fact I was a bit sick today with a fever, so it wasn't the best way to get back in the car," said Trulli. "But we managed to go through all of my programme and we looked at developments for the 2008 car, working without traction control and looking at other test items."

"In general it was a smooth day apart from my engine problem at the end, which was a shame," he added. "We have two more days remaining so we will continue to work hard and try to make as much progress as possible."

Toyota test team manager Gerd Pfeiffer commented on the day's progress, "Today has been a productive day, even if it has also been a difficult one. We had several new elements on the cars looking forward to next season, including the standard ECU and other items for 2008. Jarno was not feeling well today but he completed the work we had planned for him before he suffered an engine problem towards the end of the afternoon. Franck's car used the 2008 engine control unit and we needed to do a bit of work in the morning to get him out on track. Nevertheless, he gathered important data in the afternoon and we will continue where we left off tomorrow."

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