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Trulli savouring fourth place

After two difficult seasons, Jarno Trulli drove a competitive race in Malaysia to bring his Toyota TF108 home in fourth place, kick-starting his and Toyota's championships with five points.

"It's great," Trulli said. "I really wanted the fourth place and I dedicate it entirely to the whole team. They have done a very good job over the winter, have given me the car to fight, they are supporting me and the race team did a great job all weekend in Malaysia."

"The team did a great job all weekend and we deserved to be fighting at the front," he added. "I was fighting with the McLarens for most of the race and maybe they were slightly quicker than me on some occasions but I never gave up and we looked really competitive. In the final laps it was Lewis Hamilton's turn to give me a hard time but I just kept fighting and the last 13 laps were more like a qualifying run, with no breathing space at all. Malaysia, with the heat and humidity, is maybe not the best place to have to do that, but that's the way it was."

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