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Trulli enjoys strong finish in Malaysia
23 March 2008 / Results / PhotosJarno Trulli finished the Malaysian Grand Prix in fourth position. The Italian enjoyed a solid weekend and showed Toyota made good progress over the winter finishing just outside the podium. Trulli's team mate Timo Glock was pushed out of the race by Nico Rosberg.
Trulli earned five championship points on Sunday with his fourth place finish at the Sepang International Circuit. Speaking about his race Trulli said: "It's nice to be back in the points after such a strong race. I had a difficult first corner when I lost grip, ran wide and touched Nick Heidfeld, losing a bit of ground. But after that I was able to keep up with the McLarens. Then we made it past Mark Webber as the team did a good job at the pit stops.
"At the end it was a great fight with Lewis Hamilton and we were pushing each other hard. He was obviously slightly quicker than me but I gave 100 percent and thanks to the team's good job and the trouble-free weekend we took fourth. I just hope we can carry on improving the performance of the car, because as I mentioned at the end of winter testing we are looking strong. With Toyota's potential we can bounce back to the 2005 level already this year."
Glock's race ended early as he collided with Williams driver Nico Rosberg. Speaking about his day Glock said: "Unfortunately that was a short afternoon's work. The start wasn't perfect, we had a bit too much wheelspin and I made contact with someone but I could continue okay. Then at turn 14 I was hit from behind by Nico Rosberg. When I looked in the mirror he was further back so I didn't expect him to try to overtake where he did. Then when I turned in he hit me on the rear right, breaking my rear suspension and putting me out of the race. Again we had qualified well so this is a pity. Now we will just have to hope for better fortunes in Bahrain."
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