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Hectic conclusion to testing for Toyota

Timo Glock returned to the track yesterday for Toyota as the team completed its three-day test at Jerez. After Thursdays heavy rain, the conditions improved a lot on Friday and there were no further interruptions for showers. 

Glock carried out a programme of aero comparisons for the coming races including Singapore and Japan as well as work on brakes and other systems. He had a busy, trouble-free day and finished with well over 100 laps. 

"That was a hectic day of testing because I carried out a lot of work for the different kinds of racetracks we have coming up," said Glock. "We got through a lot of laps, finishing our programme without issues. It's good that we had consistent weather today but it was still a bit tricky because yesterday's rain on this new surface meant that there was only one line and the rest was really dirty. Nevertheless we made useful progress and gathered information that will help us in the final part of the season."

Toyota test team manager Gerd Pfeiffer added, "Following yesterday's interruptions, today we had a much busier day of running. Timo's programme included work on aerodynamics for the coming races along with brakes and other systems. We had no technical problems and we collected a lot of useful data. Overall it has been a positive week despite the intervention of the weather yesterday. We have made good progress and we can head into the last four races with confidence."

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